My oldest had his second "try out" practice for 1st team and was still sore from the practice on Monday. He was in a more defensive position for the 1st half and it wasn't great. He was moved into a striker position for the second half and seemed to find his stride. At the close of practice, the coach was not convinced so we have one more shot this Friday. I am expecting him to dig deep and close out strong. I'm not yet sure he's decided to go all in and do the work. And make no mistake about it, this will be a season of work. To be continued...
Another pick up game on Monday. Always fun to have a short sided game in 85+ degree weather in 10000% humidity. Weather aside, it was a good game. 7v7, old guys (myself included) vs young guys. In playing a fair amount of pick up, I've noticed a trend. Young teams push, run and score early. But often it is a "twice as hot for half as long" scenario. The young team bounced out to a 3-0 run early. However, we slowly clawed it to a 3-3 tie. The lead changed a couple more times until 5-5 then the wheels fell off for the young team. By the time I called it a game (about 1:10min) it was 9-5 old guys. It's a funny game...
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