I have been coaching him at home through many lectures on the NUMBER 1 RULE in SOCCER - No Hands. Only Feet. The BK was kind enough to question my advice on the drive over, admonishing that actually the only rule was no hands. Thanks. I figured that providing the LG with a specific focus for his energy (feet) was the best approach at this point. Perhaps practice on Wednesday helped to lower my expectations (it was so bad I was actually in tears), but I thought the game actually went really well for his first time. The picture below would make you think that he was engaged. The truth is a bit closer to the pictures that follow, but he did make mincemeat of a few plants and bugs on the field, and ran with great speed off the field, through a fence and over a bridge. He did kick the ball, on the field once, and managed to stay on the field most of the time when he was in. It was a pretty good start.
As you can see from the picture below, we have a few things to work on, but thankfully, his coach is AMAZING, and we are so grateful for his energy, enthusiasm and understanding. I'm not sure many coaches would get down on hands and knees in the middle of a game to find out what a child is looking at. Thanks Coach Matt!
His number one fan.
4 comments:
Tiny princess is a darling spectator and I love the one-on-one picture of Jackson with his coach. If outstanding soccer attire will help his skills, he should do really well.
1) Every picture you post of TP she gets cuter and cuter.
2) BK summed it up nicely with the "hello next 20 years." We were a few months into the Saturdays activities before it struck me that we weren't going to have a Saturday morning to ourselves again for a very long time.
One thing is for sure.. he's a cute little soccer player! and his sister is an adorable fan! Soccer will be good to get all that energy out, just run him and run him.
Ah man. How fun. I miss playing soccer. He'll be a pro before you know it. And TP is looking super cute!
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