My older DD (9th grade) is KILLING it in high school soccer. She made the varsity, started the first 3 games, and has 2 goals and 3 assists. She's SO happy and really loving her friendships with the older kids, who have been very kind to her.
But the schedule is killing me. We are done school at 3:15. DD2's middle school practice is 3:15-4:30. DD1's hs practice goes to 5:30 so we're not getting home until 6 (we leave the house at 7:15 AM) and I'm exhausted.
Thank god their club teams are practicing in walking distance to the house. DD1's coach is chill -- he says to make it if you can but no stress bc they are all playing in HS. DD2 practices twice a week, which annoys me since she doesn't get a day off (she has school practice Monday-Friday, club on Tuesday and Sunday and games on Saturday)
Last Edit: Sept 13, 2023 19:23:23 GMT -5 by erbear
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Post by madringal on Sept 15, 2023 10:55:15 GMT -5
DD2 had her first MS gymnastics team meet. Their school hasn't had a MS team in about 15 years, and for 4 of the 7 girls on the team, this was their first meet ever. DD hasn't competed in about 2+ years and even then it was just a handful of times. They did...well...poorly, lol. But they had so much fun and were so cute and happy! The other team just dominated. It wasn't even close. I think the overall team score was <60 points, lol. But they were happy and proud and it was adorable to watch. My DD competed on bars, floor, and beam and I think her all around sore was like 12.5, so I guess we have nowhere to go but up! Haha!
Post by twinmomma on Sept 15, 2023 15:21:44 GMT -5
Not a "sport" but an extracurricular update... I found an amazing class for my DDs! They desperately want to do more theater, but the school doesn't put on a show until later in the year. I don't have the bandwidth to sign them up for community theater and all the rehearsals and volunteer work that would entail.
BUT I just found a once a week musical theater class that includes singing, dance, and acting! It's a perfect compromise to get them the theater they want without us killing ourselves committing to a full community theater show right now. The first class was last weekend, so they missed it. But they'll dive right in tomorrow.
I just got the kids’ school sports schedules and every game conflicts. Games are at the same time or start within 30 mins of each other. 2 days they are both home, which means we can walk from one field to the other. But most either one is away or they’re both away.
It should be fine in theory, but DD1 has this belief that no one ever comes to her games. This simply isn’t true. One of us has attended every single game she’s has ever had. Often both of us attend. But sometimes logistics mean that we both can’t be there. 90% of the time I’m there because I’m coaching. The only games I missed last season were when I had COVID, when I had a high fever, and when I broke a tooth and was literally in the dentist’s chair getting it assessed.
So if we try to split, or if I attend one of DD2’s games instead of DD1’s one week of DH can’t make it, it’s going to get messy…
mae0111 my kids just about never have both parents at their games - because we have conflicts between kids' activities as well as parent work schedules, and two younger kids to take care of. Sometimes they just go with a friend if we have more conflicts. I think you are winning if there's one parent at every game!
sdlaura, I was just talking to my sister about this today. She also has 4 kids, though all older now (3 in college, one in HS). She was a SAHM until about a year ago. Her rule with her older 2 (because they went to the same school and often conflicted) was that she went to whatever game was closer to home. Then she joked that no one ever goes to her youngest's games because no one is around. So I might just make that my rule - whoever is closer gets attendance.
DD2 had her first official club game over the weekend. I wasn't sure how it was going to go because of the huge roster, but it was awesome! He worked really hard to give everyone equal playing time. DD2 played almost exactly 1/2 of the game, which was plenty for her. They've moved to a bigger field, but the mentality isn't quite there yet. So they're all running a ton and bunching up. The midfielders were gassed by the end of their shifts. But they won 3-2. They have some amazing defenders that saved a lot of shots that the GK would have missed for sure.
And not sports, but DD1 is learning a beautiful new piece on the piano. It's just so nice to hear her play. She's really into it, and I hope she doesn't lose interest because it's quite pretty.
mae0111 I imagine that will be more complicated when I have two in the same school playing sports that happen around the same time (if that happens).
As of now, DD has flag football games on Fridays, all kids have soccer games on Saturdays, DD usually has softball games on Sundays. The major conflicts tend to be if DD has an all-weekend softball tournament. Usually in that case, DH ends up taking her, and I end up taking all the other kids to their other stuff, since I'm less stressed by the multitasking of watching multiple kids while out in the world.
Saturday we were driving back from DS2's kindergarten soccer game and I said something like "Did you have fun? I was so excited to see one of your goals!" and he said "but Mom, why didn't you see ALL of my goals? I wish you weren't over on the playground with my little brother!"
I think my kids would rather have one parent there who can watch the entire game vs. both parents there if it means that both parents are preoccupied with also keeping an eye on the little brothers.
My dad won an award for his softball leagues. He is 75, has arthritis, has one fake knee and is getting the other replaced next month. He plays on a 65+ team and a 55+ team, 3-4 days a week.
He really struggled with retirement after working 60+ hours a week from age 18 until 67. He found this league when he was out for a walk one day and happened upon the fields. He stopped to watch and they invited him to play.
DD10 plays YMCA soccer every fall and spring. Very laid back, not competitive at all, great coaches and teammates, 75% of whom attend school with DD.
There’s only two girl teams based out of our YMCA in the age bracket. The other team has three additional girls from the school, one of whom also plays club soccer. Her dad coaches that team. He’s an insane coach from the sidelines, yelling his head off. The daughter is a soccer star.
All the girls scrimmage each other at school recess. They’ve “trained” against each other for *the* game they play against each other, which was the his past Saturday.
It was epic (for noncompetitive YMCA). DD’s team had a strategy to keep a player on the other team’s star the WHOLE TIME, which they did pretty successfully. One of the fifth grade teachers came to watch, along with some families whose children don’t play on either team. DD’s team won 3-2.
Post by traveltheworld on Sept 21, 2023 18:37:20 GMT -5
I know there are several posters here whose kids are on swim teams, and I have a question: how many kids per coach are there typically? We usually just drop DS off for swim practice so I've never paid much attention, but I went in today and there were 20 kids and 1 coach. Isn't that a lot?
For reference, his club is one of the big 3 clubs in the city and seem to do well in competitions, so maybe this type of ratio is normal?
traveltheworld, When we did swim team there was usually about 20 kids, the 1 main coach, and then maybe one or two high school students (trained lifeguards) who helped out depending on the day.
Post by madringal on Sept 24, 2023 11:31:36 GMT -5
traveltheworld, Our club at any given point has about 100 kids in the water. Head coach is always there, asst coach comes after work and there are normally some of the older club kids that work with some of the littles.
It would not be uncommon at all though for there to be 100 kids and just one coach for a little while.
My dad won an award for his softball leagues. He is 75, has arthritis, has one fake knee and is getting the other replaced next month. He plays on a 65+ team and a 55+ team, 3-4 days a week.
He really struggled with retirement after working 60+ hours a week from age 18 until 67. He found this league when he was out for a walk one day and happened upon the fields. He stopped to watch and they invited him to play.
I just love this for him.
This makes me so happy!! Happy for you and your dad! Congratulations to him!!!
traveltheworld, Our club at any given point has about 100 kids in the water. Head coach is always there, asst coach comes after work and there are normally some of the older club kids that work with some of the littles.
It would not be uncommon at all though for there to be 100 kids and just one coach for a little while.
Wow, ok thanks! I hadn't realized it was like that. I'm very used to ice hockey / soccer where there are usually 2 to 3 coaches for 15 kids. But DS seems to be enjoying it so all is well.