Hi, Tammy.

This sounds like a really difficult situation. Perhaps trying martial arts or some other activity to mute the temper would be a good option before going back into a highly charged atmosphere like football.

Yeah, unfortunately it's sometimes difficult to navigate challenging boards and over eager parents. Often a calm discussion directly with the parent will help.

I hope it all works out.

I guess what I'd like to know is what rules they are refering to when they say if you miss a week of practice, you are off the team, or if you don't have all of your pads, you can't play in the game, etc. Are these rules they have come up with on their own, or is there a set of rules that every team or league goes by. If so, how do I find them. I have tried, and can get no answers from anybody, they prefer to pretend like I don't exist, as well as my son.

maybe try and find a rugby league in town. it is a very similar sport and I have found them to be much more interested in working with kids and will give him a chance to still work through the adrenaline rush that comes with playing a contact sport

i agree with russell foltz smith quite a bit. i have all three of my sons in a martial art and we simply don't have those issues, which i suspect we would have had with the oldest. he still isn't a great loser, however, it has helped him quite a bit. as for what now, i would take him to the games he would have participated in, and make him understand what his temper has cost him. it might sound painful, but he can learn from this event every week. his appreciation and desire to play might place some natural restraints upon his temper in ways that an adult can not.

If you hear them say left you block right,if you him the say right,you block left.I have been playing football since 5 yrs old and I understand the game better then most coaches.What else do you want to know?By the way my name is Tahjai and I am 10 yrs.old.

I would love to have him on my wrestling team. Wrestling teaches disiplin just ike the martial arts. Most schools have wrestling.

yeah i would love him on my wrestling team too

Russell Foltz and Dwight Smith missed the boat on this one I believe. Sportsmanship is a HUGE part of any sport, they seem to think because he may of gotten a little aggressive to give him karate or wrestling lessons. Do those sports not require sportsmanship to be practiced and the participants can just lose their minds and all control and do whatever they may feel like doing at the time? That is a very scary thought. I am a coach and have been for 15+ years I strongly recommend talking to maybe a counselor from school or some type of professional to see how it needs to be handled. But just blowing off the whole incident and putting him in another activity before the problem is addressed is crazy. I can tell you if it isn't looked in to I can almost assure you that it will happen again. And the older and bigger and stronger he gets the worse things will get. Best of luck to you.