Brady has been taking Soccer "lessons" since April. For the new fall session, we decided to switch Brady to the YMCA Pee-Wee Youth Soccer to see if it was as good (and to save some money). To make things even better, two of Connor and Brady's close friends from school also signed up. One of the mom's asked that all three of the boys be placed on a team together, so Brady got the fortunate opportunity to be moved up to the 4-year old group.
Week 1 went well for Brady, although it took him a little bit to warm up to the new field, coach, and teammates. The coach decided to do a scrimmage, which I don't think the kids were ready for since some of them were new to the sport all together. After the official practice, Connor joined the three boys for some small group play. After a few comments from the coach and the other mom's about why Connor wasn't playing, he decided he wanted to play in the future. Afterwards, we went to get Connor a soccer ball and a goal for the boys to practice at home.
I wasn't sure how week 2 was going to go with both boys playing and Connor playing for the first time. Connor has never been a good participant in team activities, but I think having his brother and two best friends there was good motivation. They did GREAT! There were a few moments where someone was upset that they weren't picked as goalie or because they couldn't stand in line next to their brother. Week 2 was focused on each kid being given the opportunity to kick a goal past the goalie. After practice, the boys played a little bit before departing. I think that may become a regular for the boys! Looking forward to the future weeks to see how the boys progress...
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