You’ve played soccer for as long as you can remember – basically ever since you could walk. You love nothing more than the physical and mental challenges that come along with the sport and ever since you were little, you’ve dreamt of being a professional soccer player. You are a freshman in high school and today is the last day of soccer tryouts for your school. You put your heart and soul into tryouts in hopes to make the varsity team because you believe that’s where you belong. You’ve been watching the other players tryout and none of them are as good as you. The coaches bring all the players together to announce their team assignments and you aren’t nervous at all – you have no doubt that you will be on the varsity team. The coaches call out names, one by one, until they finally reach yours and your team assignment is junior varsity. You can’t believe it! All your hard work - the sweat, the tears, have gone to waste! You want to confront the coaches to tell them they’ve made a mistake...

What could be the potential positive or negative outcomes of confronting the coaches?

What type of response should you have in this situation? If you say nothing and go home, is that an appropriate response to have? Is confronting the coaches an appropriate response? Why or why not?