Ep 376 Are You Sure the Kid Heard What You Actually Said?

Cuts During Tryouts

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Are You Sure the Kid Heard What You Actually Said?

Cut conversations, and the telephone game that follows.

The follow up to tryouts: the conversations nobody wants to have. Cutting a kid, or moving a player down from the top team. The goal is not just delivering the news. It is delivering it without killing the kid's enthusiasm for the sport.

Coach Bill's rule of thumb by age:

Eighth grade: parent and kid together.

Seventh grade: depends on the situation.

Sixth and below: the parent first.