Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Last Saturday we finally finished up another soccer season. M&M ended up with a winning season and I think she finally started to enjoy her team and coach by the end of the year, but it was nothing like the experience she had the previous year. If only we could find more coaches and teams like the one she had last year! Right now we are not sure whether she will play next year or not. The fall season is definitely out for her because of Marching Band, but she really enjoys playing and wouldn't mind playing for the spring season if we can find a team and/or league for her to play with. I'm not sure if the league we are currently with allows the kids to sign up for just the fall or spring anymore.
Luke enjoyed his practices and he had a coach who really knew his stuff, but the games were ridiculous... His coach had the hardest time keeping his cool during the games and at times really expected too much out of the kids (and the refs). It was really frustrating because he almost seemed like two different people between the practices and the games. Unfortunately his team had a losing season and many of us parents sat on the sidelines shaking our heads at how unreasonable the coach was acting. Finally by the end of the season a fellow parent and I talked about joining up to coach our sons next year and anyone else that wanted to join us. I wouldn't mind coaching next year but with my current health condition I am hesitant to head up a team in case my cancer comes back and I need to go through more treatments. The other parent has agreed to head up the team and I will be there as the assistant to help at practices and to fill in when he is out of town for his job. Things actually turned out rather nicely because after Luke's last game his current coach said that he will not be coaching next year and asked if anyone was interested so we could keep together the kids that want to play next year. So far we have several kids signed up with our team and there are a few others that we know who have expressed interest in joining us. I think it will be a fun group and I am looking forward to a better season next year!
Blondie's team was a little frustrating as well. I'm not sure why but they really struggled the whole season long and seriously bunched up at every game - so much so that they were exhausted by the end of each game for all the running they did chasing the ball around. Blondie says that she really enjoys playing, but we are undecided at this point if we are going to sign her up again and if so if we will keep her on a coed team or put her back on an all-girls team.
(I'll have to post more pictures of the soccer season at a later date.)
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