Gavin loves playing soccer! And I love watching him play and seeing him improve each season. He's not completely past the stage of a clump of kids all chasing after the ball, but he's getting there. He's starting to get the concept of passing, and this season he got lots of practice passing to his teammates. Although his team didn't win every game, they won most, and we tried explaining to Gavin that instead of trying to get another goal, he could practice passing if his team already had lots of goals. It was comical during one game when he got a break away, made it five feet from the goal with no one around, then turned and passed the ball back to a teammate.
Go Gavin!
GOAL!!!
Cheering on Brother
Gavin and his team
For Gavin it's the social interactions more than the game that he loves so much. Sometimes after a big kick, or a far throw in he'll stop playing to ask his coach if she saw that, forgetting that the balls still out there. During one game we were winning by quite a bit, to the point where you could tell the kids on the other team weren't having much fun. We suggested Gavin practice passing rather than try and score, which went well. At the end of the game he had had such a fun time he didn't realize the other team wasn't quite as happy. Not trying to be rude or anything, just wanting to share his excitement of how much fun the game was, he ran up to the other team, jumped in the air, and shouted "We beat you!!!" Yes, that was my kid. After sharing our watermelon with the other team to help smooth things over, Jared and I had a great conversation with Gavin on the ride home about good sportsmanship and came up with some better alternatives for next time!
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