The wheels keep turning.
I’ve been quite busy in July. I’ve been fitting in my workouts! I’ve been to several concerts. Oh, and I officially picked up a 2nd soccer team to workout for the fall season! I could not just stop with my U-13 boys team, I said yes to helping out a U-12 girls team. Why? Because I’m crazy? No, I know that if you don’t start sharpening specific soccer specific skills at this age, you will have no chance to develop them in Jr. Hi/High School. Now that my leg is getting back to normal I can actually coach/demonstrate what I want, while supporting what I talk about by playing on the field with them at practice.
I’m off the hook after a week of cat sitting. I like dogs better, but since my friend and her husband actually agreed to do vacation together with their son, I was glad to hold down the fort. I did miss my bed, but realized some of the trails in Pittsburgh, that were once rail road tracks are really a lot of fun to ride on my bike. The view of the urban environment with the special trails is unbeatable, I just feel bad for all those idiots who are still going to PNC Park. I’m a competitor, I like watching young guys try, but I don’t like being the training ground for the rest of MLB. I remember when Sid Bream slid across for the Braves and started the dismantling of one of the greatest teams in Pittsburgh baseball ever! I hope Bonds makes it into the HALL to at least give me something to remember in my old age, since we didn’t win anything back then.
OK sorry for the diversion. Soccer training for my two teams officially begins in two weeks. I’m not a big fan of making kid’s burnout on a sport they like. The other people I coach with didn’t believe me that a two week break was due. I held informal/pick up games once a week to give the kids more or less a chance to meet up during the summer, since their school district is very large. It also gave me a chance to see what the kids do well without any coaching intervention.
Ok this is another challenging week. I gave my team’s 2 weeks off but have organized a goalkeeper camp. I have 35 little keepers signed up with another 5 parent/coaches to take notes for their season. I think I may need to book another hour-long massage again this Friday.
Well I need to get on with the laundry and maybe actually take my bike out around town today.
