I am a sophomore at a NJCAA (JUCO) Division I school. Therefore, this is my second year attending the school and playing on the team. I have been very unhappy for a very long time. The Fall of my Freshman year, I wanted to transfer, but I decided to try to stick it out to see if my feelings would change for the better. However, a year later, they still feel the same. I don't feel like I fit in with the girls at all. I have one true friend here and she is leaving in October to go back home. Last year, I struggled mentally in the game. I've always been a very motivated and competitive person, but the coaches seem to always be negative (I understand coaches are tough but nothing positive ever came out to me). I lost all my confidence and because of that, I wasn't playing like I knew I could. This year, it is the same thing. When I practice, the coach works with and helps all of the players with the same specialty as me, except he doesn't help me at all. I feel as though I'm not growing my skills as a player, and I most certainly don't feel like this college is my home away from home. I want a more positive environment in which I am more comfortable talking to and being around my coaches. Last year did not count towards my eligibility due to COVID-19 so I am still a freshman athletically but a sophomore academically. I have a good idea of the school I want to transfer to, but it is another JUCO. I need help because I don't know when the best time to tell my coach I want to transfer is. If I tell him now in September, I'm scared he will not let me practice with the team anymore and I will lose my scholarship for the rest of the semester. However, I feel if I tell him when the Fall season is over, it will blind side him and will make things more difficult. My goal is to be able to transfer to the other JUCO and not have any eligibility taken away. The season for us is in the Spring and I want to be able to participate in it. I don't know how to tell my coaches about how I feel because I don't think they will understand. I don't know how to word what I'm feeling, whether or not one of my parents should be in the meeting with me, and also when to tell my coaches. Can someone please help and give advice? It would be greatly appreciated.