Kailey had her first soccer game this last Saturday. She had two games, the first one at 9:45 and the other at 12:00. Mike had to work so it was a little difficult to get two kids ready in the morning and make it on time. Kailey wasn't being very nice and didn't like anything I was doing for her. She didn't want to wear her hair up because she thought she look like a boy and she was being very dramatic so needless to say we almost missed the game. We will play every Saturday for the next month, not sure what I signed up for. It was a lot of work to get to the games and the kids were both so tired after the games. On a lighter note Kailey played really well. She never scored but she did try to kick the ball a couple of times. She is more of an observer than a player but it was her first so hopefully the team will get the hang of it. There was one star on the team that made all the goals. But when Kailey got a chance to kick the ball she was excited and it got her motivated so I think it is just going to take some time.
Half the team. They only have six girls on the team. They only play 3 at a time and there is no goalie or refs.
The girls getting a pep talk before they go out from the coach.
This was the girl on the other team that was the star and the girls as you can see just kind of watch her and let her go. However I told Kailey she needed to stop her and steal the ball away. She attempted but the girl is pretty good. It is kind of hard to teach them to steal the ball away since we teach them its not nice to steal but I told Kailey that is was okay in this sport.
This is the second game. They don't keep score either but the first game was kind of equal and both teams did really good. However the second game the girls were wore out and really didn't seem interested to play. At one time all the girls walked off the field and the coach was kind of clueless what to do. Got to love tired and hot little girls that are over dramatic.
Overall the girls did a really good job considering that they had only 3 practices. So I think the coach will have something to work with this week in practice on what the girls need to work on. I am hoping Kailey will not complain and want to go to practice and continuing liking soccer. She hasn't complained yet about not wanting to play after the game so that's a good sign.
My soccer star. I tried to video tap the 1st game because Mike couldn't make it because of work but it was kind of hard to take pictures and video and coach from the side lines. But I think I did a pretty good job as a first time Soccer Mom but its hard work.
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