profmom
Proud Parent
In my experience, after you've been around for a while, it's pretty easy to tell the difference between favoritism on the one hand and setting up drills that can be done independently to build strength or foundations while working on more advanced skills needing spotting on the other. Unfortunately sometimes the coaches show very vividly that they have their favorites and those they really just don't like as much. In those situations, best that your child can learn to deal gracefully with whichever side of the line s/he is on, because it's not the last time in life they'll experience this.