Callan's first soccer game

Callan had his first soccer game last Sunday.  He was really excited for it and talked about it non stop. We were interested to see how he did on a team and how he would act on the field.  Would he be aggressive, timid, fast, a leader, a follower, a good teammate?  He has watched his brothers play on different teams and we wondered how that might effect him.  He had a good first practice and game. They practice for 25 minutes and then scrimmage another team for 25 minutes.  He really got in there an hustled and went for the ball.  He seemed to know what to do depending on if he was on offense or defense.  He did however get upset when he came out of the game for the first time because they were losing.  He started to cry and say he "needed a gooder team!"  He was frustrated because he felt like no one was doing what they were suppose to be doing.  So we had a talk with him about how this is the first game and they have a lot of learning to do.  We also told him that he can never control what any one else does.  He can only control himself, so focusing on what he can do better will make him better.  He is playing on a team with his friend Brooks and one of our neighbors so he only knows two of the boys.  We are super lucky because Brooks dad and another dad are coaching and doing such a great job already.  It is nice to sit back and watch our boys without having to coach.

ready to play

taking a quick water break

he is the one in the front closest to the goal

doing a drill where they put their head, foot or knee on the ball

dribbling the ball around

hanging out on the side lines watching his team play