This post is a little late as Gavin has already finished his session of soccer but better late then never J. We tried soccer with Gavin last year about this time through the YMCA and it was kind of a diaster. It was very un-organized, lots of standing around which Gavin did not have the patience for and by the time we got around to the games he was totally over it and it became a battle just to get him to go.
We told ourselves that it was going to be awhile before we tried another sport but then I got an e-mail about a Happy Feet league starting up in January and asked Gavin if he wanted to play soccer again and he seemed really excited so we decided to give it a try. If you are wanting your kids to try soccer Happy Feet is definitely the route to go. We had such a great experience and Gavin had such a good time.
It’s a smaller group of kids and the coaches are trained specifically to work with kids. They make all the drills into games so it’s fun and the kids are constantly moving the entire time. Although Gavin was never very aggressive he had a lot of fun running around after the ball and did almost score a goal once.
I think it also helped that a couple of his friends from school were on one of the teams so he enjoyed getting to see them as well. Overall it was a really good experience and we will definitely be signing him up again.
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