It's a Scam!

Not really, but it might as well have been!  Anthony and I signed up to “coach” Nolan’s soccer team this season, and I say scam since neither of us have ever played soccer.  Like, literally – never.played.a.game.   cheered for it in high school, but never payed attention – whoops.

 

Anyway, we figured our little team wouldn’t know the difference and it would be fun to do something together as a family and keep with our goal of being really involved in Nolan’s extra activities.  We had several rounds of e-mail registrations, and then, we had a team!  It turned out that we were able to coach Nolan, Walker, and Kaleb.  SO great the kids were able to be on the same team again.

 

 

We got Nolan outfitted with all of his new gear, and he was so excited.  It took him a couple of practices to be okay if he lost the ball or didn’t make a goal, but towards the end he did really well and really liked it.  He got better at managing the ball and control, and started to understand some of the strategy.  They didn’t play actual games, but each “practice” was a mixture of different drills and games that they gave us.  We also had a third coach, who was great and was such an awesome guide since he had coached his daughter last season.  Thank goodness for him!

 

It was so sweet to give out the medals; the kids were so excited and it was fun to be a coach and be a part of it.  I was just proud of myself that I remembered each kid’s name!  Of course, Anthony was a natural and they asked him to come back and coach another older team.  He is in the wrong business, for sure!