School sports tryouts are torture...

[cjcouple]

for us parents!!!! Haha

Just tell me if he is cut!!!! Meanwhile, B is cool as a cucumber.

He made it through cuts so far. Last tryout is Monday 4:30-6!

[nicolewi]

Ahhh! Good luck, B.

[court26]

What is he trying out for? I dread the day we are at that point....

[cjcouple]

Nov 21, 2017 20:36:46 GMT -5 court26 said:

What is he trying out for? I dread the day we are at that point....

MS Basketball (grades 6-8). He is a 6th grader. They have a varsoty and jv team. 30 kids total. Over 60 tried out

[cjcouple]

I will say, I LOVE watching him play sports. He tried out for soccer in the fall and did not make it. They only had 23 kids. He decided to just sign up for cross country and did amazing.

Started at 10:05 a mile amd his last race was 7:30 a mile.

It would obv be nice for him to make it.
But either way he will still play rec basketball.

[momin2013]

Aah, I'm not looking forward to that stress!!

Good luck to him - hope he makes it!

[cjcouple]

Nov 22, 2017 7:53:13 GMT -5 momin2013 said:

Aah, I'm not looking forward to that stress!!

Good luck to him - hope he makes it!

Thanks, I hope so. I did warn him though as a 6th grader, its very difficult to make the teams. Its so hard seeing the kids get cut. Our school has a no list policy, do coaches MUST speak to them one on one and deliver the news. 60+ kids lined in the hall. I understand why principal had such a rule but its tough on kids who get cut because their friends are asking the second they exit the room. Most walked out holding back tears, a few cry. It takes forever because my son hangs out in back of line so almost everyone is gone by the time he goes in. Only 2 kids behind him.

[nicolewi]

Sounds brutal! I am also not looking forward to this kind of thing.

[dizzycooks]

I am so glad our 6th graders can’t play jv or varsity. They can’t play school sports until 7th grade at all and only the fabulous ones get to try for the hs teams.

[cjcouple]

Nov 22, 2017 17:57:27 GMT -5 dizzycooks said:

I am so glad our 6th graders can’t play jv or varsity. They can’t play school sports until 7th grade at all and only the fabulous ones get to try for the hs teams.

Oh, I am glad they can play! My son had a fantastic time in Cross Country. Its a sign up sport (no tryouts), and we have Track in the spring. Hoping, he signs up but not sure he will. The only other sport is baseball and B stopped playing baseball a few years ago after soccer stole his heart. lol.

[cjcouple]

He didn't make it.

It was a long shot, but still a bummer.

[momin2013]

Damn - bummer. Good for him for going for it, though!

[nicolewi]

Shoot. Poor guy. Good for him for giving it a try! That takes a lot of guts.

[dizzycooks]

I’m sorry I’m sure it’s hard, but he probably learned a lot anyway.