tommygirl's blog post - frustration......

Yesterday we played in our first hockey tounament of the year. We lost our first 2 games and won the third. Kind of embarassing really considering it was our home town tournament and both of our teams did poorly. The kids played hard but faught a losing battle against the coaching staff which is terribly frustrating. I was so close to grabbing my son off the ice it wasn't even funny. Looking into his eyes as he flashes me glance with panic in his eyes as the coach has put him on "D" when his position is center. He has NO idea how to play defensively. He is a natural centerman. Has played that position since he could skate.

I am all for switching about the positions in the early years to see who plays best where. But, when you get a coach that just likes to switch things up for the hell of it....it pisses me off frankly. Not to mention that his trainer (his girlfriend) doesn't even know how to "switch on the fly" - she waits for a whistle and even then sometimes misses it!! The kids were getting shifts yesterday anywhere from 30 seconds to 6 minutes......WTF??!!

TG....frustrated and fighting the urge to knock the coach and trainer over the head with a very BIG stick!!!