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That other shoe I have been fretting? Did drop, but is a relief. Still hurts though
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<blockquote data-quote="SuZir" data-source="post: 531288" data-attributes="member: 14557"><p>Good question. this was one of the sports his dad also played and he had play gear from the early age. When he was two, he saw this sport from TV and was sold. From there on it was always his favourite. One he played in our yard, one he wanted to play with dad, one he begged us to put him to the team when he was old enough. And while he did other sports, both team and individual, this was always his favourite. And the one he clearly had a talent for. So mainly it is, because he simply loves it. And he is playing one of those 'little different' positions there you are kind of an individual athlete inside the team. Like maybe pitcher in baseball, or were you Canadian, bit like a goalie in the ice hockey. And to be honest, it wouldn't make a difference in this level, if it would be an individual sport. In fact he would probably need to be more with the team, if he was for example a swimmer. They tend to clock something like 200 training camp days a year. And that means time spend with the team, in small space, sharing rooms etc. Now difficult child at least gets to sleep in his own bed most of his nights. </p><p></p><p>Buddy and Hound dog: concussions on sports are hot topic also here. And while it would be possible for the difficult child to suffer very serious concussions in his sport (in fact one of the local poster boys for athletic concussions did play the same sport and position) it would likely be something that would get noticed. He doesn't get 'bumps to the head' often, but he could get a serious one. But that would probably be noticed. And to my knowledge he has never had a concussion. If he has had one, it has more likely been from some accident or other things when he was a child. </p><p></p><p>And this is not something new to him. It has always been difficult for him to take care of his stuff and be tidy and punctual. He was a kid whose gloves (and even jackets) were always missing, back bag lost in the way from school to home, school books always either at home or school, mobile phones lost, keys lost, always late from school etc. And it is still mostly the same, relatively minor (even at times nitpicky if you ask me) stuff he was fined. Being three minutes late from practise, being seven seconds late from the team meeting, not having a pen in the team meeting and having to borrow, forgetting to shut down his phone, leaving his running shoes on the floor under his locker while he should had put the in the locker, forgetting to put his training jersey to laundry basket in the correct day, leaving used towel to his locker instead of laundry, forgetting the roll of sport tape to the bench in front of his locker instead of putting it to the locker, not emptying his water bottle before putting it to shelf, forgetting it was his turn to rent the movies for the bus ride, renting lousy movies no one wants to see, leaving rubbish on the floor or bench, having part of his equipment in the wrong hook, leaving his school book/gloves/hat/mp3-player to the team bus etc. etc. Apparently it is normal for the kids to rack up fines first when they change to men's team, but usually they learn fast and mostly only end up having something like 2-5 fines a month after that (or more if the mock court notices later in the season that they are not gathering enough money in current pace. Money is usually used either for the whole team doing something fun together after a season or to charities or to both.) difficult child was having that many in week and he often ended up having to use all his gas money (and more) to fines and was driving with his bicycle everywhere. And he only got little fewer fines (or community service) late in the season because they were worried that punishing him so often was counterproductive and let the most nitpicky stuff slide. </p><p></p><p>And the difficulty with videotaped performances seems even weirder now that I talked more about it with both difficult child and the coach who works most with the difficult child. difficult child says that he bases his performance on how it feels and while he can correct himself if he is doing something and coach asks him to do it differently (for example tells him to change his balance slightly or something) he has a great difficulty to know from watching the tape how it did feel at that moment and that is why it is difficult to correct, because he doesn't know what he was doing in the first place in the situation coach is trying to correct. And because of difficult child's social skills are what they are and because he tends to behave badly and cockily if he is unsure or scared, this has caused many arguments with his coach and is a part of the reason he is considered stubborn and his coachability has often been in the question.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SuZir, post: 531288, member: 14557"] Good question. this was one of the sports his dad also played and he had play gear from the early age. When he was two, he saw this sport from TV and was sold. From there on it was always his favourite. One he played in our yard, one he wanted to play with dad, one he begged us to put him to the team when he was old enough. And while he did other sports, both team and individual, this was always his favourite. And the one he clearly had a talent for. So mainly it is, because he simply loves it. And he is playing one of those 'little different' positions there you are kind of an individual athlete inside the team. Like maybe pitcher in baseball, or were you Canadian, bit like a goalie in the ice hockey. And to be honest, it wouldn't make a difference in this level, if it would be an individual sport. In fact he would probably need to be more with the team, if he was for example a swimmer. They tend to clock something like 200 training camp days a year. And that means time spend with the team, in small space, sharing rooms etc. Now difficult child at least gets to sleep in his own bed most of his nights. Buddy and Hound dog: concussions on sports are hot topic also here. And while it would be possible for the difficult child to suffer very serious concussions in his sport (in fact one of the local poster boys for athletic concussions did play the same sport and position) it would likely be something that would get noticed. He doesn't get 'bumps to the head' often, but he could get a serious one. But that would probably be noticed. And to my knowledge he has never had a concussion. If he has had one, it has more likely been from some accident or other things when he was a child. And this is not something new to him. It has always been difficult for him to take care of his stuff and be tidy and punctual. He was a kid whose gloves (and even jackets) were always missing, back bag lost in the way from school to home, school books always either at home or school, mobile phones lost, keys lost, always late from school etc. And it is still mostly the same, relatively minor (even at times nitpicky if you ask me) stuff he was fined. Being three minutes late from practise, being seven seconds late from the team meeting, not having a pen in the team meeting and having to borrow, forgetting to shut down his phone, leaving his running shoes on the floor under his locker while he should had put the in the locker, forgetting to put his training jersey to laundry basket in the correct day, leaving used towel to his locker instead of laundry, forgetting the roll of sport tape to the bench in front of his locker instead of putting it to the locker, not emptying his water bottle before putting it to shelf, forgetting it was his turn to rent the movies for the bus ride, renting lousy movies no one wants to see, leaving rubbish on the floor or bench, having part of his equipment in the wrong hook, leaving his school book/gloves/hat/mp3-player to the team bus etc. etc. Apparently it is normal for the kids to rack up fines first when they change to men's team, but usually they learn fast and mostly only end up having something like 2-5 fines a month after that (or more if the mock court notices later in the season that they are not gathering enough money in current pace. Money is usually used either for the whole team doing something fun together after a season or to charities or to both.) difficult child was having that many in week and he often ended up having to use all his gas money (and more) to fines and was driving with his bicycle everywhere. And he only got little fewer fines (or community service) late in the season because they were worried that punishing him so often was counterproductive and let the most nitpicky stuff slide. And the difficulty with videotaped performances seems even weirder now that I talked more about it with both difficult child and the coach who works most with the difficult child. difficult child says that he bases his performance on how it feels and while he can correct himself if he is doing something and coach asks him to do it differently (for example tells him to change his balance slightly or something) he has a great difficulty to know from watching the tape how it did feel at that moment and that is why it is difficult to correct, because he doesn't know what he was doing in the first place in the situation coach is trying to correct. And because of difficult child's social skills are what they are and because he tends to behave badly and cockily if he is unsure or scared, this has caused many arguments with his coach and is a part of the reason he is considered stubborn and his coachability has often been in the question. [/QUOTE]
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