My daughter went through the same, we switched her to tennis and she LOVED it

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Jul 28, 2021
11:13:45am

VegasCoug Starter

My daughter went through the same, we switched her to tennis and she LOVED it

A played through her senior year.

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VegasCoug

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So my daughter didn't make her freshman soccer team...

CougarBuddy

7/28/21 10:47am

Maybe get her involved with cross country or something this fall? Same thing happened to my brother...

cougfanblue

7/28/21 10:49am

Cross country is a great fall back sport, and the camaraderie on the team is great. One of my daughters is doing

CSoul

7/28/21 11:19am

Dittos. Had the same experience and CC turned out to be an awesome experience.

cougERdoc

7/28/21 12:30pm

Ugh. I hate the “all-or-nothing” positions in sports (keeper, QB)..

cougfanz

7/28/21 10:51am

seriously, she's my oldest...

CougarBuddy

7/28/21 10:54am

Agree. Hard to do though in high level clubs both in

cougfanz

7/28/21 10:57am

true... thx!

CougarBuddy

7/28/21 11:07am

If you're good enough to play for a good club team

Archaea

7/28/21 4:06pm

I have a neice that this same thing happened to in basketball. She was like the

7/28/21 10:53am

Its the problem with high school sports these days

Remigius

7/28/21 10:54am

Been in your shoes with three of my kids - two with basketball and one with

StarMan

7/28/21 10:57am

If you haven't already used this, this is possibly my favorite quote.

EtTuKalante

7/28/21 11:05am

RE: If you haven't already used this, this is possibly my favorite quote.

7/28/21 11:12am

These are the stories why when my daughter's club coach wanted my daughter to be keeper I said

CSoul

7/28/21 11:00am

My 7 year old daughters soccer team played 2 or 3 teams

BradioHead

7/28/21 11:11am

My daughter went through the same, we switched her to tennis and she LOVED it

VegasCoug

7/28/21 11:13am

I feel for your daughter. The worst day of my life up to that point was when

Tuss

7/28/21 11:26am

Has she thought of playing Lacrosse?

zonacougar

7/28/21 11:29am

HS sports is never fair

Samuel Hall Society

7/28/21 11:32am

Have her start playing tennis

bluelands

7/28/21 11:35am

Twin sons will be juniors, and have decided not to pursue HS soccer this year

oilman

7/28/21 11:37am

This is where kids should be able to transfer if they want without penalty

CaliWG

7/28/21 11:37am

You can do that in Utah (not sure if OP is form Utah). I think, technically,

fattycoug

7/28/21 11:57am

If she's looking to improve her skills to try at it again

LeonMarek

7/28/21 11:38am

It’s brutal

caretoomuch

7/28/21 11:54am

I don't know about soccer, but baseball is often coached by a dad. I've seen

doctorcoug

7/28/21 12:40pm

Your kids school teams are coached by dad's? Seems weird..either way still

ordinary tri guy

7/28/21 2:20pm

High School soccer is fun to play for your school but in terms of quality

JuveCoug

7/28/21 12:47pm

The opportunity to develop emotional resilience from this experience

SurfCoug

7/28/21 2:26pm

Don't give up. Kids "peak" at different ages. I tell the kids I coach "everyone

ImuaKahuku

7/28/21 2:30pm

Encourage her to live her passion. I weighed 112Lbs in the 9th grade and 180 as

coastcat

7/28/21 3:14pm

Have her pickup tennis or golf. It's usually a less competitive sport and especially in doubles

7/28/21 3:02pm

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