This year Olivia played indoor soccer with the girls (and coach) from her fall team. I had never seen indoor soccer and thought it would be the same as outdoor but it a little different. They play in a room with walls so there is no out of bounds and consequently are running and playing hard the whole time. This was also the first they had played with a goalie so that was something new for them. The team did not do very well mostly because we didn't do any practices just games every Saturday and a lot of it was new to them. But it was good for them to be exposed to indoor soccer, work together as a team again, and get to work on some of the skills they had learned in the fall. There was also boys on their team, but all of them had never played soccer before so they weren't much help against teams that practiced and had lots of boys. It was still a fun 8 week session and we look forward to seeing many of the girls again in the fall.
Olivia really did great and even made a couple of goals in different games. She really hustles and plays hard!!
Hans and I on the other hand felt a bit crazy each game trying to keep the other 3 entertained and happy. It was hard to watch the game for them with the wall so they had to stand on a chair or stool we brought and standing the whole game and watching 3 kids. Not so relaxing (two of which were usually crying or cranky and the middle two were often fighting)!!
Here are a few pictures from a few of the games.
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| Audrey |
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| Olivia needs glasses...hence the squinting |
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| Discussing their plan before kick off |
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| Cheering on the team |
