Same here. Forfeiting a game as a kid would have humiliated me and had every one on the team getting picked on for being "quitters" and anything else a group of 8 year olds could have thought up. Losing isn't nearly as traumatic to children as many would have us believe. If losing were, indeed, so traumatic as to cause permanent damage why do parents allow their children to play video games? How many times will a child fail a level of a video game only to hit the reset/retry button and move on through the game?
I agree. I don't know how much better his pitch is than the other kids -- but if it's so much of a difference that other teams refuse to play when he's pitching (and not because they refuse to countenance breaking a rule, no matter how silly the rule is)... then he needs to play at a level that's appropriate to his skill. He's got the other 75% or so of the week, if not more, to hang out with his buddies in his own age group.This really is a no brainer in that the child should play in an age group above so that he will have competition suitable to his skill level. If he is so good that other teams are willing to forfeit a game then clearly he needs to be challenged at a level that will at least allow him to succeed and yet improve his skills. Clearly in this league his skill set is not being challenged.
!) or bowling at Cricket was on the cards then I was suddenly not the last to be picked.
