Soccer

A couple months ago I had the idea to start a parent and me soccer group.  I asked some friends at church and a few other families were interested.  So, a couple months ago we started meeting once a week at a local park to learn some soccer skills.  The kids ranged in age from under 2 to 12 years old.  It was a big age ranged but we all had a good time (at least I think we did).

I taught the kids how to dribble, kick, and throw-ins.  Each week we spent a little time on each skill.  I let the kids kind of guide the group depending on energy level and desire to participate that day.  Some days were more successful than others.  No matter what happened during our practice we always ended with an obstacle course.  I think that was everybody's favorite part.

The obstacle course was broken up into a four parts.  The first part the kids would run forward, backward, and sideways.  Sometimes I would also have them crab walk.  After running the kids had to hop like bunnies through 3 hula hoop and then crawl through a tunnel.  The last obstacle was to dribble and shoot at a goal.  It was fun watching the kids race each other and try to get the fastest time.