Caleb's first soccer practice

Caleb's first soccer practice.....dad bought him the shorts and told him they were soccer shorts, so he insists on wearing them even though they are a little big. Oh well, we shouldn't have to buy soccer shorts anytime soon....
Caleb practices kicking the ball. He is pretty good without defense...I think he might get mad if someone takes the ball from him in a game....


This is Caleb's team. There are six kids and three play at a time. Caleb has a hard time balancing on one foot, something we need to work on apparently. He kept falling down, but he was also acting pretty silly while doing it, so maybe if he concentrated on it, he would do alright.

Before going to practice today, Caleb asked me if he could "web" the soccer ball. I decided to tell him that the net (goal) was a web that he needed to kick the ball into. He was really cute, a lot to learn about soccer for sure. For example. The coach took one ball and tried to have them play a game, but they didn't quite get the idea that they had to try and get the ball from the other team, they just chased each other around the field and tried to kick the ball into the closest goal. Hopefully this weekend and next week, we will work on it with Caleb and help him figure it out a little more....would hate for him to be the one to score a goal for the opposite team...