Some Great Things

Just have to say, we had the boys 3rd practice today. We started it off with a game which I could have called "Send it into Space". I took each boys ball and kicked it as high as I could. With each kick, the boy would give a cheer and go running off after his ball. Of course, he had to dribble it back to me if he wanted me to kick it again. I've never seen so much fast dribbling. They had a blast.

However, the next event is the thing I really wanted to write about. We got all 6 boys on the field with one ball, two teams, and two goals. The next event was the miracle; they played soccer. I couldn't believe it. We had dribbling and tackling. We had goals and own-goals. We had goal kicks and kick-ins. It was so encouraging and they were so proud of themselves. I think they could sense that they had come together and done a good thing and had a ton of fun doing it.

Another encouraging thing was finding out what some of my girls did on the first day of school. Many of them made "me bags". I didn't know what that was, but apparently its a thing they decorate with their favorite things and store some of their favorite things in it. I'm still not 100% clear, but several of our players, including our newest players, girls that have only been to 2 practices and no games, chose soccer as their theme. I'm so thrilled that even with such a small experience base, they've enjoyed the sport so much that it is one of their favorite things.

-Bill