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My DD is an '00 playing on a 12U team, this being her third year in tournament ball. This year there has been more stomping, jumping up and down, flailing of the arms, hissy fit, storming out of the dugout, and just plain old crying on the bench (3 main offenders all whom are coaches kids). I think I need to buy a box of Kleenex for the dugout and I'm sick to death of it! I can count on one hand the number of times my DD has cried during a game in 5 years. We tell her to "Shake it off. Cry on your own time, not your teams time." A little harsh...maybe. Crying brings the whole team down. So my question is: Is this just an age thing (hormones) that a lot of teams go through? And before you trash the coach, they have threatened to bench players and are trying to handle it.