W playing soccer

William finished his first team experience and got his first trophy. He was so proud--as was I; I even got a little teary over the whole deal. He played Smart Start Soccer with the Youth Center on base. They don't ever play any real games but, start learning technique--things like power kicks, side kicks, dribbling, throw ins, hitting the ball with their head, passing, and stopping. Occasionally, they played little games against each other. This was particularly amusing because they were so use to doing drills one at a time that when one of them started a "game" by dribbling the ball towards the goal, they all just stood and watched. Finally, they got the hang of running and kicking the ball all together but, never really understood in which goal to put the ball.

In this series of videos, you see W doing a power kick then working to get the ball in the goal. It is pretty standard W. He runs, he falls, he runs, he falls--typically he wanted to just roll around in the grass but, was easily coaxed to get back in the game.

This video is W doing a throw in. Coach Scott encouraged the kids to use his bald head as their target. Needless to say, they were all more than happy to throw the ball directly at his head. He was really great--his son is on the team so he knows a thing or two about the 3 year old mind.

This video is a small clip of some real "game" action.