186momx - DD1 is on 2 teams - a town rec team and her school team. I coach her school team, and she is definitely going to all of those playoff games to cheer on her teammates.
She really likes her town coaches, but doesn’t really care about the team. They’re not her friends and not awesome teammates. No one but the coaches reached out knowing she was hurt. So she’s fine leaving them behind.
cjcouple - I’d definitely be annoyed too. It’s not right to demean any one person/group/team to prove a point.
I feel like I need help deciding how spring/ summer will look for DS. DS will try out for club soccer, and I am not sure the timing. So that may mean 1 practice a week and no games in the summer. He is doing rec soccer for spring which is 1 practice plus 1 game a week.
Basketball ends soon.
Options that he is interested in are horseback riding and tennis lessons. I reached out to one stable because they do therapeutic and regular riding. They want to start him with therapeutic which is more $$ and requires a doctor note. And now I just wonder if I should have not mentioned anything at all because he is technically fine riding a horse or if I should do therapeutic because they will focus on core strength which is something he probably needs?
Tennis lessons only go through age 10 through the park district, so I probably need to do private lessons, and find someone. But it should be cheaper than horseback riding, and easier to access as an entire family. But we could maybe send both kids to the same private lesson.
However, if I wait on the horseback riding, then I worry he won't be interested later and we missed the window. This would be something then DD might want to do, but I would tell her she has to wait so he has his time first with the lessons, also cost would be higher for both and she is doing some expensive camps that he is not doing.
Also, I do have safety concerns for horseback riding, but the therapeutic option would have 2-3 people with him. My safety concerns are the horses misbehaving, not DS.
School spring sports start in a week or so. DD1 is running track, reluctantly (I told her she had to play a school sport; none of her friends are running this year, but she doesn't want to play lacrosse or softball) and DD2 is playing lacrosse.
For the last couple of years, I've been the assistant lax coach and my work boyfriend has been the head coach. However, he got a new job at the school and won't be able to coach this year and I have no interest (or really ability) to coach alone -- I've never played and I don't really know the rules. I know the AD thinks I'm going to step in, but he hasn't asked me, and I'm not going to do it. However, I also know that I will change my when they can't get another coach a week before...and I'm annoyed with myself about this.
"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.”
DS1 had his first baseball game last night and by all accounts, it went well (I had DD at flag football and softball, so couldn't go). I was not thrilled about him signing up for baseball again this year since he hadn't played in a couple years and it's a big time commitment. Luckily he got drafted onto one of our friend's teams, and the guy is an incredible coach, and DH is excited to help him with coaching. DH seemed to really have fun helping and he and DS1 were both in a great mood when they got home. Now for four days a week of baseball for the next few months, in addition to all the kids' other sports and activities.
We're getting 3 straight days of rain between now and Saturday, so the baseball opening day scheduled for Saturday has already been rescheduled, and the opening day for the softball league that was also Saturday probably will be as well. That should at least make for a more relaxed weekend, since originally we were supposed to have to be at the baseball field by 8 am Saturday and a softball tournament by 7 am Sunday.
cjcouple, Meh - I can see why she is upset. I am the mom of a freshman varsity swimmer. They have won their conference and sectional titles for 24 straight YEARS. They get jack crap for recognition. MAYBE they get their names said in the announcements the next day. Our basketball teams won one sectional meet in the last 20 years and these guys are treated like Gods.
Yes, the parents do the bulk of the leg work, but it is more than obvious that an incredible swim team will just never get the same recognition as a mediocre basketball team. Our schools athletics FB page posts quarterly score updates for every single boys/girls freshman/JV/varsity basketball game. Our girls and boys team didn't even get an update on how they did at state.
It's not a shot at the students, but the culture. And it gets annoying when your kids train like monsters and the only ones rooting them on are their moms.
cjcouple , Meh - I can see why she is upset. I am the mom of a freshman varsity swimmer. They have won their conference and sectional titles for 24 straight YEARS. They get jack crap for recognition. MAYBE they get their names said in the announcements the next day. Our basketball teams won one sectional meet in the last 20 years and these guys are treated like Gods.
Yes, the parents do the bulk of the leg work, but it is more than obvious that an incredible swim team will just never get the same recognition as a mediocre basketball team. Our schools athletics FB page posts quarterly score updates for every single boys/girls freshman/JV/varsity basketball game. Our girls and boys team didn't even get an update on how they did at state.
It's not a shot at the students, but the culture. And it gets annoying when your kids train like monsters and the only ones rooting them on are their moms.
Our fall sport seniors get recognized at the senior night football game and the winter are recognized at the senior night basketball games. Most of our sports do not play on our campus so this makes sense. Spring sports unfortunately, get no recognition since there isn't a big spring home sport.
I let DD1's town coaches know she was out for the season, and they immediately responded that they were sad, she is their favorite, her energy and spirit is great, they will miss her. The coaches are not parents - they're young adults (around 20-21 years old) that took over the team when the parent coach dropped out. They've tried really hard with a less-than-enthusiastic group, and I've let the know several times how much we appreciate them.
Shortly after our exchange, the coach let the whole team know that there's a play-in game to see who qualifies for play-offs, and that the games are this Saturday. Kids are on school vacation this week, so not an ideal time, but they coaches didn't set this up. The league informed them that they are playing.
One of the parents absolutely tore into the coach because her kid can't go because they're on vacation. Like, really embarrassed herself on the group chat.
Reason #7182453 why I will never coach town rec for DD1's age group ever again as long as I live.
madringal, I completely understand she was upset they didn't get a night. Her son deserves a senior night but you don't criticize the other teams and athletes and say "(they) are not good but got a senior night."
She did end up deleting when someone nicely pointed out that was very uncool to say and she agreed she was wrong.
Dd2 had an indoor soccer game yesterday. It was a close game and at one point I realized she had volunteered to play GK. I HAAAATE when she plays GK because if anything goes wrong she blames herself for days. But she did great! I was really proud of her.
Our awesome coach, nicest guy and super positive and energetic, got carded. It was really weird. He didn’t do anything wrong and everyone was stunned. Very odd. The ref was… difficult.
We are in the middle of Girl Scout cookie season. Had our first booth yesterday. The girls sure love selling — they’re so organized about taking turns holding signs, replenishing the display, having transactions with customers. My garage has been a cookie warehouse.
YMCA soccer starts this week. Monday practice for DS5, Tues and Thurs for DD9.