Reply to Being a Parent for a GK

Forum Index » Soccer

Reply to "Being a Parent for a GK"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]We are coming up on the end of DD's soccer career (GK since U10) and I am going to miss it like hell.  She has welcomed the burden of backstopping a lot of offensively inept teams.  She learned early a lot of what has been said above (short memory, recognizing that others get to skate by anonymously with multiple mistakes, but everyone knows if she makes one).  It all started when her coach left her for all 16 goals of a 16-0 loss when she was a U11 playing up with the U12s.

As for me, I welcomed her taking on the burden and responsibility of the position.  I only enforced one rule:  you get 1 hour to sulk or feel bad, then move on to the next training or game.  And yes, I have bitten my tongue (a lot) in frustration when a mistake (or series of mistakes) by her teammates has left all the clueless parents looking at her after a tough goal or loss.

There have been plenty of tears (almost always after PK losses) but I wouldn't give up the last 10 years for anything and (if you can't tell) I am proud as hell of her.   [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics