This is a great post! Every DD story is different. Here's is my DD story (very motivational, please read to the end):
When DD was 4 years old when she played rec soccer for the first time. She scored just about every time she got the ball. We were like I guess she likes soccer.
From 5-7 years DD was just have fun playing AYSO, we enjoyed watching her play. DD took a break from soccer from 8-9 years old, we forgot to sign her up because we have 3 kids and our schedules didn't allow the free Saturdays. DD played U10 AYSO and scored lot of goals but was not selected to the spring select teams. I still remember at the tryout they gave her a number and we were to go to the website in 2 days and check to see if her number was on the list. My DD just stared at the computer screen as we couldn't find her number, to say she was disappointed is a understatement. DD tried club and was labeled a "B" team player so we left club and decided to just allow her to have "fun" playing rec soccer. DD signed up for U12 AYSO and local indoor soccer leagues. DD scored lots of goals and her AYSO team went all the way to state tournament at the end of year, she made the spring select team and did very well at indoor soccer, DD was asked to play 2 years up at the local indoor leagues. Again DD tried out for club soccer again and was told she was not a "A" team player so we decided to take a break from organize soccer BUT DD did not want to stop training. THIS IS WHEN YOUR DD will decide what they want to do, trust me my DD could have quit soccer easily and we would of been fine with her pursuing something different but she had a dream of playing soccer so we supported her 100%. At 11-12 years old my DD trained every single day for 365 days straight she never took a break. I would even find her doing push-ups and sit-ups at night in her room my herself. I would take her to the park at night and she would kick, dribble, run and just flat out work hard every single day. She decorated her bedroom walls with soccer idols and motivation quotes. It was really shocking to us how much motivation she had to succeed even when she was not getting immediate results but we went with it and decided to help her as much as we could. At 11 years old we found her local soccer trainer who at the time only trained boys but he found a interest in our DD so he decided to take her on to make her the "best" soccer player in the world, that was exactly what he said and we were like "this guy is crazy" but DD loved his training sessions. DD enjoyed the challenge of beating boys in soccer so we took her to random parks in a not so good places of town so she could train every week with her trainer, this is where her skills started to rapidly increase. At 12 years old she tried out for club soccer again and was asked to play 1 year up on a "A" team on the best club in our town. We were very proud! At 13 years old she started to change physically and mentally. My DD got bigger, faster and stronger but just lacked experience playing club games. DD did great her 1st year of playing club and earned starting position by the end of the year playing 1 year up. It didn't take long for her to start scoring goals, learning how to play at a higher level and her team has won several tournaments and recently finished 1st place undefeated in league play. At 14 years old I took her to 1 college id camp where 25 colleges attended, DD was amazing at camp showing tremendous skills and scored a game winning goal in the final 11v11 game with dozens of college coaches watching and the game was filmed and sent out to colleges. DD started to get letters and brochures in the mail from top D1 schools and emails daily with camp invites. DD went to a local skills camp at our local D1 campus in town and the coaches were excited to see her there, they knew who she was and wanted to start the process of recruiting her right away. In six months time they kept track of her, shortly after seeing her play at there college id camp, we met with them on campus and my DD made a verbal commitment to our local D1 women's college soccer program at 14 years old (DD is freshman in HS, Class of 2020). My DD was the youngest player to ever be recruited by our local D1 school in any sport. DD has been asked to several national college id camps and to travel to Europe and play with a USA select soccer team this summer. Recently, DD was ranked #16 best forward and #48 best player in Southern California by TopDrawer soccer. We are NOT located in SoCal and DD doesn't play ODP or ECNL. To see my DD play checkout her youtube, #gokyra. The reason I wanted to share my DD story is because every player has a past and it's the reason my DD plays soccer and continues to train hard every single day. If you read all the way down to here thank you and good luck to all those DDs out there and remember to never give up and keep grinding. - Very Proud Soccer Dad
When DD was 4 years old when she played rec soccer for the first time. She scored just about every time she got the ball. We were like I guess she likes soccer.
From 5-7 years DD was just have fun playing AYSO, we enjoyed watching her play. DD took a break from soccer from 8-9 years old, we forgot to sign her up because we have 3 kids and our schedules didn't allow the free Saturdays. DD played U10 AYSO and scored lot of goals but was not selected to the spring select teams. I still remember at the tryout they gave her a number and we were to go to the website in 2 days and check to see if her number was on the list. My DD just stared at the computer screen as we couldn't find her number, to say she was disappointed is a understatement. DD tried club and was labeled a "B" team player so we left club and decided to just allow her to have "fun" playing rec soccer. DD signed up for U12 AYSO and local indoor soccer leagues. DD scored lots of goals and her AYSO team went all the way to state tournament at the end of year, she made the spring select team and did very well at indoor soccer, DD was asked to play 2 years up at the local indoor leagues. Again DD tried out for club soccer again and was told she was not a "A" team player so we decided to take a break from organize soccer BUT DD did not want to stop training. THIS IS WHEN YOUR DD will decide what they want to do, trust me my DD could have quit soccer easily and we would of been fine with her pursuing something different but she had a dream of playing soccer so we supported her 100%. At 11-12 years old my DD trained every single day for 365 days straight she never took a break. I would even find her doing push-ups and sit-ups at night in her room my herself. I would take her to the park at night and she would kick, dribble, run and just flat out work hard every single day. She decorated her bedroom walls with soccer idols and motivation quotes. It was really shocking to us how much motivation she had to succeed even when she was not getting immediate results but we went with it and decided to help her as much as we could. At 11 years old we found her local soccer trainer who at the time only trained boys but he found a interest in our DD so he decided to take her on to make her the "best" soccer player in the world, that was exactly what he said and we were like "this guy is crazy" but DD loved his training sessions. DD enjoyed the challenge of beating boys in soccer so we took her to random parks in a not so good places of town so she could train every week with her trainer, this is where her skills started to rapidly increase. At 12 years old she tried out for club soccer again and was asked to play 1 year up on a "A" team on the best club in our town. We were very proud! At 13 years old she started to change physically and mentally. My DD got bigger, faster and stronger but just lacked experience playing club games. DD did great her 1st year of playing club and earned starting position by the end of the year playing 1 year up. It didn't take long for her to start scoring goals, learning how to play at a higher level and her team has won several tournaments and recently finished 1st place undefeated in league play. At 14 years old I took her to 1 college id camp where 25 colleges attended, DD was amazing at camp showing tremendous skills and scored a game winning goal in the final 11v11 game with dozens of college coaches watching and the game was filmed and sent out to colleges. DD started to get letters and brochures in the mail from top D1 schools and emails daily with camp invites. DD went to a local skills camp at our local D1 campus in town and the coaches were excited to see her there, they knew who she was and wanted to start the process of recruiting her right away. In six months time they kept track of her, shortly after seeing her play at there college id camp, we met with them on campus and my DD made a verbal commitment to our local D1 women's college soccer program at 14 years old (DD is freshman in HS, Class of 2020). My DD was the youngest player to ever be recruited by our local D1 school in any sport. DD has been asked to several national college id camps and to travel to Europe and play with a USA select soccer team this summer. Recently, DD was ranked #16 best forward and #48 best player in Southern California by TopDrawer soccer. We are NOT located in SoCal and DD doesn't play ODP or ECNL. To see my DD play checkout her youtube, #gokyra. The reason I wanted to share my DD story is because every player has a past and it's the reason my DD plays soccer and continues to train hard every single day. If you read all the way down to here thank you and good luck to all those DDs out there and remember to never give up and keep grinding. - Very Proud Soccer Dad
