When is it time to kick an athlete off the team?

High school or college?

Never . Always forgive .

More information needed. For what purpose. What do they do

If they don't show up to several practices - barring injury - its time to have a talk with them about what their priorities are. If after this, they still don't prioritize the team, its time to let their spot go to someone else.

If they are causing harm to another member of the team including harassment, its probably time to kick them off.

If there is a conflict with your coaching and you can't accommodate how an athlete thinks he or she wants to train I wouldn't kick them off in hs, but in college I might.

Kicking a kid off a team often leads to a significant downward spiral. What was the crime? What did the kid do to deserve it?

Repeated douchey behavior that goes beyond the normal behavioral wretchedness of adolescence.

I kinda always did three strikes and your out but kids make mistakes to so them owning it and apologize etc goes a long way. Depends what it is of course but is it something covered in the schools policies or you team handout? If you already had standards set for everyone from attendance to behavior etc you need to be consistent and follow thru.

When they don't want to particpate in THE PROGRAM

When they are not doing everything possibe to achieve TEAM GOALS

When they start to become a threat to the TEAM LEADER

When they start asking too many QUESTIONS

When they start to QUESTION THE MAN

When they talk to much to THE PRESS.

You can forgive someone while also acknowledging that your team is better off without them. You don't have to hold resentment toward someone to make a logical decision to terminate your association with them for the good of the rest of the group.

When they get a tattoo.
When they wear a Che Guevara T-shirt.

When they have rainbows on their running shoes.

When they use foul language repeatedly.

When they disrespect God, Country, or fellow teammates.

Let’s say high school. Let me be clear I’m not kicking anyone off my time right now, not in a position to do that. But I might be someday. I’m interested in what other people’s red lines are beyond the obvious infractions that everyone knows would result in dismissal. I mean we all know that if coach catches you selling amphetamines to teammates before the dual meet, ya gotta go.

But what about less obvious instances? If a kid is extremely talented but lazy and this prompts other kids to laziness? A older kid is always giving the younger ones a hard time, making it hard for the younger ones to thrive?

Talk to the kid and let him know how much of an impact he makes on the team. Try and guide his behavior towards a better path.

my coach did that with me. But I wasn’t talented.

Yea but think about them and how it affects them and not yourself first

Other than possibly disrespecting teammates this is a good list to get the coach fired and the school sued. Assuming it's a real school and not some bible academy masquerading as an institute of higher learning.

Change hats more than once? Good Bye!!!!

What I used to do, and it was rare, suspend the kid for a week. It gives the athlete time to decide whether or not he really wants to be part of the team. Young athletes, especially the boys, are impetuous and sometimes need time to reflect on their behaviour. I only had one kid not come back and he wound up being one of those Goth kids. (Our school was one of those a few years behind the times. The seventies didn't happen until 1986)

Suspensions are not a bad idea. Gives the kid time to think about what it’s like away from the team.

Unfortunately it depends how fast they are. We had a couple of locker room cancers but couldn't kick them off as they were some of the best (one sprinter, one distance) in the state. For someone that's not state champion level though, disrespect, constantly showing up late, or being toxic to teammates is that.

At my school, I am unfortunately not allowed to kick anyone off the team due to mandatory sport requirements. It makes it impossible to build a positive team culture when you have a large population of kids who have no desire to be there and the only recourse you have is throw them in detention (which is great cause it gets them out of practice). Taking away competition in meets is also a reward to these type of athletes. Complete nightmare and has ruined my love of the sport and coaching it!