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or a striker. if she's nimble and can handle the ball well she could just as easily see herself on the other side of the pitch.

Lt. Staplic wrote:or a striker. if she's nimble and can handle the ball well she could just as easily see herself on the other side of the pitch.

Nope. When I said she had the footspeed to be a sweeper, it was like saying that someone had the perfect face for radio. In general, for a first-grader, her athletic ability is such that she's very lucky that she can read on a third-grade level. If she were a striker, she'd be just crossing midfield by the time the ball was already coming back the other way.

Ah. In that ase she's actually more likely to be a holding mid/stopper.

Of course at u8 it's a little early be sure

Lt. Staplic wrote:Ah. In that ase she's actually more likely to be a holding mid/stopper.

Of course at u8 it's a little early be sure

Chances are that she'll play it for the season then move on to softball, then cheer, then football (if I can find a friggin' powderpuff league around here,) then spinning, then...

Mikey wrote:

Lt. Staplic wrote:Ah. In that ase she's actually more likely to be a holding mid/stopper.

Of course at u8 it's a little early be sure

Chances are that she'll play it for the season then move on to softball, then cheer, then football (if I can find a friggin' powderpuff league around here,) then spinning, then...

With any luck, stay with spinning. ... Or join the band

Spinning is joining the band. My wife marched color guard with the Rutgers band, Rutgers indoor guard, and Caballeros... then taught guard at Rutgers and a couple of different high schools... then judged guard (well, V.E. and guard caption) for a couple of different high school circuits. I don't think my daughter has much of a choice.

Mikey wrote:Spinning is joining the band. My wife marched color guard with the Rutgers band, Rutgers indoor guard, and Caballeros... then taught guard at Rutgers and a couple of different high schools... then judged guard (well, V.E. and guard caption) for a couple of different high school circuits. I don't think my daughter has much of a choice.

Oh I know -- I meant join the band on an instrument I'm dating a color-guard member so I know better than to make light of them. And yes, with a pedigree like that I agree, I'm pretty sure she doesn't have a choice.


Good luck with the "band parent" thing

She wants to play the flute, but we'll see. It's tough to tell, because even a five-foot pole is too big for her right now and my wife considers swing flags to be tools of the devil.

Mikey wrote:She wants to play the flute, but we'll see. It's tough to tell, because even a five-foot pole is too big for her right now and my wife considers swing flags to be tools of the devil.

Ahh. Bad experience with swing flags? Interestingly enough, I know several girls in colorguard who switch between the flute and the flags depending on the time of year and how they're feeling that season. Was your wife one of the judges who would mill about on the field getting in the bands way or did she watch from the sideline? (Granted, I was in the Pit so I really shouldn't complain about field judges ).

Mikey wrote:...my wife considers swing flags to be tools of the devil.

... Aren't they?

Tsukiyumi wrote:

Mikey wrote:...my wife considers swing flags to be tools of the devil.

... Aren't they?

yes

Mikey wrote:

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:I'm rather anxious for the snow to finish melting to I can basically clean up the yard. Good lord it's gonna be something of a chore.

Up by you, the snow should finish melting in... what, June?

Back to this... it's snowing out. It's accumulating and we're supposed to get 12 inches or so.

Tomorrow was supposed to be the first day of vacation for me...

Sonic Glitch wrote:

Mikey wrote:She wants to play the flute, but we'll see. It's tough to tell, because even a five-foot pole is too big for her right now and my wife considers swing flags to be tools of the devil.

Ahh. Bad experience with swing flags? Interestingly enough, I know several girls in colorguard who switch between the flute and the flags depending on the time of year and how they're feeling that season. Was your wife one of the judges who would mill about on the field getting in the bands way or did she watch from the sideline? (Granted, I was in the Pit so I really shouldn't complain about field judges ).

No bad experience, she just considers them to have low visual impact and a low degree of skill involved... and you can't toss them. And she judged visual effect, general effect, or guard caption - from the box.

Turns out there aren't any flights from Houston to Benghazi at the moment. Huh.

Tsukiyumi wrote:Turns out there aren't any flights from Houston to Benghazi at the moment. Huh.

I'm shocked. Why, exactly, were you trying to go to Benghazi? Planning on carving out your own little empire of Prestonia?