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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Absolutely. The ice-time issue only applied to the competitive team - there were several tiers for everyone else, and everyone got equal playing time at those levels.
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This is exactly the way it should be. They should even call it competitive league and developing league or something along those lines. People who just want to go have fun and not worry about playing time should be able to do that, especially as a kid, no matter the age.
There is no such thing as having to earn playing time when you are 5 years old, why is it different at 9, 10 or 11 on a recreational team? Some kids are just better than others and care more but it doesn't mean that they are having more fun out there because they are better.
When kids start to feel left out, there is a problem with how the kids are being treated. Learning life lessons from your atom coach about respect, responsibility and sportsmanship should be expected, but learning that winning isn't everything is also important to recreational athletes.