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Post by kissy on Apr 30, 2016 10:39:18 GMT -7
He kinda sucks.  Today he got the ball and ran the wrong way. He shies away from the ball, is not aggressive at all, then I watched him fuss at another player for doing something 'wrong'.  I don't usually participate in his soccer stuff because I don't know soccer and I'm an asshole. I don't know anyone and I have a hard time interjecting myself into already established 'friendships'. Today I had to take him because J is out of town and it was...interesting. I also noticed how sensitive I was to the things people were saying around me. But it wasn't them, it was me! The team we played today was AWESOME, like seriously, raw talent or if not these kids came out playing soccer from the womb. But overall it was a cool experience. I wanted so badly to 'know' the other parents and sit with them and engage but I just couldn't. I felt dumb and totally out of place. I do it to myself, really. No one excluded me, I excluded myself. I want him to play baseball. I KNOW baseball, I would LOVE baseball. This parenting stuff is hard! |
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Post by nomorewirehanger on Apr 30, 2016 11:56:18 GMT -7
Welcome to my life hahaha a. Soccer is forgiving because most kids come to it late in life. Baseball? At least HERE? Not so much. Ryan's age group those kids have been playing since they were three or four here. It is in fact, highly discouraged to start a kid in a sport that late except soccer. Sports are life here. Ryan = Brennan. He was pretty much fucking awful and embarrassing to watch until he was 12. And then he was like "oh I get it".... Lana came out of the womb athletic and driven. His polar opposite. And you know I hate people. So I get it. As long he is having fun.  Oh. And I literally bought soccer for dummies . Lol |
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Post by kissy on Apr 30, 2016 12:22:12 GMT -7
Hahahaha, and this is why I love you! Why didn't I think of soccer for dummies?? And yes, I fear the people so I stand back. I need to not do that anymore! The soccer mom has been so nice to me, I have no reason to hide. But I do.
It was just very interesting to me. Sports are big here, too. It is the south even if Huntsville is a little different. He was having fun, but he clearly just doesn't get it. I think soccer is great but man, some of these kids are just NATURAL! It's amazing. But my brother was like that with baseball. He played pitcher and short stop. He could have played college. I love baseball.
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Post by smokinghorse on May 1, 2016 20:04:16 GMT -7
Ah! My biggest gripe. I just recently developed a theory. Soccer is relatively new in schools. What I mean is, everybody has soccer teams now, but when I was in grade school? Nada. It was a niche sport. Hubs played because he went to a foo-foo parochial school. So we have enough coaches who know how to play. But parents? Most of us have no clue. We've taught our kids baseball, because everybody knows and/or watches it.
We dunno shit about soccer. Our kids dunno shit about soccer. Nothing. I don't think the coaches start at nothing. It's hard to teach something you know intimately to people who know nothing. I hear things like, "side kick", "hand ball", "throw it down the line", and the coaches assume the players know these things because they're basic. If I don't know what lines mean what, where the goalie kicks from, stay middle - how are the kids supposed to? I wish I had gone to practices from the beginning, so I could step in and say, "Hey, Coach, I don't think I know what that means. Can you explain it?" I swear the coaches try to tell these kids what to do, and the kids just dance around aimlessly until the coach stops yelling. We get our asses handed to us every game. It's frustrating. Our last 3 games and last 3 practices have been rained out. We're scheduled tomorrow. They're going to be off their game, which wasn't much to begin with.
I don't care about winning, but I'd at least like to feel like we're playing the same game!
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Post by ronin on May 2, 2016 7:26:32 GMT -7
Our kids' first soccer season just ended. My kids sucked, but then so did their whole team. No one cared, and it was a lot of fun for everyone. My son skipped and twirled down the field and his friends cheered for him. My daughter wound up on her face a couple of times, but she got back up and ran after the ball. Those were my important takeaways. We didn't talk to the other parents either, but we don't talk to anyone. Ever. So that's not new. I don't think anyone else knew much about soccer, so we didn't feel bad about that.  The girl taking a basketball dive.  The boy's scary face. |
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Post by kissy on May 2, 2016 7:56:51 GMT -7
It's good to know I'm not alone in this, lol. A lot of the kids on his team are really good and they've probably been playing for years. The other parents and coach definitely seem tolerant of Ryan's ability, which is nice. And this is an actually soccer club Jeremy put him in, not just a youth soccer league. He felt like a YSL type situation would be too lax and Ry wouldn't learn as much.
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