Jr Sports - Soccer Lessons

We recently enrolled Dominic in a Jr Sports program, run by Master Sports, that over the course of 8 weeks, will expose Dominic to four sports, Soccer, flag-football, T-ball, basketball, and some track and field. This last week was his first class and it featured soccer.

The instructors were really good with the kids, who ranged in age from four to five. They taught them the very basics on how to kick, trap, and dribble the ball. Drills included trapping, dribbling the ball from one end of the field to the other, dribble and shoot, and finally, Sharks and Minnows.

Dominic did well, paying attention to the instructor as well as doing pretty well physically. He knew a couple of the kids in the class, one of which was in his kindergarten class while the other was in his after-school program.

The Sharks and Minnows drill was pretty funny. The instructors were the sharks at the beginning and everyone else was a minnow. The sharks had to kick the minnow's soccer balls off the field while the minnows tried to dribble from one end to the other. Dominic made it across the field his first time, but the second time he was caught. He became a very enthusiastic shark and ran around the field with his hand on his head, sticking straight up, just like a sharks fin. Everyone got a good laugh.

Here, Dominic stretches with one friend.

Dominic dribbling.

Dominic runs a drill. He did pretty well for his first time!

Dominic had his second session today and he did just as well. I'll try to get some pictures up soon!

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