Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Soccer Practice #2

Things started out great for Desmond at his second soccer practice of the season. The coach explained the importance of the whistle and had a drill where they were supposed to get up and run to him when he blew the whistle. The first time Desmond was the only one up and running to the coach. The second time he was the slowest one. It could have been overconfidence or he might be resigned to playing defense. Incidentally is it inappropriate to teach 3 and 4 year olds to slide tackle in their no score keeping YMCA league? Well, I did it before he was ever on a soccer team. Luckily, he didn't slide tackle anyone tonight. In fact, he spent most of his time laying on the ground trying to go to sleep. When the kids were scrimmaging the parents (I played while holding Izabella), he had excellent spacing. The other 9 kids were trying to kick the ball into the goal while he stood back at midfield waiting to go home. I think that shows the type of discipline most youth soccer players are lacking. Either that or he needs a nap on Wednesday afternoons.

1 Comments:

Blogger Otto Man said...

You should watch Kicking and Screaming for exciting tips on soccer strategy.

Don't look at me like that. I saw it on a plane.

8:17 PM

 

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