Yes, football is back!! The Raiders play tomorrow night (GO RAIDERS - yes, pity me, I am a Raiders fan!!), The 49ers won today - but this story is not about the official start of the football season - but the start of Christian's games!!
Yesterday we officially started the soccer season! We're in division 3 (out of 3) and took on the Rovers. Christian got to play bench, forward, mid-fielder, bench. We have 11 kids on the team and only 7 take the field so there are 4 kids are sitting on the bench each quarter... But everyone plays well on the team and gets along which is good. Overalll Christian was aggressive to the ball and played well, though he peters out quickly (he has speed, not endurance). He needs to remember where he's playing and not just chase the ball all over the field - it'll help him keep some reserves of energy if he's not back playing defense as a forward - plus it'll keep him in the right spot for when the defense takes the ball away and they kick it downfield to a forward --- who should be there.
Today was the first waterpolo game, all teams from the 4 sites came together and played. We were told each site would be a team and play another site, but that didn't happen. They just grouped the kids based on where they were during warm-ups and formed the teams. Christian didn't care - he just had fun playing! Personally, I would like each site as a team so they get used to playing with each other, calling out names and playing like a team. We'll see how it progresses, having fun and learning the game is the most important aspects and he's getting that. Like he did when he tried it back in April. He played aggressively on both defense and offense, passed the ball, shot it (and made it), stole it, blocked it. He cheered when his team scored and jeered when the other team did. He quickly gets into the game. Lots of fun! They got to play 2 games of about 20 minutes each, afterwards he was nice and tired!
(Christian is white #9, his friend Jackson is Blue #10 - first picture he scores a goal, second playing defense)
(passing the ball)
Game Time!
- Steven Weise