Fall Soccer is Over

We just finished up another season of soccer at the YMCA. This is Taneal's third season to play and she is getting quite good. She has the field mastered, she can pass very well, and she loves to play. This season she played on an all girl's team. Her aunt was the coach again and her cousin, Audrey was on the team along with three girls from church, Samantha, Kaylee, and Carissa.

This was Camie's first time to play soccer. She was so different from Taneal. During practices she was so distracted. She liked to play, but couldn't keep focused. She would stop and tie her shoes, get many drinks, somersault around on the grass during a scrimmage, and kept needing to use the bathroom. During games she was always opting to sit out. It was a little frustrating because her practices were on Wednesday nights at 7:30pm! crazy for a 6 year-old! And games were early Saturday mornings. It was a lot of effort for me to drag all five kids out and to have Camie goof off. after a while Camie started to realize that the game was fun. The last two games she actually got out and played and had a really good time. And, she was good at it. Maybe we will give Camie and soccer another try. If Camie wants to do well at anything, she does. She just has to WANT to do well. Once she decided she wanted to play soccer, she had fun and did well.