I have no problem with participation awards when kids are young/lower skill levels. At a certain point though you have to stop babying them and start rewarding the kids that are winning. At a young age kids are fragile and if they see their friends who are better than them winning trophys and medals and the worse kid gets nothing it can discourage them from continuing the sport. Where is the line in relation to giving even the worse kids awards vs rewarding the better players or teams? I have no kids so I don't know when that age is.
What I have a problem with is the whole not keeping score, don't kid yourself the kids know which team is winning and which team is losing.
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