Keep telling yourself that

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah tell them thats rude. They won't have a team without the goalie, certainly not a good one. Tell them there are other places to play and you would happily take your son to one of those teams.

They would miss the goalie if he left. They wouldn't think twice over a field player leaving.

Goalies move teams all the time it can be very competitive at the higher levels and a new goalie will show up. No one position is missed more than another.

Yes, a goalie leaving is a crisis- a field player leaving has little impact.

Goalies are coveted recruits - I personally know DC area families of recruited goalies (multiple sports) that attended Columbia, Amherst, Rhodes, Princeton and Stanford. Let them think what they want. If I wanted to help my kid get a leg up I'd definitely encourage being a goalie - especially if they were tall and enjoyed it!

Have the coach put their kid in goal for a practice and have the team line up with no defense and whip shots at him just below his belly button. They will learn new respect real quick.

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Anonymous wrote:But it’s true

Is it?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n1zZ5Q40ibc

Sometimes. My kid, for example, who will be playing in college next year might not be able to make her HS team as a field player. My answer was always: you wouldn't last 5 minutes in the crease. But, if you are goalie parenting correctly, you won't need to because you will spend your time way down one end or the other -- so you should only see the other parents when switching sides at the half.

Haha, fellow goalie parent. This is true.

Soccer keep mom here, this is the way. I have to be away from other parents not just so I can't hear their annoyance when my kid lets in a goal but also so that I can safely gnash my teeth when field players' mistakes become my keeper kid's problems, LOL.

Anonymous wrote:Yeah tell them thats rude. They won't have a team without the goalie, certainly not a good one. Tell them there are other places to play and you would happily take your son to one of those teams.

They would miss the goalie if he left. They wouldn't think twice over a field player leaving.

Goalies move teams all the time it can be very competitive at the higher levels and a new goalie will show up. No one position is missed more than another.

DC plays soccer and I get the opposite feedback when I cross paths with other parents at halftime. Goalies get a lot of love.

Yeah tell them thats rude. They won't have a team without the goalie, certainly not a good one. Tell them there are other places to play and you would happily take your son to one of those teams.

They would miss the goalie if he left. They wouldn't think twice over a field player leaving.

At the youngest divisions, I can see how other parents would throw shade on goalies since nobody wants to play it and it typically gets relegated to the unathletic kid, but at this age it doesnt matter. As you advance to higher levels, the goalie position becomes increasingly critical. Ask any D1 coach if he had to pick one, an above average goalie or an above average FO, he will always answer give me a good goalie.

Anonymous wrote:Lax goalie is on the short list for being the toughest position in any sport. Goalie parent is a close second.

Yes!! This was said to me when my son joined his high school team as the goalie. And like previous poster said, we do spend our time at one end or the other away from others!!! We were lucky and the parents were more than supportive.

Field positions are for kids who can score.

Say that if thier kids don’t score

Lax goalie is on the short list for being the toughest position in any sport. Goalie parent is a close second.

No idea about lacrosse, but for hockey, goalie is the hardest position to play. Tell them to F off.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But it’s true

Is it?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n1zZ5Q40ibc

Sometimes. My kid, for example, who will be playing in college next year might not be able to make her HS team as a field player. My answer was always: you wouldn't last 5 minutes in the crease. But, if you are goalie parenting correctly, you won't need to because you will spend your time way down one end or the other -- so you should only see the other parents when switching sides at the half.

Haha, fellow goalie parent. This is true.

I wouldn’t take it personally at all but you could always just say, “my son, the goalie, is a great field player.”