We are off and running! We had 7 players show up today: 1 girl (8th grade) and 6 guys (two 6th, three 7th and one 8th grade). Four of our players have played soccer enough before that it showed a little bit in the simple drills we did today.
We kept it pretty basic with stretching, plyometric leg drills, beginning dribbling and passing drills and a good game of my favorite soccer drill- keep ball (keep away).
The attitudes of the seven who showed up today were great with a couple actually talking about how many games we are going to win. We all planned to call somebody tonight to see our numbers increase for tomorrow. If we doubled our size we would be set as an ideal size for us would be 14-16.
A few kids were surprised when I told them that our plan was to order brand new matching uniforms to play in this year. They must not be used to their sports teams wearing good uniforms. In Brian McLauren's book The Secret Message of Jesus, he tells about a friend of his from Malawi, Africa who began to do some amazing work with his homeland that included work with children.
"He made connections and got twenty-six soccer balls donated to the children of the village, because in the Kingdom of God, fun and play are important things. Carter knew this. He even helped them get uniforms, because in the Kingdom of God, dignity and pride are also important things."
As of today we have enough support for one full uniform (shirt, shorts and socks) with another pledged for. Each kit costs $40 and it would be great if anyone could help us out.
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