# @ash_smash33 on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DdCNcZsRA0Y
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70328633-ash-smash33-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-09-08T17:24:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ashley Hatch (@ash_smash33) — https://gondola.cc/ash_smash33

## Caption

Your kid just missed. Wide open, and they put it over the bar. Or skied the PK. Or gave the ball away and it ended up in the net.
Now what?

Here’s the thing every soccer parent needs to hear: every pro you’ve ever watched has missed. Badly. In big moments. What separates them from everyone else isn’t that they stopped failing. It’s how fast they reset.

That’s the whole skill. Not avoiding the mistake. Recovering from it.

Watch what happens after a miss. The kids who struggle stay in it. Head down, shoulders slumped, replaying it, looking at the sideline. And while they’re replaying it, the game keeps going without them. One mistake turns into three.

The kids who grow have a reset. It looks small from the outside. A breath. A quick “next one.” Then they’re back in position and ready for the ball again. They’ve moved on before anyone else has.

That reset isn’t something kids are born with. It’s built. Here’s how you help build it.
	1. Give them a reset routine. Three parts: breathe, one short phrase, back to work. The phrase is theirs to pick. “Next one.” “I know how to play this game.” “Let’s go.” Something they can say in two seconds under pressure.

	2. Practice it when it doesn’t matter. Backyard, training, video games. Miss on purpose and run the reset. The goal is that by game day it’s automatic, not something they have to think about.

	3. Stay quiet on the sideline. This is the hard one. When they miss and look over at you, what they need is a neutral face, maybe a nod. Not instructions. Not “shake it off.” Not the disappointed exhale. Your reaction tells them whether the mistake was survivable.
	4. Don’t relitigate it on the ride home. If they bring it up, listen. Ask “what did you do right after?” instead of “what happened?” You’re reinforcing the reset, not the miss.

Confidence isn’t built by never failing. It’s knowing you can miss and still be the same player thirty seconds later. Kids who learn that keep shooting. Kids who don’t stop asking for the ball.
Save this for the ride home. Share it with a soccer parent whose kid had a rough one this weekend.

#youthsoccer #professionala

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