After approximately 40 practices and 16 games over 11 weeks, the fall club soccer season is finally over here in Colorado. It was a pretty grueling run with 5 practices most weeks and a pair of games on Saturdays, but I loved every minute of it. Hopefully in the spring I can wrangle a schedule with practices on the same nights instead of opposite nights.
How’d we do? Well, my older daughter’s U9G team was pretty spectacular. We went 6-1-0 (W-L-D) with an average margin of victory probably in the 5-6 goals range. The single loss was due to a break down in goal keeping (coaching error, really). Speed kills, as the saying goes, and this team was blessed with it. Hopefully, the group will stick together in the spring as the other coach and myself are pretty set on moving up one notch in the competitive spectrum.
Dad coaching in the background
My younger daughter’s U7G team, on the other hand, wasn’t anything close to dominating. We don’t keep scores or league tables that young, but I’d be surprised if we were even a .500 team. But we were doing a number of things that teams in this age group don’t normally do, particularly an emphasis on positions in addition to the usual ball control work. Some of this was influenced by the work I was doing with the older girls and hopefully it will pay dividends in the spring.
Next up? Basketball and indoor soccer!
