I had a mom tell me this week that she has found out that her daughter is good at soccer and that she will most likely join a team this spring. She and I have often said how we don't fit the "soccer mom" image, so this is not a real "fun" moment for her, even though she's excited for her daughter!
So, much to my dismay, N has come to us this week with "Can I please." She's actually been participating in sports at recess this year. That's a first. She's also been talking about sports related things more. She's always had an interest, but not much drive that direction. Apparently there is a new soccer team forming that has mostly kids from her school on it. It also will have several kids that have never played on an organized team before. (Sounds like a winning team to me :) !) Basically one of her friends mom is coaching and they are hitting up all the girls in her class.
It's going to be a major time commitment, but we don't have conflicts with it, so we have agreed that as long as her grades stay up and she maintains some expectations we have for her at home then she can join the team.
I really don't think she'll like playing on an organized team. I think that it will be hard for her. But she wants to try and as long as she can handle it, I think it will be a good learning experience for her. I'm really glad it's not soccer! :) I will do my best to encourage her and help her to be successful. I will also secretly hope (okay not so secret to you all) that she gets the whole sports thing out of her system with this and we'll be done with it! But if not, then I guess we're ready for it because we've said yes. YIKES!?! Maybe she'll changer her mind...???? One can always hope :) :) :) :)
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This softball thing was different for all of us. N tried the same thing last year and like most things .... I was the good cop and mommy was the meany. This time however, T was the softy.
I'm very emotonally unprepared to be the hard nose. And the worst part was she didn't tell em she was switching!!!!!
I'm confused...is she going to be playing Soccer or Softball????
It will be a good experience for her. Being a part of something that all the other girls are a part of is really important at that age. I was on a softball team once in 6th grade. I hated it but I am glad that I had the experience.
softball is what she'll be playing.
I hate to say it since you will have to be the ones whose schedule is messed up but organized sports can be awesome if they are properly put in context. I was horrible (and I really mean horrible) in most sports, but I still loved playing soccer, baseball, and football in leagues as a kid.
I wouldn't have done it any different even if I couldn't hit a ball with a bat to save my life.
I know what you are saying dust. I was in track and Vollyball. The reason I don't think N will like organized sports (and I may be wrong) is because she hates everything that is organized by someone else.
If she comes up with a plan she is very organized with her reasoning, but she has a hard time with keeping rules in her head. She's a free spirit and she likes to be free especially in play time because so much of her life is structured other then that (thanks to her mom!:))
But I do over analyze things, so she may just end up loving it!? Only time will tell. The time commitment is the other thing. She's never been willing to give up that much of her time for anything like this before. She is getting older though and her interests are changing and still developing. I hope she is successful, but mostly, I hope she has fun!
fun = success. But she thinks she'll be good at softball, so I also hope for her sake that she does have some natural abilities with it!
I hope she likes sports - they are good for kids. It keeps them out of trouble - mostly.
Does she not like to play games? (board, card, computer,whatever games.) They all have rules and are so-called organized. Softball and Soccer are no different.
I am curious to know what a "soccer mom" looks like.
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