It's a new season, soccer season that is. The weather may be cold and the skies grey, but for a group of 6-8th grade boys all that matters is surviving the next three days of tryouts.
Coach calls them out on the field, and the training begins. After running back and forth across the field a few times, the whole group drops to the ground and begin sets of sit-ups and then flipping over to perform push-ups. For a solid 35 minute regiment the boys move around non-stop. Then it's time for a few minutes to hydrate. Then the boys are back at it!
Coach wants them to build endurance, he doesn't want exhausted boys at half time.
Today everyone found out that the 6th graders didn't make the team. Boy, were they bummed. However, they are all smarter for the experience and have learned what will be expected of them next year at tryouts.
On a positive note, our soccer player has new shoes! Bright orange!!!!
And since we still involved in recreational soccer with the city, the team he has played with (most of the players anyway) is gearing up to start in March! LET's GO STRIKERS!!!!
Well, pictures are worth a thousand words, so you can see we have a broken bone. This is the first for Brian. He was playing tag with his friends, fell and rolled across his pinky bending it backward toward the wrist. That isn't a good thing. Little man that he is..he didn't complain. Just mentioned his hand hurt. We put ice on it and hoped for swelling to go down. When it looked worse in the morning, we headed for an X-ray machine. Yep, a salter-harris fracture of the left pinky. He has been fitted for a cast and will wear it for a few weeks, then wear a buddy brace. (meaning a type of velcro strips that will tie the ring finger to the pinky for support). 
A TRIP TO TACO BELL MADE HIM FEEL BETTER! I'm sure we will have more mishaps in the future, but until then.....
