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Originally posted by sktrgirl:
Yes my daughter enjoys other sports and I purposefully made her take a break from hockey last spring even though she had been asked to do a spring league and clinic. Even though she would have liked to skate we decided to let her do other sports, which she really enjoyed. It is funny that you say to notice if she is not being corrected during drills compared to boys. That has not been an issue with her coaches thus far but did notice that during a camp she attended she seemed invisible to those running it, even though she was clearly well matched to the boys out there. They never picked her for a demonstration or knew her name like they did the boys. I had never thought that it was because she is a girl but I guess I naively assumed she would be treated the same?? Interesting. Something to keep an eye out for. As for the coaching thing, I try to avoid it since I don't know anything about hockey and like you I tell her to have fun. I can't say I don't think about her future or I wouldn't be asking but I do try to keep things into perspective. Hopefully that doesn't change but something tells me the more you get into this, the more you learn.