Assistant Coach Joseph was a great help in this game, as it was HE who had to be the crab. Joseph assumed the Crab position (in an inverted crawl position) at center field. Team Coyote was lined up on one goal, and when the whistle blew, they had to dribble the ball past the Crab and go the length of the field and score. If the Crab managed to touch or kick one of the kids' balls as they dribbled past him, they had to also assume the crab position and go after any Coyote and their ball that came their way. The more crabs there were on the field, the harder it was for the remaining Coyotes to navigate around them. Eventually, Akil emerged as the only Coyote to avoid the crabs. Good job Akil! (I think some of the Coyotes purposley let the crabs get their balls so they could be crabs too! ) It was a fun game with a different twist that I think the kids enjoyed. Here is a picture of Coach Joseph after playing the crab game:
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| Who let the dogs out? |
Overall, I think we had another good practice again tonight. I had the kids scrimmage each other so we could work on "stepping in front" of a player with the ball to challenge him, and to work on emphasizing the "no pushing" command. I think the kids responded quite well in both aspects. Nick did a great job in "stepping in" and challenging for the ball, as did Kendal and Jack! In fact, all of the kids seem to be attuned to hearing and following instructions, which makes my job lots easier!
A reminder that our game this Saturday is at 11:00, but we also have "Picture day", so we need to meet at the cameras at 10:00 so we have time to get our mug shots and make it to the game in time..
Here is our theme song for this week. Be sure to get the "Woof woof" line down so we can give the camera man a good laugh on Saturday!
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