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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD plays on a 10U coed house team. This is her 2nd year playing. Recently she had the chance to play goalie and loved it. Now she wants to tryout for a 12U girls travel team as a goalie. I’ve had 3 hockey parents tell me it’s terrible being a goalie and don’t let her switch. That if you’re backup you’re never on the ice. That goalie parents don’t mingle with other parents, that the pressure of being goalie can weigh too much on a kid.

Is it really all that bad? We’re going to work with a goalie coach to see if she really wants to make the switch. But I’m wondering if we should be encouraging her new passion for the sport or steering her away and having her remain a winger. [/quote]

It’s horrible. Begged DC not to be goalie. Goalie is the villain if they lose and never the star. And ppl always blame the goalie, even if the puck got through the rest of the team first. I have to sit away from the other parents bc if I hear any negativity, I will lose my cool.

There is immense pressure on GKs, which is why they are special ppl. But as a parent watching, it’s so so so stressful.

And if they are not #1, they do all the work but then don’t play. So you sit there watching everyone else’s kid. [/quote]

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