Sep 3rd, 2007
Ladybugs Soccer
Do you know how difficult it is to get 8 girls to stand in 2 lines so they can pass a soccer ball to each other? I do. It’s much like herding cats; cats that like to pick dandelions out of the grass; cats that like to watch the boys play soccer because their coach has a whistle, and he USES it; cats that like to tell you they have a purple teddy bear at home; cats that like to explain how this one girl at the lunch table sneezed and snot came out her nose and she caught it with her hands and it stretched so far that . . .
Now, explain to them what a corner kick and goal kick are and tell them where the 4 positions are and they’ll remember. 15 minutes later, you say “goal kick red” and they all run to where they’re supposed to be, filling in the missing spots.
But ask them to stand in 2 lines . . . that’s crazy talk. I might as well have been speaking Klingon.
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have you tried getting them in a circle?? That is one that always amazes me at school- how a group of 8 year olds can’t manage to form a circle- even after we have practiced this task. You really should be a teacher - being a soccer coach sounds so much like my day- you would be a great fit for the classroom!
P. S. Don’t worry about speaking Klingon–I occasionally slip into speaking Chinese and the kids don’t even seem to notice - ha ha ha
We are currently living soccer life right now with our 6 and 4 year old girls. If I have to hear “She kicked me!” one more time…