We signed up Hyrum for soccer this fall because his bestie was signing up for it and we thought we'd give it a try to see what all of the hullabaloo is all about. The first practice was on an overcast slightly rainy day...just the way tee ball started. Complete with a rainbow
Things were looking up. We got to the park where they were having practice and Hyrum got right to work kicking the ball around with his friend.
I don't know if it was just the socks but he really looked like a soccer player to me.
They went through some drills, dribbling around the pavillion and kicking it through the "goal"
I was impressed! Hyrum seemed to do really well. "He's a natural" I thought. Then they had a scrimmage and discussed repeatedly which way each "team" (it was three on three) was going. They kicked off and when running down the field.
After the score they were running back and I heard Hyrum say "Whoo, that was harder than I thought it was going to be!" I don't think he was anticipating so much running. :)
Despite the hammering they still lost direction and couldn't figure out which way to kick the ball from time to time. At one point one little girl got frustrated that she just sat down on the field and started to cry. She was three and snuck on the team because she was the coaches daughter.
The coach literally said in exasperation "There's no crying in soccer!" A little later on when she gave up again Hyrum was heard to yell "Will you ever quit?! No! We want some more! We want some more! We want some more!" ( a la 'Remember the Titans') It didn't help.
But they had high five practice so they know what to do when they score a goal.
That was harder than you'd think it would be. Here we go again! Love this kid!
Things were looking up. We got to the park where they were having practice and Hyrum got right to work kicking the ball around with his friend.
I don't know if it was just the socks but he really looked like a soccer player to me.
They went through some drills, dribbling around the pavillion and kicking it through the "goal"
I was impressed! Hyrum seemed to do really well. "He's a natural" I thought. Then they had a scrimmage and discussed repeatedly which way each "team" (it was three on three) was going. They kicked off and when running down the field.
After the score they were running back and I heard Hyrum say "Whoo, that was harder than I thought it was going to be!" I don't think he was anticipating so much running. :)
Despite the hammering they still lost direction and couldn't figure out which way to kick the ball from time to time. At one point one little girl got frustrated that she just sat down on the field and started to cry. She was three and snuck on the team because she was the coaches daughter.
The coach literally said in exasperation "There's no crying in soccer!" A little later on when she gave up again Hyrum was heard to yell "Will you ever quit?! No! We want some more! We want some more! We want some more!" ( a la 'Remember the Titans') It didn't help.
But they had high five practice so they know what to do when they score a goal.
That was harder than you'd think it would be. Here we go again! Love this kid!
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