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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]

Goalies are going to goalie.

If she has the skill set and the disposition, go for it.

It's a high pressure position though. So, make sure she's solid with herself. There will always be soft goals. No avoiding that. And there will be times when she's the hero.

Can she deal with that?

Superstar to gah, what the hell.

Being a hockey goalie is a psychological experiment as much as anything. If she's confident in herself - and she has good reaction time - yeah, let her do her thing. But the pressure is more intense than any other position. So, make sure she has the disposition for that noise.

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