Note: In spite of what I wrote before, today was not our last practice of the season. See prior posts.
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| Moe says... |
Today, we did a few "activities" to help the kids learn to spread out on the field in useful positions ("Spread Out," in which they throw the ball and cannot run with it); to get in scoring position to receive the ball ("Sprint and Shoot"); and to emphasize being more aggressive near the goal, so they'll go after the ball ("Come and Get It").
In the short scrimmage at the end of practice, some of the kids did seem to be doing a little bit of what I had shown them in the activities. So, that was very encouraging.
Some of the kids are still very distracted during practice. I think this is common for kids this age, especially boys.
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| At least our practices never get quite this bad. |
At the first couple practices, it isn't as bad, because they don't know each other well and aren't so comfortable horsing around together or pestering each other. But, once they become more familiar with each other, it's a real challenge to keep them focused. And, it only takes one or two "unfocused" kids to create a domino effect and a huge amount of wasted time. We'll keep working on it.
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