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[quote=Anonymous]My preteen DD wants to start playing hockey. Right now she’s a shaky skater, but improving fast as she’s very motivated and practices a lot. We don’t know anything about hockey, she’s been playing soccer competitively but this season her team got clobbered too many times and I feel she’s getting discouraged. My concern is the hockey is just a “fad” and she’ll give it up once the going gets tough (happened with swimming, where she was super motivated until she failed the swim team, same with gymnastics, in short we have a pattern of being very excited until it gets hard and then her motivation drops). I was just checking the equipment cost and it’s serious (I would want the best at least where the helmet is concerned, and overall I want her well protected). So what’s your advice - do I go with this, risking that after a good investment in equipment and lessons she flakes out, or tell her to use her own savings (she’s saving for a car), which I suspect might change her mind about the whole thing? If I support, what’s a good way to help her get up to speed with the sport so she has a chance to make a team? And which teams are there in Bethesda? Help, hockey moms!!! I’m so ignorant in this sport![/quote]

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