Post by covergirl82 on Oct 7, 2019 10:28:39 GMT -5
DS's football team is undefeated after 5 games. In fact all 3rd/4th grade football teams in our district are undefeated. I think the other teams in the conference are getting irritated with our teams, because the opposing team's coach started yelling at DH during the game on Saturday that DH was running up the score. (Although there were a couple of fumbles made by the opposing team, so their inability to score was partly their own fault. And the coach's kid was a dirty player - he tackled DS after DS was already in the end zone for a touchdown.) DH is very sensitive to trying to not blowout an opposing team, and starts rotating kids more when we get up by 2 or 3 touchdowns. DH had already moved kids to their backup positions and let kids try positions they had not played before, and a couple of the kids had unexpected but amazing plays, and the final score was 40-0. Outside of having our kids kneel (which is not fair to our kids), DH wasn't sure what else to do.
Apparently we need to have a mercy rule in youth football like we do in baseball. If you're up 3 touchdowns by the end of the 3rd quarter, then end the game.
covergirl82 my BIL coaches my nephew's football team and they are so dominant that he keeps getting challenged by different coaches on the kids' ages. It is tough for other teams, I imagine.
On the flip side of a successful team - DD's soccer team got their first goal on Saturday. I think this was like the 6th or 7th game? It was the coach's daughter, who is really sweet, and when it happened she started crying out of happiness, which made all the parents (including me) cry. I just happened to be taking pictures when it happened and captured the goal and celebrating, which was awesome.
DS1 still hates soccer and it's a major struggle to get him to participate. But since he's on a team we are really trying to make it through the season. DH takes him to practices, and dreads it, and I take him to games, and also dread it. I think kindergarten was too early for a team sport at his maturity level. We have like a month left and will be so glad when it's over. A few of the parents are trying to convince the coach to go down to one practice per week, so we'll see. The practice times are also really inconvenient for our schedules, so I have to leave early on his soccer days to get DS2 before daycare closes.
ETA: DS1's soccer coach just cancelled practice for today. Yay!
Post by covergirl82 on Oct 7, 2019 12:05:02 GMT -5
sdlaura , totally agree it's tough for the other teams. DS's team last year lost most of their games, and DH actually said this weekend that it was easier to coach a losing team than an undefeated team.
That's hard when one team is so much better then the rest. We get that a lot in swimming. Our team has won 40+ consecutive conference championships. It's not even a contest, we beat second place by 1000+ points usually. Not only do we have top talent, we have a lot of talent, so we can win, simply by showing up to most meets. Where some teams might have 3-4 kids swim an event, we can have 15+. But it also means, that we don't get invited to many (if any) dual meets. We normally just go to invites.
DD1 ran her first XC meet of the season this past Saturday. She did well, came in 8th overall for her age group. But it kicked her tail. She crossed the finish line and burst into tears!
First swim meets for DD1 and DD2 are this weekend, and it will be good to gauge where they are starting. In line with best times? Way off them? It's hard to predict.
DD's soccer season at coming to an end, I think we have 2 games left? Possibly 1 more game if they have to do a make-up. I feel like its been a pretty good season overall, considering its basically a "new" team because so many girls moved up to challenge this fall. DD continues to really improve her skills so that is great. It also makes me happy she said she wants to play in the spring as well! Over the summer I didn't know whether she would keep playing or not because she said she didn't want to. I love soccer, I played from age 7-19 & played my first year in college! So I would love it if DD (or DS!) decides this is their "it" sport!
I signed DS (6) up for basketball this winter and he seems really excited about it. He is so strong & fast, I think (hope) that he will do well with it.
Both kids love tae kwon do. So far they aren’t fighting each other, and they are helping each other by critiquing skills, which is so sweet and fun. DD absolutely loves volleyball. I hate the other moms. Like spend the entire practice listening to them and vibrating with anger and/or annoyance.
DS, who is a young kindergartener, and immature, says he wants to sign up for a team sport. He wanted to know why he couldn’t play volleyball. Then he said basketball sounded awesome. Um, no. You don’t pay attention to ANYTHING. Let’s wait on sports your parents aren’t coaching.
Someone ran over the transformer that powers the lights for the soccer field. So now all the games are being rescheduled to Saturdays. DS is 9 and had his first game. Out of 50 minutes, he played 6, and was pretty upset. I'm trying not to be "that mom," but I feel like at this age, in a rec league, it should still be about having fun and learning. Not trying to win. They have a travel/elite team, but this isn't it. DD is 7 and I tried to convince her to be Megan Rapinoe for Halloween, but she insists on Harry Potter.
Post by traveltheworld on Oct 7, 2019 13:55:02 GMT -5
DS played goalie on Sunday for his hockey game. I almost cringed the whole time. The kid has really slow reflex and got scored on more than a dozen times. He came off the ice with a huge smile though; and he wants to play goalie again next game. The league mandates that every kid has to practice being goalie, so DS won't have that many chances to practice during the weekly practice; but since there are't nearly as many kids that want to be goalie for a game, he can do that almost as often as he wants. Me being me, I'm starting to worry about how the other kids/parents will feel if his team keeps losing because he can't stop a puck.
DD2 is doing well in soccer. She had 2 tough games on Saturday. First were challenging skills wise, but also because the other coach was a jerk and wouldn’t give his kids equal playing time. Umm... they’re 6. I time 3-4 min shifts and make sure everyone rotates evenly.
Second game the other team was handsy. One kid had DD2 in a chokehold, another time shoved her in the back with both hands. She was trying so hard not to hit her back. Finally the girl grabbed her by the arm and pulled hard. DD2 grabbed her hand, pulled it off her, and had her fist back ready to defend herself. The girl cried. Then DD2 thought she did something wrong. I told her she did the right thing - never start it, but always defend yourself.
Post by covergirl82 on Oct 7, 2019 14:22:20 GMT -5
CrazyLucky, I'm sorry about your DS. For a rec league, I agree it should be about learning and having fun. If it was a travel/elite team, it should still be about learning and having fun at that age, but obviously winning would be a component too.
mommyatty, we have a basketball skills and techniques class for K-2 (through community rec)...no games involved. Would you have an option like that in your area? Maybe that's still too organized for your DS, but I thought I would throw it out there given that he's interested in learning the game.
CrazyLucky that really stinks. I think you should wait to see how the next game goes. It’s possible that the coach wasn’t playing close attention. If the same thing happens, can you find the rules of the league?
My DD1 just turned 10 and I coach a lot of her sports teams. I’m a lunatic when it comes to fair playing time. At that age, in town/rec sports, everyone plays the same assuming they show up on time. If they are late, they sit until I can get them in, and they play even time from then on out. Many of the leagues have documented rules to ensure all of the kids get equal playing time at that age.
CrazyLucky, I agree that stinks. Fair play especially in rec league is mandated here.
Gymnastics update: DD won't be competing this month. She needs to fix her vault, get 2 skills on the bar which she is super close and fear is holding her back, beam dismount, and her back-handspring. Everything is duoable over the next couple weeks other than the back-handspring which she isn't even close on. You must have this skill to do floor and she can't even do it unassisted on the trampoline. Her coach isn't pushing her and is basically putting the ball in DD's hands. Friday night she told her coach to not touch her on bars as she was going to do it herself and she came close. Fingers crossed skills click this week so we can compete early November otherwise we miss all of fall season and have to be the only newbie starting spring season.
Weird tidbit but the optional level (7-10) girls are being extremely supportive of DD and helping her out at open gym and giving her pep talks before practice which is great since her own teammates are not being very supportive.
Well, no Oct sports for DD2 now. She fell off the beam at practice tonight and broke her arm. We’ll find out tomorrow if she needs surgery. Ugh. She’s so sad.
Thanks guys. She’ll have surgery tomorrow morning 😭. Looks like she’ll be in a cast for at least a month. She’s been a trooper so far but she’s pretty bummed about all that she’ll miss out on while in a cast.
I have a WWYD for swim lessons. I want to do more before our Hawaii (Dec trip). Would you do 3 more semi-private lessons for $102. They improved the most with these lessons, and she moved on to actually teaching them strokes. Or do 6 lessons for $200?
We could also do 8 lessons for $102 that are ration 1 to 4, but I didn't see the instructors really teaching strokes for those. The instructors can sometimes be different each week, and DD prefers a woman. However, they would have more swim time.
My kids are killing it (I say this because it's not the norm )
DD1 (10) played one year of soccer when she was 5. She hated it and never wanted to play again. She's in middle school this year (5th grade) and can play on the school teams. I thought she'd run cross-country - she's fast and she likes to run. She decided to play soccer, and she's having a blast! The 8th graders are way bigger and better than her, but she works really hard and is really loving it. It's nice to see, especially for an ADHD kid who has struggled with team stuff and competition in the past.
DD2 (8) is playing on a rec team. I decided against travel bc she's so young. It was probably a mistake - she would have preferred a higher skill level and she's really good, but it was a good decision for us. Maybe next year.
I'm coaching DD2's team and they are brutally bad. It's a 3rd and 4th grade league...all of the 3rd graders are on my team and it is obvious. 6 of my 8 players have never played before. We have lost every game, but not badly (2-1, 4-2, etc.) and they are improving every week!
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
DD is enjoying Girls on the Run. I am enjoying that she is active and doing an activity that doesn’t require weekend time. Practices right after school help and having a carpool buddy helps even more.
DS is coming along with fencing and is more involved in the tournament scene. . The club is a half hour away and I have a carpool buddy, too. The way fencing works is kind of different than most sports bc it takes a Looooooooong time to get “good.” It will take him years to become a rated fencer, as long as he would want to continue anyway. When he goes to tournaments he usually doesn’t place, but the goals are reachable like “win 3 out of 4 pool rounds” or “Make it through one direct elimination round.” It’s definitely not a participation trophy sport! But I think that’s good for him.
I started thinking about field hockey for DD next year. Has anyone else done this for their younger child? She is currently in 3rd grade. I played in high school but no one really played before that age at the time. It’s become really popular here since then.