It is what it is. Unfortunately, youth sports aren't about the youths anymore, for the most part. They are instead about the coaches and the parents. The kids are just there as a formality.

9 year old played in a competitive tourney last month. They didn't win a game in the tournament, but that is neither here nor there. Walked up the field on Saturday just in time to see two mothers, one from each team, jabbing each other in the chest with their fingers, yelling that they were going to kick the others ass. The husbands, one being a coach and the other standing on the bleachers on the other side watching, didn't do a damn thing about it. The umpires had to call time in the game and leave the field to seperate them. They did not throw them out of the park and for the rest of the game, nobody paid attention to the teams because they were busy watching the women stare each other down and the men also started a stare down.

Another time, during regular league play, a pitcher for the other team pitched 61 pitches. Our teams coaches stopped the game and showed the officials using the scorebook it was 61 pitches (we were home team). The visiting team made an error in counting and didn't take the kid out at 60 pitches as the league rules say. The league officials made the team forfeit the game.

It aint about the kids no more in my opinion and things won't get better until people decide it needs to be about the kids again.

I think griffin is correct. The kids don't remember losing after about 15 minutes if they are lead positively and told to try your best to win, but if you lose, hold your head high and no you can't win everything.