Soccer Nights: Learning Something New

 

 

 

 

 

 

When was the last time you learned something new?!

I’ve spoken to team building, life skills, and how much fun Soccer Nights is, but I have yet to explain that these kids actually learn how to play soccer! Every day has a theme and all the fundamentals are touched upon. The rules of the game are clearly explained and after a long hard day of drills… what’s the most fun part of practice?!

Scrimmage!

Below is a shot of one of our campers practicing a throw in from the side of the field during a scrimmage.

The rules of who gets to throw the ball in and what team touched the ball last before it went out are taught even to the youngest of soccer campers… whether the rules are fully enforced by the end of the evening is up in the air.

Another fun day for campers and a wonderful chance to spread the word.

Try something new today, and see

Chesley

Soccer Nights: Welcome to the Main Event

I finally get to share some of the wonderful experience that I had with soccer nights!

Welcome to the main event! This is where it all started, a huge welcome committee of volunteers, organizers, friendly faces and coaches scattered throughout the open soccer field. As all the children who attended this completely volunteer and donation driven soccer clinic begin to arrive, the fun began. Soccer balls flew, and through this week the children who attended Soccer Nights in North Cambridge learned the skills they needed to begin their fundamentals not only for a team sport, but also community building and mutual respect for each other. Each day not only focused on a specific soccer skill such as passing or dribbling, but also a life skill. Learning names was the first, as explained by Coach Brian.

As our head coach, Coach Brian, took the field  to welcome all of our 2012 soccer stars, he explained that this summer we were going to “Go for the Gold!” There was no better team building than the upcoming Olympics. As previously mentioned, there was just as much weight places on life skills as well as sports technique. It’s hard to ignore that being called “HEY YOU!” isn’t the best feeling in the world.  Each team took time to learn each other’s names before drills began.  An amazing life skill had been developed and soccer nights was in full swing.

Each day bring’s something new. Each day for the next week I hope to post a few more photos with a bit more information on the week long experience!

Chesley