You learn at an early age if you are athletic,talented and can run the field. For the weaker ones,they become defenders.where else do you hide them.And for the real weak.Goalie.
Haha! Some truth to that. Think back to Pal when you had to force kids to play goalie. My daughter would throw a tantrum when banished to defense! But, it does take a village, to make a great lax team!
When my daughter gets put on defense on her travel team (8th grade), which is a very competitive A team, she knows she's not playing well and is being "punished".
Wow, I would love it if my daughter's very competitive A team played your daughter's team. Punishing the underperforming players by trying to hide them on defense sounds like a good opportunity for our slow attackers to get some ball placement practice in. And our middies would have a good time working on their trapping during their rides since your underperformers are not motivated enough to do an organized clear and will probably try to run the ball up to prove that they can go back to their attack positions. That sounds like a perfect tune up prior to the summer tournaments.
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