THP FC - DB

Football! Soccer!  It's a game that everyone can play and enjoy and since this is Kieran's 1st time playing in a House League and playing team sports can be challenging with respect to learning how to play your position, and how to move without the ball.

Kieran didn't like soccer.  And the main reason was because he never got the ball, because he wasn't as good as some of the other kids.  There's really only one way to fix that, and that's to play in an organized league with coaching and practices.  As you progress, it's natural to like something more, simply for the fact that you see improvement in yourself.

So when the request for parent volunteers for coach, assistant coach and team managers.  I thought that I could help him adjust to the sport and team play by volunteering.  So I did and here I am.  And we've played 2 games and doing very well.  I'm glad there are 2 assistant coaches, because I'm a newbie, but with motivation to have Kieran as well as all the other kids enjoy playing the game.  We have a great set of U10 boys on our team.

It didn't start off on the right foot, it was stressful off the bat when I picked up our team kit, as I opened up the box to dispense to the parents and kids. Our kit had the wrong jerseys and not having done this before there was a bit of confusion on which team had our kits.  It took a few days to sort out but we got the jerseys and shorts sorted, but the socks were delayed, but that's pretty minor as the kids had played previous years and just wore an older pair.  No big deal.  The jerseys were the important part and we got them before our first game, as well as some other missing things from the coach's kit.  Luckily I was able to get Kieran's entire kit before his first game.  One of the perks of being a coach!

So we are pretty much sorted out now.  And the kids have played well.  Like really well, as in 2-0 in games and 5-0 scores in each one.   The first game was a blow out.  The second was a little more even, but then we just kept rolling.  Matt the other asst coach is worried we would have one of our kids traded to another team to re-balance.

It's always fun when you are winning, but it doesn't matter if you win or not.  As long as the kids have fun.  And I think part of the reason the kids are doing well is that they are playing as a unit.  They keep their spacing and playing really solid defence.  And in terms of goalie's we've just been lucky to have some great kids in goal.

I put Kieran on 2nd unit and on defence so he can watch and see how the other kids play and so I can give him some instructions and it'll make sense when it's his shift.  He did ok.  We've been practicing doing kicking, passing and dribbling and protecting the ball drills.





The more he does it the easier it'll get on the field, to know where to be, to see the field and where the play will develop.  Hoping that as he plays more and gets more confident, he'll enjoy playing the game the whole world plays.


Next week, I'd like it to be warmer.