I think that the dislike of running is a symptom of the coaches taking the game way more seriously than Cordelia does or wants to. She started to hate basketball when she had a coach who did competitive drills with things like pushups for the losing side. Practice has always been something she puts up with for the social interaction, and she only knows one girl on the team. In the past, she's usually known about half the team at the start of the season.
Some of it may be, too, that the team has seventh and eighth graders on it. Cordelia's in sixth grade, and this is the first time she's played on a team with older girls.
If there were bullying, I don't think she'd tell us. If there is bullying, it started really fast. She'd only been to one practice when she started asking to quit.
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Date: 2014-09-05 04:55 pm (UTC)Some of it may be, too, that the team has seventh and eighth graders on it. Cordelia's in sixth grade, and this is the first time she's played on a team with older girls.
If there were bullying, I don't think she'd tell us. If there is bullying, it started really fast. She'd only been to one practice when she started asking to quit.