laxchick18
03-27-2008, 07:54 PM
anyone have ideas how to get someone to play goalie?
im the only goalie for my team, and i graduate next year.
so far, no one has shown interest for the position, and once im gone there is nobody who has a clue what to do, not even the current coach.
not that i know much, but i have some experience. id really hate to see the team crash with no goalie.
ideas? thx.
lax21goalie2008
03-27-2008, 08:06 PM
Someone is bound to play goalie, but ask the coach if she would like to have a back up goalie so if you get hurt, there is someone who can step in and play.
Lacrosse4life31
03-27-2008, 08:11 PM
ehh.... ideas... Kinda hard to think of!
Lets see
1. If you know someone is struggling at one postion (defense, middy, attack) then take them aside and talk to them nicely about tryin a different position. If they aren't stubborn, they will take the opportunity and maybe be very good at it! I used to play defense and I wasn't anything special, I changed my postion last year to goalie, turns out I was pretty good! I made varsity and blah blah blah whereas if i stayed on defense I would still be second line JV. In my OWN opinion, the hardest thing about sports is finding your position.. your sweet spot. My brother is a defenseman, he is first line JV this year, but personally,he is very fast, and skinny---not a defenseman build, he doesn't deal out heavy checks when needed, I think he should play LSM... but he's too stubborn... The whole team wants him to play LSM...
Basically what I'm trying to say, find a person on your team that might not be best suited for that postion, tell them to try goalie, give them some hints, even practice with them abit and see if they like it.
2. Make sure your coach and yourself make it known that there will not be a goalie next year and that someone needs to step it up-basically "threaten" the team to get someone in
3. You could almost "bribe" them. Apparently, it is much easier to get scholarships to colleges (i'm guessing your in a HS level) if you play goalie rather than attack etc. etc.
Not really much else... Someone is gonna have to do it, or someone might get forced into doing it