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[quote=Anonymous]I'm looking for advice in dealing with this situation.  DD plays on a travel field hockey team and was caught off guard by something one of the girls said to her.

Girl A says to DD: "Girl B and I were mad at you this weekend."

DD: "Why?"

Girl A: "Because you stole our goals."

DD scored all her goals from post.  She basically set up in one location and waited for the ball to be near her and hit it in.  Any time the ball was near the goal, there were basically 8 girls in there - 3-4 trying to hit it in and 3-4 trying to stop them.  If you have ever seen field hockey, this is a crazy time.  I was at the games in question and I didn't see DD doing anything other than trying to get the ball in when it was near her.  In fact many parents commented how DD was set up in the right position.  Is it possible DD stole goals?

Girl A then followed up with: "If you want to be liked you won't do it again."  This bothers me most because of the intimidation and threatening nature of the comment.

We told DD we don't think this is the case and that she was playing her position.  I'm afraid this will cause DD to not try to score for fear of not being liked.  DD is not a selfish player and just wants the team to win.

Looking for advice on if this is normal.  We have never run into this before.  Is there anything else we should do?  We don't plan to go to the coach unless it happens again.  [/quote]

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