Had to send a coach off last weekend; it was a sobering experience.
I'll post details later, but what I came away with was an overwhelming urge to drop out of the referee program!
Monday, October 10, 2005
Teamwork
Ah, what utter heartbreak. We played against one of our former players on Saturday...so she knew all of our secrets! (Rule 1: have fun. Rule 2: Make lots of goals)
All eight of our girls showed up (maybe the 2nd time this season!) so I had to to have one "rest" for each quarter. One little girl wasn't feeling well, so she waited out 2 periods until her Mom came with some Del Taco food (low blood suger, I suppose...). Then my daughter sat one out. Then I was out of tricks; no volunteers....so it was the dreaded eeny-meeny-miney-moe, and one of our really outstanding girls was Moe.
Fair being fair, she sat out. All the little ones where aghast (since she is one of the more active ones), but it will probably be a good lesson in the long run. We'll have to have a long talk at practice about teamwork; I was a bit disappointed that no-one volunteered to sit out. Instant gratification and all that...
All eight of our girls showed up (maybe the 2nd time this season!) so I had to to have one "rest" for each quarter. One little girl wasn't feeling well, so she waited out 2 periods until her Mom came with some Del Taco food (low blood suger, I suppose...). Then my daughter sat one out. Then I was out of tricks; no volunteers....so it was the dreaded eeny-meeny-miney-moe, and one of our really outstanding girls was Moe.
Fair being fair, she sat out. All the little ones where aghast (since she is one of the more active ones), but it will probably be a good lesson in the long run. We'll have to have a long talk at practice about teamwork; I was a bit disappointed that no-one volunteered to sit out. Instant gratification and all that...
Monday, September 26, 2005
Position, Position
Well, the girls are coming right along. Ali is a wild-woman, running all over the field, absolutely fearless. Katie, I think, has finally gotten the point about being a forward, and actually waited somewhere past the mid-field mark!
More common, are my defenders. Somehow they managed to get the impression that they need to stand at the outside corner of the penalty box. So, when the ball whooshed past them, they would poke their toe at it and watch it bounce towards the goal. Sometimes the goal keeper would grab it, but then again, sometimes they forgot that they could pick up the ball as keeper!
The team that played after us was unprepared; they asked if we would be the ref!
More common, are my defenders. Somehow they managed to get the impression that they need to stand at the outside corner of the penalty box. So, when the ball whooshed past them, they would poke their toe at it and watch it bounce towards the goal. Sometimes the goal keeper would grab it, but then again, sometimes they forgot that they could pick up the ball as keeper!
The team that played after us was unprepared; they asked if we would be the ref!
Monday, September 19, 2005
The name's the game...
Well, the Coral Sea Stars it is! And it won on the first ballot; which was a bit unexpected - especially when you consider that some of the teams in U12 still haven't finalized. [FYI, my son's team is officially the Flame Throwers!]
My daughter has played two games so far. The first game was forgettable: nobody played to their position, nobody remembered how to throw in the ball...the only bright spot was our goalkeeper. She is fearless! She got stomped on by a bigger girl, but wouldn't come out of the game. Then, she took out another opponent who "forgot" that you can't run into the keeper.
This week's game was much better. We had about 80% coverage. Of course, Gwendolyn (my little one) stood on the corner of the penalty area for most of the game, but did get a few kicks in. The high point of the game was probably when Trevor (who is almost 2!) threw some of the green slimy Goldfish (tm) in my hair at halftime.
My daughter has played two games so far. The first game was forgettable: nobody played to their position, nobody remembered how to throw in the ball...the only bright spot was our goalkeeper. She is fearless! She got stomped on by a bigger girl, but wouldn't come out of the game. Then, she took out another opponent who "forgot" that you can't run into the keeper.
This week's game was much better. We had about 80% coverage. Of course, Gwendolyn (my little one) stood on the corner of the penalty area for most of the game, but did get a few kicks in. The high point of the game was probably when Trevor (who is almost 2!) threw some of the green slimy Goldfish (tm) in my hair at halftime.
Thursday, September 08, 2005
Coral Sea Stars. Is that a soccer team or a fish?
So, after scrambling around I managed to get my parent's to fill out the volunteer forms, and we got the uniforms! I think they are orange, but my wife insists that they are "coral." So my daughter spent all day listing possible team names (coaches perogative - I get to "suggest" the first team name).
Her first choice is the "Coral Sea Stars", which I think is sort of clever for a 7-year old.
After that, it's "Beautiful Sunrise" - try to put *that* on a banner!
Until next time...
Her first choice is the "Coral Sea Stars", which I think is sort of clever for a 7-year old.
After that, it's "Beautiful Sunrise" - try to put *that* on a banner!
Until next time...
To ref, or not to ref continued
I almost forgot! After taking the intermediate class, and reffing some all star games, I finally got the referee administrator to sign off on my form! One more signature, and I'll be official!
It will probably take two more years to get the next 25 games under my belt to go for advanced...but I may be able to do some U14 or U16 games this year. Should be kind of interesting!
It will probably take two more years to get the next 25 games under my belt to go for advanced...but I may be able to do some U14 or U16 games this year. Should be kind of interesting!
Another new year begins
Well...last night was the referee's meeting. Same old stuff, but there was one interesting rule change: during the throw in, the defender has to remain two meters away. I managed to schedule all the games I'm going to ref as well; since my son is now in U12, I snagged all the games immediately after his (on the same field, no less!). Of course, that meant I had to check against my daughter's games (U8, you know) -- there looks like only two conficts!
So, I'll have to swoop over to the little one's field, while my wife cheers on my son. Ah, what a tangled web we weave, when we practice to, er, play soccer.
So, I'll have to swoop over to the little one's field, while my wife cheers on my son. Ah, what a tangled web we weave, when we practice to, er, play soccer.
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