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by thebes20 on Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:17 pm
This has been posted here every once in a while and some of the posts included were from Fl parents, I recognize them from years ago. So, for those of you new to the forum.......Feel free to add your insight.
From the Georgia Soccer Forum:
I made a new page for soccerga.com that includes the posts made in 2002 and 2003 on this topic. Please enjoy and feel free to add more - I can always expand the page.
You know you're a hard-core soccer parent when you:
* Keep towels, newspapers, Febreeze, lawn chairs, umbrellas, water jugs in the trunk of ALL of your cars
* Go to sell your car, the soccer ball magnet peels off the paint
* Your friend gets in your car and almost passes out from the smell of rotted flesh (oh wait, that is your kids keeper gloves) and you didn't even notice it
* Think nothing of driving miles and miles to a 9:00am R3PL game and then turning around and driving back the same day.
* When you give directions, you use soccer fields for landmarks (forget the Big Chicken)
* Drive 80 miles for practice and think nothing of it.
* Get upset because the teachers give assignments on practice nights. WHAT are they thinking?
* FINALLY understand off-side (well, close anyway)
* When asked your children's ages, you refer to them as U-10, u-15 & U-16
* Can spend $1200 on a trip to San Diego for a tournament and don't even see the ocean...
* All your clothes are the colors of your club! Don't even think about changing clubs...I'll have nothing to wear!
* If you know what the heck these are: Umbro, Copa Mundial, Fingersave, unlucky, 3-4-3,AR, finish, JD, nutmeg, Kelme, Underkombat, Zidane, square ball, recycle, Cruyff, Stanley Matthews, WAGS, first time, wall pass, overlap, open up, Rivalino, Coervers, All Ball!!!!! (usually screamed, several times)
* You read this forum and know the website of forums in other states.
* Your "favorite places" are all soccer related
* You are able to sleep in a hotel room with 12 teenage boys all playing FIFA.
* You think soccer shorts are nicer and better looking than regular shorts.
* Other parents ask you rules related questions on the field, (how dumb are they?)
* Instead of buying newspaper to read it...You get it to stuff your child's $120 cleats...
* You are up, driving to a game on a Saturday morning, it is raining and Starbucks isn't even open yet.
* You have made no plans for any Labor Day or Memorial Day weekend, for years!
* Your kid knows where places are by pointing out landmarks such as the Roswell soccer fields, Lightning fields, "that place where I got yellow carded", the fields we played on when it rained, etc.....
* You make your soccer trips into "family" vacations
* You actually plan your pregnancies around the fall and spring seasons [this requires a very accurate "shooter".]
* You work your daughter's wedding in around your son's soccer tournaments.
* Your child accidentally falls down the stairs and the first thing you think about is "will he have to sit out because of this"
* Your player holds up a yellow card when you and your spouse are arguing.
* Six of your players get stuck in the elevator and your first thought is, "Do we still have enough kids for the morning game?"
* You mourn your child's last year in high school because it will all be over and you KNOW it was the best thing to happen to you and your kid.
Top 20 signs you're a hard-core soccer parent:
* Number 20- Mandatory Parent meeting at the hotel pool sometimes lasting till 2 A.M.
* Number 19- Knowing all the locations of the nearest Subway to every soccer field in the State.
* Number 18- You think you've got a night off, only to get a phone call that practice has been changed.
* Number 17- You're the only person at your office who can actually explain the offside rule.
* Number 15- You have an excuse not to garden or clean house. Anyway, who cares? You're never at home to see what you didn't do.
* Number 14- You don't have to entertain in your home (you're never there,
remember?)
* Number 12 - You're ready for anything -- you have every size soccer
ball ever invented in your garage.
* Number 10: Being a chauffeur is actually a reasonable alternate career choice.
* Number 8: Unless you've had a soccer ball bounce off your hotel room door at 1 AM, how else are you going to appreciate the peace and comfort of your own bed?
* Number 6: Being scolded by a 15-year-old linesman is great preparation for being the eventual father of a teenager.
* Number 5: It only hurts a little to be walking around in dilapidated loafers from
Pak N Pay while your kid struts around in $80 adidas.
* Number 4: I don't think you can have the lyrics of every Backstreet Boys
and N*SYNC album memorized too well.
* Number 3: There's really no better way to field test winter clothing than to
stand in 'sideways rain' for two hours.
* Number 2: It's very possible that all those soccer trophies will
become the Beanie Babies of the 2030's.
* And the Number 1: You're supposed to be at work at 9:00 A.M., but at 9:45 you're still at home reading the forumthebes20
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You see a person driving by in a car with a soccer ball decal and you look over to see if you know them, especially if you are headed to a tournament.
You buy your casual clothes while keeping in mind all the different weather conditions on a soccer field.
Your best friends are all soccer parents and the old best friends are ones you see less and less of, because they are not.
You feel superior to rec soccer parents and especially to high school non club parents.
Have been to most counties in Fl., but only know them in terms of where the soccer fields are.
Have to hide the fact that you frequently visit this forum from your son or daughter.Guest
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by Guest on Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:56 pm
You drive by open land and comment" Boy you could put 4 full size fields there"Guest
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by Guest on Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:25 pm
your car is clean only in the off-season.Guest
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by Guest on Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:13 am
You take your computer to tournaments only to keep up with the talking-soccer gossip.Guest
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by Guest on Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:26 am
When the spirit of competition grabs you so hard that you're willing to share your family's misfortunes with the coach because you think he will over look your child's shortcomings and give the kid special consideration on the field.Guest
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by Guest on Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:02 am
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your car is clean only in the off-season.
When you don't know what off-season means.Guest
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by Guest on Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:13 am
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your car is clean only in the off-season.
When you don't know what off-season means.
huh???? not everyone plays year round like your little Mia.Guest
your car is clean only in the off-season.
When you don't know what off-season means.
huh???? not everyone plays year round like your little Mia.
Okay, we're just having fun here, be nice Guest
your car is clean only in the off-season.
When you don't know what off-season means.
huh???? not everyone plays year round like your little Mia.
You must be a "REC" parentGuest
OMG, we do this all the time. Too funny!Guest
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by thebes20 on Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:17 pm
This has been posted here every once in a while and some of the posts included were from Fl parents, I recognize them from years ago. So, for those of you new to the forum.......Feel free to add your insight.
From the Georgia Soccer Forum:
I made a new page for soccerga.com that includes the posts made in 2002 and 2003 on this topic. Please enjoy and feel free to add more - I can always expand the page.
You know you're a hard-core soccer parent when you:
* Keep towels, newspapers, Febreeze, lawn chairs, umbrellas, water jugs in the trunk of ALL of your cars
* Go to sell your car, the soccer ball magnet peels off the paint
* Your friend gets in your car and almost passes out from the smell of rotted flesh (oh wait, that is your kids keeper gloves) and you didn't even notice it
* Think nothing of driving miles and miles to a 9:00am R3PL game and then turning around and driving back the same day.
* When you give directions, you use soccer fields for landmarks (forget the Big Chicken)
* Drive 80 miles for practice and think nothing of it.
* Get upset because the teachers give assignments on practice nights. WHAT are they thinking?
* FINALLY understand off-side (well, close anyway)
* When asked your children's ages, you refer to them as U-10, u-15 & U-16
* Can spend $1200 on a trip to San Diego for a tournament and don't even see the ocean...
* All your clothes are the colors of your club! Don't even think about changing clubs...I'll have nothing to wear!
* If you know what the heck these are: Umbro, Copa Mundial, Fingersave, unlucky, 3-4-3,AR, finish, JD, nutmeg, Kelme, Underkombat, Zidane, square ball, recycle, Cruyff, Stanley Matthews, WAGS, first time, wall pass, overlap, open up, Rivalino, Coervers, All Ball!!!!! (usually screamed, several times)
* You read this forum and know the website of forums in other states.
* Your "favorite places" are all soccer related
* You are able to sleep in a hotel room with 12 teenage boys all playing FIFA.
* You think soccer shorts are nicer and better looking than regular shorts.
* Other parents ask you rules related questions on the field, (how dumb are they?)
* Instead of buying newspaper to read it...You get it to stuff your child's $120 cleats...
* You are up, driving to a game on a Saturday morning, it is raining and Starbucks isn't even open yet.
* You have made no plans for any Labor Day or Memorial Day weekend, for years!
* Your kid knows where places are by pointing out landmarks such as the Roswell soccer fields, Lightning fields, "that place where I got yellow carded", the fields we played on when it rained, etc.....
* You make your soccer trips into "family" vacations
* You actually plan your pregnancies around the fall and spring seasons [this requires a very accurate "shooter".]
* You work your daughter's wedding in around your son's soccer tournaments.
* Your child accidentally falls down the stairs and the first thing you think about is "will he have to sit out because of this"
* Your player holds up a yellow card when you and your spouse are arguing.
* Six of your players get stuck in the elevator and your first thought is, "Do we still have enough kids for the morning game?"
* You mourn your child's last year in high school because it will all be over and you KNOW it was the best thing to happen to you and your kid.
Top 20 signs you're a hard-core soccer parent:
* Number 20- Mandatory Parent meeting at the hotel pool sometimes lasting till 2 A.M.
* Number 19- Knowing all the locations of the nearest Subway to every soccer field in the State.
* Number 18- You think you've got a night off, only to get a phone call that practice has been changed.
* Number 17- You're the only person at your office who can actually explain the offside rule.
* Number 15- You have an excuse not to garden or clean house. Anyway, who cares? You're never at home to see what you didn't do.
* Number 14- You don't have to entertain in your home (you're never there,
remember?)
* Number 12 - You're ready for anything -- you have every size soccer
ball ever invented in your garage.
* Number 10: Being a chauffeur is actually a reasonable alternate career choice.
* Number 8: Unless you've had a soccer ball bounce off your hotel room door at 1 AM, how else are you going to appreciate the peace and comfort of your own bed?
* Number 6: Being scolded by a 15-year-old linesman is great preparation for being the eventual father of a teenager.
* Number 5: It only hurts a little to be walking around in dilapidated loafers from
Pak N Pay while your kid struts around in $80 adidas.
* Number 4: I don't think you can have the lyrics of every Backstreet Boys
and N*SYNC album memorized too well.
* Number 3: There's really no better way to field test winter clothing than to
stand in 'sideways rain' for two hours.
* Number 2: It's very possible that all those soccer trophies will
become the Beanie Babies of the 2030's.
* And the Number 1: You're supposed to be at work at 9:00 A.M., but at 9:45 you're still at home reading the forumthebes20
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Posts: 541
Joined: Tue Oct 14, 2003 9:59 am Top
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by Guest on Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:43 pm
You see a person driving by in a car with a soccer ball decal and you look over to see if you know them, especially if you are headed to a tournament.
You buy your casual clothes while keeping in mind all the different weather conditions on a soccer field.
Your best friends are all soccer parents and the old best friends are ones you see less and less of, because they are not.
You feel superior to rec soccer parents and especially to high school non club parents.
Have been to most counties in Fl., but only know them in terms of where the soccer fields are.
Have to hide the fact that you frequently visit this forum from your son or daughter.Guest
Top
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by Guest on Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:56 pm
You drive by open land and comment" Boy you could put 4 full size fields there"Guest
Top
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Report this postReply with quote Re: You know you are a "soccer parent" when...
by Guest on Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:25 pm
your car is clean only in the off-season.Guest
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Report this postReply with quote Re: You know you are a "soccer parent" when...
by Guest on Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:13 am
You take your computer to tournaments only to keep up with the talking-soccer gossip.Guest
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by Guest on Thu Jul 03, 2008 8:26 am
When the spirit of competition grabs you so hard that you're willing to share your family's misfortunes with the coach because you think he will over look your child's shortcomings and give the kid special consideration on the field.Guest
Top
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by Guest on Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:02 am
Guest wrote:
your car is clean only in the off-season.
When you don't know what off-season means.Guest
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by Guest on Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:13 am
Guest wrote:
Guest wrote:
your car is clean only in the off-season.
When you don't know what off-season means.
huh???? not everyone plays year round like your little Mia.Guest
your car is clean only in the off-season.
When you don't know what off-season means.
huh???? not everyone plays year round like your little Mia.
Okay, we're just having fun here, be nice Guest
your car is clean only in the off-season.
When you don't know what off-season means.
huh???? not everyone plays year round like your little Mia.
You must be a "REC" parentGuest
OMG, we do this all the time. Too funny!Guest