SOCCER!!!

The Fall 2008 soccer season has begun. This season James is playing the the Katy Youth Soccer league. Thus far we've been pretty pleased. For James' age the teams only have 8 kids instead of the ~12 kids the YMCA had on a team. The coaches have to attend several training sessions so it's not parent volunteers who may or may not have any experience with the game. Also they split the team into two groups and play on two fields at once. There are only three kids from each team on the field at any given time so the kids get to have a lot more contact with the ball. James seems to be understanding the game a lot more this time around. He's getting much better at dribbling the ball and passing it. Plus he is actually paying attention during the games and staying with the ball instead of being off doing his own thing. Here are some photos from his first game. This past week's game was cancelled due to Hurricane Ike. We're really hoping he gains some more skills and has a great time playing this season.


James and his teammate waiting for the other team to kick the ball off.




James getting ready to kick the ball into play.