photostory friday - the life of a hockey goalie

Hosted by Cecily and MamaGeek

a little background before i 'story'. miss 16's team have won all their games this season. easily. they had the chance to move up a grade or two, but game day didn't suit everyone, so the field players haven't had to extend themselves and their goalie certainly hasn't had much work to do.

this week is 'tournament week'. one or two games every day against other 2nd XI teams, but who are playing in a much higher grade, ie LOTS of work for the goalie.

five games played and lost. 6 nil x 4, 7 nil x 1. without the mad skills of my daughter, the score would have been much higher.

not only do you resemble the michelin man (or woman), you are then required to throw yourself around the goal with an unreasonable amount of flexibility.

it can be a lonely job

you have to be ready for anythingshe made save

after saveafter save

she threw her body on the line

more than once

sometimes you save it once only to have it pop in over your shoulderother times, you can only watch as it sails past you into the goal

unhappy goalie - made even more unhappy by her mother zooming in on her with telefoto lens

i got the 'don't look at me' sideways glance

then i 'got told'

fair enough.