Due to team pictures, we spent the better part of Saturday morning at the soccer fields. Isabella has been so excited to play this year, but unfortunately, her age group's field is the worst at draining causing her games to be cancelled from Spring Showers.
But this day was a winner! Not only was it sunny, it actually was over 80 degrees before 10 in the morning. This summer heat wave in Spring caused some of the children to run a little slower. Isabella's coach is going to have big umbrellas for his team to rest under for the sunny days.
She really is enjoying herself even if she can not understand why they will not let her play goalie. This age level, under 7 by last August, is more about kicking and having fun than positions. In her age group they do not even keep score, but the kids know who wins.
Anton's team is mostly the same boys as last Fall. He has two new players and they lost two. Anton has really started to hustle more this year and his confidence is coming out more. He no longer just plays defender, but has moved to forward and mid field for many games now. However, when the games get tight, he is back at defender where he is most confident.
Actually his coach was watching Anton kick the ball around with Isabella after a practice. He was shocked at how well Anton was zipping the ball around his sister and shielding her from the ball. I simply stated to the coach that Anton has been able to do this all along, he just has not had the confidence to show anyone. He does this fancy footwork at home all the time. The coach said with a smile now that he knows what Anton can do, he will be pushing him harder.
Another improvement is Anton's team. Last season there were several problems relating to playing as a team. This season, they seem to trust the others in their positions and work as a team.
