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Carter started community soccer this morning. She's been feeling pretty miserable for the past 24 hours, but I didn't want her to miss the season's kick off (looking back, that was a bad idea!).
We headed to the gym where her little team of 10 4 - 6 year old girls were playing. As another dad said, it was like, "herding cats."
Carter's been really interested and excited all week, but this virus has got her down. She was slow to get involved, and got in line last (that's when we really knew she didn't feel well!). When the game started, she was one of the 4 who sat on the side lines 1 period (8 minutes). She didn't appear to mind, but mid-way through started to cry because she wasn't playing. I talked to her about getting her turn shortly, and Coach Ted talked with her, too. When it was her turn, she got to "play" the entire 2nd 8 minutes.
She started well. She ran with the pack and tried to get a piece of the ball. But when she couldn't get to it or wasn't sure what was happening, she stopped (big shock, right???). Everyone else was in hot pursuit of the ball, and she stood competely still, mid-field, obviously not pleased. It was mostly hit or miss today. When she participated, she loved it, but when she didn't you could tell it was her cold getting the best of her. We're going to get a soccer ball and practice this week around the yard. Hopefully some confidence will make next Saturday go better!
Team Black! GO TEAM!
Pep talk from Coach Ted
Not that we keep score, but we got pummeled by Team Navy Blue (5 - 2, but they had a really good kid who never sat out!). Despite the loss, you can see Carter's happy face (back, right).
Carter got a kick or two off, and was pretty excited about it!
Carter started community soccer this morning. She's been feeling pretty miserable for the past 24 hours, but I didn't want her to miss the season's kick off (looking back, that was a bad idea!).
We headed to the gym where her little team of 10 4 - 6 year old girls were playing. As another dad said, it was like, "herding cats."
Carter's been really interested and excited all week, but this virus has got her down. She was slow to get involved, and got in line last (that's when we really knew she didn't feel well!). When the game started, she was one of the 4 who sat on the side lines 1 period (8 minutes). She didn't appear to mind, but mid-way through started to cry because she wasn't playing. I talked to her about getting her turn shortly, and Coach Ted talked with her, too. When it was her turn, she got to "play" the entire 2nd 8 minutes.
She started well. She ran with the pack and tried to get a piece of the ball. But when she couldn't get to it or wasn't sure what was happening, she stopped (big shock, right???). Everyone else was in hot pursuit of the ball, and she stood competely still, mid-field, obviously not pleased. It was mostly hit or miss today. When she participated, she loved it, but when she didn't you could tell it was her cold getting the best of her. We're going to get a soccer ball and practice this week around the yard. Hopefully some confidence will make next Saturday go better!
Team Black! GO TEAM!
Pep talk from Coach Ted
Not that we keep score, but we got pummeled by Team Navy Blue (5 - 2, but they had a really good kid who never sat out!). Despite the loss, you can see Carter's happy face (back, right).
Carter got a kick or two off, and was pretty excited about it!
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