I can't stand when they do this, my boys have been on teams where the coach wants the parents to chip in to buy the kids trophies, hell I paid plenty just for them to play, that should be enough. If they win the series and get a trophy then they well cherish it, give each kid a trophy and it isn't anything of importance to them, teaches them zilch.
Gabby the little league my boys play in does that scoreless trash, but the kids are like 4 ( actually 4-6 ) hell they don't know if they won or not any way, ask anyone of them the score at the end of the game ( baseball now ) and they will tell you a million to nothing. I really don't have a issue with it at that age, these kids don't care if they win or loose, they are just having fun and hopefully learning the game. What does bother me at these games is the parents keeping score and then arguing, my God half of the kids hit off of a tee and they all hit it right back to the pitcher , who is usually the best kid on the team, he will usually get the ball after the batter reaches first ( if he run to the right base ) yea at this age let the kids all think they won, Then they go to the Cub league ( 7 and 8) here they keep score but still give the kids extra's, such as if they can't hit after four swings they will let them hit off of a tee, it does help some kids and at this age they are still learning fundamentals, but they do keep score. Then they go to the minor league ( 9 and 10 ) here it gets more competitive, Major league is where it really kicks in though, the 11 and 12 year old, by now they dang well better realize there is one winner, but at the youngest age group I don't mind them playing that way.
Last edited by Jeff; 08-17-2015 at 03:06 PM.
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