Soccer Camp

Logan went to soccer camp this week! It was his first time doing anything related to soccer. He had a lot of fun and told me he wants to play soccer at the Y this fall (or indoor soccer, we'll see).

I was a little worried the first day of the camp. He did fine in the drills part of the camp, but when they moved on to different stations, that's where he had some trouble. They did a game where two guys ran out, around a cone, went for the ball to score a goal. This concept was totally lost on Logan. He would run, but that was about it. I felt bad, because the other kids clearly had it down and he was clueless. Part of me was afraid this would make him not want to come back, but I was wrong. He was having fun.  His favorite drill was when the group would run around in a circle. Then someone would yell "dead squirrel" and they would all fall to the ground. Then, that someone would say "get a nut" and they would hop up and run to get a ball with their feet. My little squirrel is a slow poke...I think he managed to get a ball once or twice lol.

He improved a lot in just the four days of the camp. By the last day he was doing more of the drills, running a little faster, and even started to use some soccer terms. In fact...he told me the "baby headers" were hard. I had to ask him to show me what those were, because I didn't know!  The last mini game they played, he got to be goalie for awhile. He seemed to like that, but he didn't really get the chance to block. And, like in t-ball, he just isn't in there trying to get the ball. It's like he's just along for the ride.

Here's some pics from his week at camp!

Dead squirrel!