What can I do to beat the Varsity keeper?

[bluekeeper]

I'm a freshman trying out for my high school but they already have a varsity goalkeeper but she not that good but the coach plays favorites...

[TiNyLaXeR24]

Practice til you can't stand up anymore...have people rip shots on you from everywhere, maybe go to the park and practice game-like situations. It will help you during tryouts because you may be more versatile than the other goalie.

[ThePflash]

What grade are the other goalies on the team? Im kind of in the same boat only Im a Junior and there are two Senior goalies ahead of me. If they are upperclassmen then ull get the start next season but if they are the same age about ur just gonna have to show them something.

[lilaxgurl23]

Work you butt off. If your coach does it senority wise though, you can't do much. Anyhow, work work work so the next year or this year, they will want to have you. Try to be good in every aspect and lead your team during tryouts and/or season. If you don;t make it as the starting Varsity goalie, don't worry, take the experience and get ready for next year. Who knows, maybe the other goalie will quit or get hurt. I was in your position kinda of too last year. I was a frosh and there was a senor and sophmore ahead of me. The senior quit and I beat out the sophmore. My coach goes by who is good not what grade they are in. But good luck, and don't give up!

[bluekeeper]

I'm a frosh and the upperclassman is a junior

[OutBurst]

Anyways, back on topic. I would suggest just really working your butt off and giving it 110% everytime.

[laxgirl0108]

Although she is an upperclassmen, a lot of teams would like to have 2 goalies. Are there any other goalies that could play JV if you made Varsity with the Junior? O-and does your school have a fresh soft team?
Wait-was this for this past spring, or for next year?
If it was this past spring, how did everything turn out?

[laxfolife24]

Work really hard, and make sure he sees you working hard-that always helps. Ask him what you can do, work on.. Also, it sounds like polotics are involed because you said "he plays favorites". There is a reason for that and it is prob her parents donating money, bringing snacks and just plain sucking up ot the coach. Just a thought, because in Cali that's the way most of my teams have been run for basketball.

[headlinenewsrox]

i am in the same situation but i am a sophmore and the other goalie is a junior so it stinks

[laxgirl0108]

For my club team I got bumped down because the other goalie had the upper hand on politics and was a year older. It really stunk because I loved my team...so so much lol

[castlechic]

There are a couple of things you can do that should at least help in your quest. I was in the same position. I was a sophomore who had never played before who beat out a junior who had been the varsity goalie for 2 years. Show courage. Pretty much never complain no matter how much pain, or how much you hate the drill your doing. Try and make friends with your coach. Don't suck up but simply genuinely get to know him or her. If you know anyone on the boys team have them shoot on you. This will build up speed, and reduce your fear of the ball. Also get involved in your team as much as you possibly can. Whether this would be in fundraising or doing crappy things like carrying gear, or picking up cones or whatever. And lastly be willing to put in the time and effort that it takes to excell as a goalie. Never be late to practice, try and not miss practices. Always be 100% mentally there, and take time out of practice to stay fit. Diligence, strength, and leadership should help your coach take you seriously, and possibly help you win the varsity spot, I know it did. And my coach is now my friend and mentor. You never know how much a coach can mean to you.

[laxgirl0108]

Did the goalie who started this thread make Varsity?

[bluekeeper]

I made Varsity and All-stars.

[laxgirl0108]

Congrats!! Thats awesome

[SawyerLaxGirl44]

Thats what us fellow goalies like to hear, another one succeeding!! :-)

[bwickgoalie7]

just work hard and never give up. because if the coach sees how good you are than the varsity goalie then the coach with pick you over her

[rafterjack]

I made Varsity and All-stars.
Well done ! You showed a lot merely by asking on this forum for help . ( To me , you showed also by asking others for help that you really meant it , you really wanted this . ) Well done . You show maturity . Keep showing that - build on it . Abe Lincoln said that anyone who wants to make something of themselves doesn ' t have time for personal disputation ( disputes / arguing / an attitude , ever . ) ( Google , Abe and his subsequent Secretary of War ' s earliest contacts - Edwin A Stanton . See how he - Abe Lincoln - handled potential disputation with Stanton . Is classic . ) If he / she ( coach ) , " shows favoritism " ( many , even , most coaches do ) ; you see it , let it register and go on about Y O U R business of working hard / out working the other person , etc . Defeat happens ( immediately ) when we take an ' attitude ' ; complain ; react disputatiously ; act selfishly ; argue ( We have lost any gain right at that instant when we , so to speak - retaliate ; which all of those behaviours are , driven by a desire to retaliate . ) Short list , too . You complete it . But remember : immediately , we L O S T ( IM MED I ATE LY . ) ( Everyone of us out here . ) Keep yr . mouth and voice ( actions ) under yr . complete control ; at least keeping your own counsel - until you know what you want to say - can say what you really want to say exactly as you want to say it ( which will likely always be for the good of all . ) Congratulations !

[goalieskcickay]

Why so many parentheses?

Anyways, congratulations. I'm in a somewhat similar situation, a freshman hoping to make varsity, but with a few decent goalies who are seniors and junior. Luckily, I know the coach fairly well so I won't have the problem of him playing favorites, and he has specifically told me that the better player will play. (Meaning he doesn't do the whole seniority thing.)

[Guardian]

hier a hit ??

[lacrosseman192]

show the other goalie up...if ur that much better than the other goalie the coach cant start her over u

[goalieskcickay]

show the other goalie up...if ur that much better than the other goalie the coach cant start her over u

Haha you're a little late, but good advice I guess. Read the rest of the posts in the thread, she made varsity.

[lacrosseman192]

Haha you're a little late, but good advice I guess. Read the rest of the posts in the thread, she made varsity.


hahaha my bad yeah i really gotta start reading the other posts first

[abomb]

Well done ! You showed a lot merely by asking on this forum for help . ( To me , you showed also by asking others for help that you really meant it , you really wanted this . ) Well done . You show maturity . Keep showing that - build on it . Abe Lincoln said that anyone who wants to make something of themselves doesn ' t have time for personal disputation ( disputes / arguing / an attitude , ever . ) ( Google , Abe and his subsequent Secretary of War ' s earliest contacts - Edwin A Stanton . See how he - Abe Lincoln - handled potential disputation with Stanton . Is classic . ) If he / she ( coach ) , " shows favoritism " ( many , even , most coaches do ) ; you see it , let it register and go on about Y O U R business of working hard / out working the other person , etc . Defeat happens ( immediately ) when we take an ' attitude ' ; complain ; react disputatiously ; act selfishly ; argue ( We have lost any gain right at that instant when we , so to speak - retaliate ; which all of those behaviours are , driven by a desire to retaliate . ) Short list , too . You complete it . But remember : immediately , we L O S T ( IM MED I ATE LY . ) ( Everyone of us out here . ) Keep yr . mouth and voice ( actions ) under yr . complete control ; at least keeping your own counsel - until you know what you want to say - can say what you really want to say exactly as you want to say it ( which will likely always be for the good of all . ) Congratulations !
that was the most amazing post i have EVER read.

but im from the northwest as well, just wondering what select team your on. i dont know of many womans ones.

[goalie1215]

dang. i was about to tell you to hit her with a brick but you know whatever.

[GLaxGoalie06]

i had the same exact thing happen to me, i came on my high school team as a freshman, played ok, and as a sophmore i beat out the junior goalie because i worked my butt off. you really just have ot want it and practice every minute you have, show the coach you're better. good luck!!!

[Emerican]

a friend of mine, she played keeper, and she really wanted to play varsity, not JV, and yeah, she was pretty good, but what she did was over the summer and winter, she practiced with the guys team, and she did stuff with her team, so she got used to being vocal and all that, and she really got rather good at stopping the ball, and now she's starting on varsity

just a thought

[nclaxkid]

Go above and beyond.
Believe in yourself.
And talk to the coach.

How?
That's your job to figure out.