DS12 plays football. He goes to training twice a week without complaint. They usually have matches on Saturdays. The team lose more matches than they win. Some weeks they get a lot of the team showing up to play the match, some weeks less so. DS consistently shows up. For the past few matches DS hasn't been called on to the pitch. I know that he's not the best player and he doesn't have a natural aptitude for the sport. He's quite good natured and doesn't get upset about it.
It particularly stung today as he was going to his grandparents after the match but if I'd known that he wasn't going to be on the pitch at all then he could have gone to them earlier. Sometimes the matches are across the city which is a pain as it's a big chunk of our weekend gone and it stings when its in vain.
I'm not going to complain to the coaches. They're volunteers, they want the team to win and even the coach's son only got a few minutes playing today. DS says that he wants to continue with the training and the matches.
AIBU to reduce the number of matches we bring him to?