This is my 7 year old chasing a State Cup medal/trophy. The fact is some kids love to play for something more than just having fun. Yes, dad wants to chase a little as well, but you can't teach medal chasing to a kid. It comes from those who are super competitive and from their heart of wanting to win. We lost all the games and my dd was one of the only players who cried after being smashed by better teams. The good news, one of the top coaches in socal saw her crying and saw someone who actually cared about winning. So, she reached out and the rest is history. I have boxes of medals from Legends Classic, Blues Cup, West Coast, Two Surf Cup trophies, A Man City Trophy, a Far West Regional plaque and a Natty medal to boot to name a few. Those are just the big trophies and medals she earned by hard work in her youth career. She wanted CIF so bad but the clowns at CIF put our little Laguna school in D1. Total joke and I'm still researching how on earth Laguna with 800 student needs to play against powerhouse RSM, Los Al, Newport and all the big schools like HB and Capo. These schools have thousands of students to choose from. Wining has to come into play around 7, but not win at all costs and no coach should yell or scream for the win, and that includes daddy. I yelled at refs only, my true confession. You would too if you saw the physical abuse my dd took during her medal runs.
View attachment 18408
