I started this post months ago (2 months ago to be exact)...and just realized that I never finished it and, therefore, never posted it. Time baffles me....specifically, I am baffled by how fast two months can go by and something can remain undone (reminds me of a certain blog post about being intentional). Maybe we'll pontificate on that another time...for now, a much lighter subject: soccer club!!!
Let me introduce you to the Fireblazers - the Africa Mercy kids' soccer club (grades 2-4).
The ingredients for a successful season:
- love for soccer
- 3 coaches
- 9 players (and an honorary first grader who got to play the last couple of games)
- Saturday mornings
- the beach
- 2 goals
- Tuesday and Thursday evening practices
- a parent snack schedule
- end of the season party
- 8 faithful families
- team t-shirts
A Few Scenes from the Season:
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What made you start a soccer club on the Africa Mercy?
Coach Nick: "I suppose the main reason is that I miss the opportunity for our kids to participate in team sports. It was a way to create a team sport for the kids on board. It also gave them a chance to learn new skills and have fun playing a great game."
Tell our faithful readers about the Fireblazers' inaugural season.
Coach Nick: "We practiced twice a week out on Deck 7 teaching fundamentals and scrimmaging with each other. We had an 8 week season playing a game each Saturday morning. The ten kids brought both a white and blue shirt to each game and we split them up into 2 teams of 5 - we tried to make them different each week so that the kids could play with and against a variety of people. This resulted in some games that were closer than others in final score."
What was one of your highlights from the season?
Coach Nick: "The clearly noticeable transformation of skill. Several of the kids had never played soccer before - in the course of just a few weeks they went from never having played to passing it accurately to a teammate or kicking it into the goal. They learned to do throw ins and goal kicks...we even had one tied game that went to penalty kicks."
Anything else you'd like to say?
Coach Nick: "I loved coaching. I hope to do it again in the future."
More Scenes from the Season:
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Soccer club was a great success! The t-shirts made a wonderful trophy, and the pizza the end of the season party was delicious!
We're so glad our kids got to play and be outside and run around and have fun with their friends (and their dad!).
Surely there will be more to come
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