Yes Coach!
M&M in particular has always had a thing for soccer. I have pictures of her and Kiki when they were 24 months and 10 months respectively, playing soccer in the front yard of our house.
Our trip to the UK in 2008 also helped. I don’t quite know if they know who any of the teams are, but the soccer thing has always been huge in our house. Not that DH and I watch it at all. He’s more of a Rugby fan and I’m a Rugby League girl from birth.
Sill, not being one to rain on her parade, when I saw an ad at school for Under 6 players needed for a team I rang up and told them I had two very excited little girls who were desperate to play.
Well, they’re loving it, M&M especially. Kiki has her moments, she isn’t as keen on the games, which is kind of understandable as in some cases she’s 2 years younger than the teams we’re playing, and so far have only played against one team with any girls.
Still, the six-a-side, half field, no entering the circle, no ref, coaches on the field version of under 6 soccer has merit, and I can see so much improvement in co-ordination and confidence (M&M’s even had a turn at being goalie) that it’s hard to see a downside.
Except for training.
Training at 4:30 may have seemed like a good idea at the start of the season, however now the days are getting shorter, and the kangaroos are hovering at the edge of the field for the dusk feed from about 4:45 onwards. Doesn’t leave a lot of time for practice. And our team needs a lot of practice.
Nearly all the team (6 of the 8 players) can make it to train at 4pm, but neither the coach, or his backup (both fathers of players) can make it until 4:30.
What to do? (you can see where this is going, right?)
So as of this Thursday, I will be taking training for the 6 players from 4-4:30 when a real coach arrives.
Watching the game on Saturday (which we only lost 2-0 - go team!) I made a list of skills that we should probably work on (no, I’ve never played soccer before….).
Dribbling, passing, stopping, tackling, kicking. Umm, so basically everything…
I think I might start on some dribbling, stopping and kicking this week and see how we go.
Now if anyone knows any sites that explain to me how to actually play soccer, that would be great!
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