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Melon

(890 posts)
4. Children's school sports can be very competitive.
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 06:15 PM
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Number 1. 7 th grade is not career ending.

If volleyball is import to her, she needs to improve. My daughter is at a higher level, but during the off season she will see a private coach maybe twice a month. This is just an intense 1 hour with skills homework.

She can and should play intramural or a club team during the offseason. There are beach tournaments all summer in most places that she could join a team.

She wasn’t told she can never play volleyball. She was told there were 11 other girls that had a higher skill set that day. Those girls will be playing and getting better. She needs to improve despite not being on the team to make it next year.

Or…..find a different sport that is less competitive or doesn’t cut at that age( track and field).

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