Last night my DD was in tears and near hysteria about this coming Monday's HS tryouts. It took my about 30 minutes to calm her down. When I asked her why she was so nervous about tryouts she replied, "Dad I have never had to tryout before!!!". It took me a few minutes but I finally realized what she meant. Even though she is a sophomore and almost 16 she has never been to a formal tryout for a rec team, all star team or travel ball team. I was her coach throughout rec and all stars and coaches DDs did not have to tryout. Her first travel ball team was a local team and the coach invited her to play for the team. Her next two travel teams were similar. As she grew as a player other teams would ask her to come play and the two teams she played for the past two years never had her formally try out. Last year as a freshman she twisted her ankle in a Sunday game the day before tryouts. Since she had played for the JV coach on her first travel team he had no issues with her not trying out. So the bottom line is Monday will be the first formal try out she will have.
All my efforts to calm her last night exasperated the issue. She can't explain why she is nervous and i am at a loss as how to help her? Any suggestions on how to get her calm and focused again?
All my efforts to calm her last night exasperated the issue. She can't explain why she is nervous and i am at a loss as how to help her? Any suggestions on how to get her calm and focused again?