Soccer Time

Tara has been practicing with her soccer team these last couple of weeks. I noticed her having some issues with one of the girls on her team. Tara had this same girl in her dance class and she was always off doing her own thing and never paid attention then and it is the same thing all over again. Tara is really serious about soccer and she wants to be great at it but this girl is obviously irritating her. Right off the bat this evening the girl was running next to Tara and she tripped Tara. Of course she fell but jumped right back up but was mad. Then a little later when they were playing a game, Tara went over to that girl's ball and kicked it out of the area. Her way of getting revenge. That little girl went and got her ball and came back over to Tara and called her stupid and then stuck her tongue out at Tara. Tara then called her stupid back then turned around and walking away while getting in the word Brat. This was near the end and I was questioning Tara about what I observed and Tara explained everything to me but included a few more name calls. Tara says next time she starts her stuff she's just gonna push her down. I'm like...whoa, no you won't. I explained to Tara that she will be benched for stuff like that and she needs to learn how to co-exist with this girl. Tara then began walking to my van and she says, "well... she obviously doesn't know who she's messing with." Probably the wrong thing to do but we were all laughing. Maybe word has gotten out on our side of town but hmm this girl probably hasn't been warned. Just kidding. My boys have never acted like that, I'm just a little shocked at her whole attitude.

And, by the way, if I was Tara I would be just as mad. It is crazy when the coach has to repeat himself to her and all players are forced to wait while she finishes whatever she was not supposed to be doing. The girls have been doing different lessons and it doesn't matter who this girl is teamed with she won't cooperate. She won't pass the ball and she is always shoving and tripping the girls.