Just wondering how you coaches handle this type of situation:
Son's team has a couple of players that constantly display terrible behavior and attitudes towards the game. One player always slams his bat after a strike out or fly out. He has thrown his helmet, bat, glove, etc.. whenever things have not gone his way. The other player is a great athlete, but gives up way too easily. Walks on and off the field with negative body language whenever any teammate makes an error and he deems the game is lost; even if it's the 2nd inning and they are down by one. When he makes an error, there is always an excuse...Sun in eyes, bad hop...etc, etc.
I'm sure the coach wants to either dismiss them from the team or give them both plenty of "pine time", however, this is a Summer team with only 11 players, so it is difficult to punish that behavior by not allowing the boys to play. It's not as easy as if it were a school team with 18 players (or more)on the roster. This is very difficult for me to watch as a dad in the bleachers and have my opinion on how it should be handled, but I thought I would rely on the experience and expertise of more seasoned coaches. How do you handle this?
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