As you saw in the video from my previous post, Ted is playing soccer!! We signed him up for the Huntington Beach parks and rec team. Here is a fun fact. They don't call it Parks and Rec down here. They call it "Sands". So he is on the HB sands soccer team. What else would you expect from a city with the word "beach" in the name.
We bought Ted a soccer ball a few weeks ago and we have been practicing a bit so Ted would not be too overwhelmed his first day. He is great. Ted has mastered (for a 3 year old) passing the ball, dribbling, and not using your hands.
On the day of his first practice and worked to get him all pumped up. The kids were to meet at the large sports arena by Central Park. I simply followed all the other families with young kids. After getting in line to check Ted in we were told to play around until practice started. Practice was inside a large enclosed field with fake grass. Ted didn't even hesitate. He ran into the field, grabbed a loose ball and began dribbling up and down the field. Parents had to stay outside the shoulder high wall the watch. To begin all the children were lined up and then randomly decided into three teams and given a shirt. Ted is on the black team, the black panthers. They did some stretching, passing, and dribbling. Ted did really well with the basic concepts... Except I don't think he quite knew how to act in a team setting. This was by far the cutest and funniest thing. Ted would randomly run off. He would just run to the other side of the field, grab a ball and dribble it back. Being a spectator on the other side of the wall I couldn't really do much other than to try and point out that they lost Ted. Oh and laugh. It was not super disruptive, just funny.
In the end he loved soccer. He is excited to go back next week... Hopefully he will stay with his team this time.
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