to be cross about cricket - sad pushy mum alert

[FluffyMummy123]

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oh dear...do they rotate selection?

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oh no!
how can dh do anything without looking sad though?

Also would be cross. Tis bollocks. But what to do without looking like crazed cricket mum?

is his mother the wife of the selector ?

this sports stuff is a minefield

what did your dses say?

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I would be fuming

At ds cricket club they take attendance at training into account as well as innate talent.

Perhaps the way forward?

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were your boys upset?

perhaps it's the sort of cricket club where they don't choose on merit

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annoying though. I'd be cross.

what's dh going to do?

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Does seem v unfair, how embarrasing for the new boy

Does the team selection stay for the season or just one match? Seems weird if DH coaches that they didn't pick one of your boys

lol prime thinking time

I reckon I might mention it alongside a conversation about wanting to encourage the dses and how does team selection work, does everyone get a chance? something like that.

Hard not to appear pissed off and meddling.

oh mebbe if he coaches there (thought he just coached in general), they didn't pick them specifically because of that (anti favouritism and all) but that's a shit reason imo

Maybe he is showing particular promise, this new boy. Maybe not yet as good as your coached sons but a lot more natural ability?

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This does sound odd. Foxinsock's suggestions are good.

Last year, my daughter, the best runner in her year and never beaten by any other girl, was given the throwing in the inter-school athletics championships. She was gutted--it felt like she was being punished for being good at running. I had a word with the teacher and she was put back into the running. Which she won: both for her year and the year above. This was the only time I have ever commented on team selections in their school careers. I think it was just the teacher being dippy, tbh. She never keeps notes of who wins what.

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I think that would annoy me so much (the selection being the adult player's kids), I'd find another cricket club. But I'm a bit hot headed with this stuff and can't BEAR all this sporty selection stuff.

If it makes you feel any better, I tried 3 cricket clubs for ds before I found one which I felt was right. First one was far too strict and pushy, second one was all buddy buddy stuff , last one is just the right balance of play and serious and ds LOVES it.

I don't think there's any problem looking around for the right club because not all of them have the right ethos imho. But probably sensible to give it a chance I guess.

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