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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 547533" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>Hey, I finally got what this multi-quote thing is! Yay! <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/bigsmile.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":bigsmile:" title="big smile :bigsmile:" data-shortname=":bigsmile:" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Actually we are not British but from other European country. Sorry for misconception but I really don't feel comfortable giving very exact location out because I'm talking about very private matters of my son here and if someone from around here would read my posts (and know I'm from here) it would be too easy to find out who my son is.</p><p></p><p>But anyway things like these Olympics don't influence to these timetables. It's not like any of the boys participating in this event would be in Olympics anyway. Timetables tend to be very traditional, national 'Under whatever' development camp in second week of that month, this international tournament in that week of another month etc. Same times every year. My difficult child is currently participating in two different teams/programs. There is his pro team that pays his salary (and can play him either in their main team, their 'farm team' or their junior team) and then there is national junior program that has right to have him certain amount of time during the year. Or of course he himself could decline national junior program, but no one does that.</p><p></p><p>They have been able to watch Olympics also while in this event. Though I have to say they were not at all impressed with NBC decision to not show men's 100 meters final live. That whining you could almost hear to this side of the pond (or at least read from their Facebooks and Twitters.) <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/Graemlins/rofl.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="rofl :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>To be honest I'm not very well advised of British system, but I think they do have little bit more school sports than most European countries. We for example don't have any. There is only P.E in schools and only competitions are yearly 'friendly' football (or soccer as you call it) games or track and field competitions between neighbour schools. But all our competitive sports happen in clubs. Individual sports are usually under national programs in higher level (and in clubs in junior and little bit lower level) and team sports are very club based. Every pro team tends to have their own junior organization from very young kids on (like five or six year olds) and during the years best kids navigate to these pro teams junior programs from their smaller clubs. And kids who are cut from these higher level junior teams go to the smaller clubs' teams. National program is just a cherry in top. (But does offer these cool trips and possibilities to showcase.)</p><p></p><p>In High School level there are some 'sport programs' but mostly they are just to accommodate timetables. Making it possible to train twice a day (=no morning classes) and more support for independent study. In some programs there are little more resources available (things like supporting services, like physiotherapy) but those come from sport federations, not from school itself.</p><p></p><p>By the way, some of our kids go to US college to continue their sport career. For example our family friends have a daughter who is currently in college in the USA on athletic scholarship for volleyball.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Happy to read you got a smile out from this thread! I kind of like this being a good mood thread and that is why I probably shouldn't even write the next two paragraphs. But I still will. So be warned, some frustration ahead (and more about that radio interviewer issue...)</p><p></p><p>My difficult child is usually okay with interviews, doesn't love them neither does he mind. But he felt he screwed up that one interview so badly that he really doesn't want to repeat the experience. And because he is my passive-aggressive difficult child he of course doesn't actually do anything proactive that would help but sulks instead. And I'm afraid he 'forgets' to go next time he is scheduled and will be in big trouble. These interviews are done in front of fans after game and broadcast in local radio station. This negative experience happened last time he had to do it and I do know he has been fretting having to do it again. I'm sure it would be easy thing to correct, but difficult child is being stubborn and not wanting to actually do anything to it. And he is too old for me to interfere.</p><p></p><p>The whole thing is stupid. And very typical difficult child. They had an absolutely great game, had a big win, difficult child played one of his best games of the season and was first or second star of the game. This interviewer is very enthusiastic and not at all objective. He was praising difficult child to the moon before and during interview. So I'm sure he didn't make difficult child feel bad on purpose. First it went well, but the interviewer seemed to forget that language they were talking is not difficult child's first language (he is fluent and you can not normally hear it's not his first language, but there is a difference still.) Interviewer used very thick local accent and dialect (that differs a lot from accent and dialect that people talk around here where we live and to which difficult child is used to) and used words and wordplays only used in that part of the country and difficult child didn't understood questions anymore. He was too embarrassed to ask and just tried to guess what he was asked about and answer something vague. In fact I'm sure most of the people who heard that didn't even notice he was totally clueless. And as I said, I'm very sure the interviewer didn't do it on purpose and would be much, much more careful in future if difficult child just would ask him (or ask his coach or management if they could talk to the guy if he is too embarrassed to talk to him himself.) But of course difficult child has to be his own passive-aggressive self and just sulk and not do anything about it. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/grrr.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":grrr:" title="grrr :grrr:" data-shortname=":grrr:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 547533, member: 14557"] Hey, I finally got what this multi-quote thing is! Yay! :bigsmile: Actually we are not British but from other European country. Sorry for misconception but I really don't feel comfortable giving very exact location out because I'm talking about very private matters of my son here and if someone from around here would read my posts (and know I'm from here) it would be too easy to find out who my son is. But anyway things like these Olympics don't influence to these timetables. It's not like any of the boys participating in this event would be in Olympics anyway. Timetables tend to be very traditional, national 'Under whatever' development camp in second week of that month, this international tournament in that week of another month etc. Same times every year. My difficult child is currently participating in two different teams/programs. There is his pro team that pays his salary (and can play him either in their main team, their 'farm team' or their junior team) and then there is national junior program that has right to have him certain amount of time during the year. Or of course he himself could decline national junior program, but no one does that. They have been able to watch Olympics also while in this event. Though I have to say they were not at all impressed with NBC decision to not show men's 100 meters final live. That whining you could almost hear to this side of the pond (or at least read from their Facebooks and Twitters.) :rofl: To be honest I'm not very well advised of British system, but I think they do have little bit more school sports than most European countries. We for example don't have any. There is only P.E in schools and only competitions are yearly 'friendly' football (or soccer as you call it) games or track and field competitions between neighbour schools. But all our competitive sports happen in clubs. Individual sports are usually under national programs in higher level (and in clubs in junior and little bit lower level) and team sports are very club based. Every pro team tends to have their own junior organization from very young kids on (like five or six year olds) and during the years best kids navigate to these pro teams junior programs from their smaller clubs. And kids who are cut from these higher level junior teams go to the smaller clubs' teams. National program is just a cherry in top. (But does offer these cool trips and possibilities to showcase.) In High School level there are some 'sport programs' but mostly they are just to accommodate timetables. Making it possible to train twice a day (=no morning classes) and more support for independent study. In some programs there are little more resources available (things like supporting services, like physiotherapy) but those come from sport federations, not from school itself. By the way, some of our kids go to US college to continue their sport career. For example our family friends have a daughter who is currently in college in the USA on athletic scholarship for volleyball. Happy to read you got a smile out from this thread! I kind of like this being a good mood thread and that is why I probably shouldn't even write the next two paragraphs. But I still will. So be warned, some frustration ahead (and more about that radio interviewer issue...) My difficult child is usually okay with interviews, doesn't love them neither does he mind. But he felt he screwed up that one interview so badly that he really doesn't want to repeat the experience. And because he is my passive-aggressive difficult child he of course doesn't actually do anything proactive that would help but sulks instead. And I'm afraid he 'forgets' to go next time he is scheduled and will be in big trouble. These interviews are done in front of fans after game and broadcast in local radio station. This negative experience happened last time he had to do it and I do know he has been fretting having to do it again. I'm sure it would be easy thing to correct, but difficult child is being stubborn and not wanting to actually do anything to it. And he is too old for me to interfere. The whole thing is stupid. And very typical difficult child. They had an absolutely great game, had a big win, difficult child played one of his best games of the season and was first or second star of the game. This interviewer is very enthusiastic and not at all objective. He was praising difficult child to the moon before and during interview. So I'm sure he didn't make difficult child feel bad on purpose. First it went well, but the interviewer seemed to forget that language they were talking is not difficult child's first language (he is fluent and you can not normally hear it's not his first language, but there is a difference still.) Interviewer used very thick local accent and dialect (that differs a lot from accent and dialect that people talk around here where we live and to which difficult child is used to) and used words and wordplays only used in that part of the country and difficult child didn't understood questions anymore. He was too embarrassed to ask and just tried to guess what he was asked about and answer something vague. In fact I'm sure most of the people who heard that didn't even notice he was totally clueless. And as I said, I'm very sure the interviewer didn't do it on purpose and would be much, much more careful in future if difficult child just would ask him (or ask his coach or management if they could talk to the guy if he is too embarrassed to talk to him himself.) But of course difficult child has to be his own passive-aggressive self and just sulk and not do anything about it. :grrr: [/QUOTE]
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