I think I was a little ambitious to think I could coach Luke's 3 year old soccer team this fall. Alot ambitious. The majority of the season I had my four kids with me trying to pull off practices and games with 11 little future all stars. I quickly learned that Scott herding the kids on the field during the game and me on the bench with the others was the way to go.
Poor Luke. I felt bad all season...
...cause he ROCKED!! No one could touch him. I ended up having to sit him for three-quarters of most of the games to give the other kids on the field a chance at even touching the ball. I don't feel it was fair to him, but all the parents began to complain and question his age. As if I really had a FIVE YEAR OLD out on the field to woop the other little guys! Really people? At the close of the season I did finally convince the YMCA to move him up a level all though it was against their policy to do so. They could see the awkward dilemma I was in.
For such a big guy, he is fast and agile. He would tell you that his favorite part of the the game wasn't scoring the goals, but keeping the other team from scoring. Very ahead of his time if I do say so myself. We do have big plans for our only boy.
Why is Spiderman a part of our team picture? He became the team mascot. In a quick stroke of genius, I made the decision to strap him to our goal each game so my team would know which goal was ours. I learned that THAT and "NO HANDS" was the biggest obstacle my three year old's had to face as first-timers. So appropriately we named our team the SPIDERS. "Gooooooo spiders! We're all legs!" Can I be any more clever? Well it stuck, and we destroyed every team we played simply because we followed those two rules. Now that is how I like to start Luke's athletic career!
PS - Oddly at the end of the season I was graded a "poor" score as an overall coach. Not even marked as "good", but "poor". I don't know what I could have done any better, but you can't please em' all I guess.
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