Soccer

On Tuesday, April 24, little Sue was slated to have her first 'organized' soccer experience. We wanted her to have a little exposure to soccer so she wouldn't be completely lost; she also missed the first 'season' because it clashed with ballet lessons.

Thank God, the dad of a favored schoolmate is the coach and had little Sue put on a team which has two of her friends on it.

So we dragged her to the park the week before to try out her new ball

 

On the Saturday before, we took her to the park in full regalia. She liked keepin the ball away from us, but was not much interested in her dad's expert instruction on passing or shooting. 

She loves her soccer gear, though: the cleats were very good in the woodchips of the playground, the synthetic athletic shorts went very fast on the slide and the shinguards really helped when climbing around the playscape.

When we arrived, coach Brunner took them through a little warm-up... 

...and thereafter a few shots on goal and then a free-form ball of kids chasing a ball around the field, with a slightly changing cast of characters as free substitution reigned supreme. (Little Sue is number three in the yellow shirt)