My 14 year old daughter had her first tournament with her new team this past weekend. She had the worst playing weekend in a very long time. She is beside herself.
On a personal level, my poor daughter is dealing with something very difficult (and very personal) in her home life that no kid should have to deal with. It all came to a head on Saturday morning, just before warm ups. It clearly affected her, but she wanted to play. She didn't want to let her team down. But she was emotionally injured and it showed.
She can only imagine what her coach thinks of her after this weekend. She fears he thinks he will regret choosing her, and feels awful. I tell her it's just one weekend. There will be many more. That doesn't seem to help.
I don't know what to do. Should I tell the coach what happened? I don't want to tell anyone about our problems, and I don't want to seem like I'm making excuses. But a part of me feels like maybe he needs to be aware. I don't know. It's tearing me up.
My poor girl. She works so hard and now this.
On a personal level, my poor daughter is dealing with something very difficult (and very personal) in her home life that no kid should have to deal with. It all came to a head on Saturday morning, just before warm ups. It clearly affected her, but she wanted to play. She didn't want to let her team down. But she was emotionally injured and it showed.
She can only imagine what her coach thinks of her after this weekend. She fears he thinks he will regret choosing her, and feels awful. I tell her it's just one weekend. There will be many more. That doesn't seem to help.
I don't know what to do. Should I tell the coach what happened? I don't want to tell anyone about our problems, and I don't want to seem like I'm making excuses. But a part of me feels like maybe he needs to be aware. I don't know. It's tearing me up.
My poor girl. She works so hard and now this.