Soccer

Ryan and Adam pushing the ball

Adam does a face plant

A rare shot of Adam under control

Adam loves the slide kick

More ground time

Shaking hands at game's end

Derek moves on the ball

Derek gets in on the action

Derek hustles after the ball

Derek and Adam have started their soccer seasons. Adam is playing on the U-6 Storm and Derek is playing on the U-10 Rovers. They both seem to be really enjoying it. Adam was happy that Ryan, his neighbor friend, is also on his team. Adam hustles the whole time and is in constant motion, although he would be of more use to his team if he would stay on his feet instead of taking every opportunity to fall on the ground. Derek has really had to step it up with this being his first exposure to rec league. He played a couple seasons in a church league, but the field was much smaller and the players were not nearly as good. We joke with him that all the running is finally going to shrink his muffin top belly. He really likes defense - especially goalie. He realizes that he doesn't have the speed or ball skills to be a great offensive player, but he did get a couple shots at the goal in his second game.