Can you believe we're at the half way mark already? I apologize for the lack of communication this season. It's so difficult when there isn't a Team Manager/Mom to help me out but I have been able to get an email out, from time to time, and I've been able to talk with many of you out on the field, so I hope that's helped fill in some of the gaps.
The Season So Far...
We're having a blast out there and I love the dynamic of the team! We've got great kids and they get along and have so much fun together! We haven't won as many games as we've been used to in the past but the boys are definitely improving as the season goes on. I'm not sure if I mentioned this but I filled out a questionnaire, prior to the schedule going out, asking that we not be put in the top tier. We ended up in the top bracket anyway, and we're playing the best teams at the U10 level. With that said...we've played some really good games and I've seen some really good things! We're very proud of the boys!
I'm sad to say we're going to be losing a couple boys because of the new age changes. If any of the boys have a birthday before January, they will be moving up a year this Fall. I'm really hoping we can keep as many of the boys together as possible, for this Fall. I talked to Coach Eric and we'd like to get an early start, this Fall, for the boys who are in town. It's been so hard with only a couple practices before our first game and it seems like we've never gotten into a routine this Spring, as far as lessons go. We've only had time to work on the basics, which is okay but not ideal. I'd typically like to be more organized and have a game plan and prepared sessions for each practice.
Our Next Game
Tomorrow's game (5/14) is at Daybreak Middle School, in Battle Ground, at 1:30pm. Please have the boys there by 1pm, for warm-up, and we're the visiting team so we should be wearing blue. As always, have the boys bring their white jersey as well, just in case. It's also supposed to be cooler and possibly wet tomorrow. Please have the boys dress accordingly.
Practice Schedule
Starting next week, our practices will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 6 to 7:30pm. This isn't a typo this time. :-) So...Tuesdays and Thursdays for the rest of the season, still at Danielson Field. It looks like it might be rainy this week. Please make sure the kids bring a jacket with them to practice, as well as a ball.
Pictures
I'm going to ask Melissa Houston (Ben's Mom) to take another team picture this Saturday, if the weather is decent. The last picture she took only had 8 out of our 12 boys in it. Please try to have the boys wear blue socks, black if you don't have blue and have them ready for a picture between 1 and 1:15pm, during our warm-up.
End of Season Party
We typically have a party at the end of the season. The default will be a BBQ at our house, unless there are other ideas. Last season we all went to Local Girls Hawian and that worked out well. Let me know if you have any other ideas or suggestions.
Plug for Cub Scouts (Boy Scouts of America)
Some of the boys were talking about Cub Scouts last week at the end of practice, and a couple of the boys, and at least one parent, were interested in hearing more information about it. So...after some investigating, I've found that we have five boys on the team, who currently participate in Cub Scouts (two different troops) but most of them meet on Wednesday afternoons from 2:30 to 3:30pm. They also have a really fun day camp coming up this Summer, if any of the boys are interested. If so, please reach out to me for more details or your son can also get additional information from Evan, TJ, Tanner, Ben or Titan.
Thanks everyone,
Coach Ben
