As the mom I try to find different sports to suit my kid’s personality. At their ages I want them to experience several different sports. Emeline has recently developed a love for soccer. What makes her so good (besides her big “foot”) is her aggressiveness. The trainers love a kid that isn’t afraid to back down…it’s exciting to watch, especially for a girl who broke bones for two years and could not participate in any type of sports activities. Zachary also loves soccer and will try out for the travel team for the fall. All three are good swimmers.
Sam loves tackle football. He talked about it for years and finally this past fall he played for the township, Steve was the assistant coach. There are not many moms out there who love their son playing football. Most of us tolerate the sport because either our husbands or son (or both) are dying for them to play. Wanting to find another sport for Sam, knowing he was a good swimmer, we inquired about a water polo team. Sam started playing water polo with mostly older kids. I’m not use to seeing Sam look like the “runt” out there but in this sport he’s the “baby”. I have tried to keep Sam away from tournaments. Just letting him play during the week once is enough. With several tournaments in the last few weeks the coach really wanted Sam to experience one of them. So off we all went to support Sam at Villanova University. As expected Sam sat most of the time on the side of the pool. Each time he went in the water we were so proud of him. O.K. so he only got the ball once and the opponent immediately stole it away but we’re the parents…all parents are proud!!
The team had two games back to back. The first game was tight, Sam’s team was losing so he didn’t see much playing time. In fact I think one time he was in for @ thirty seconds. The next game Sam’s team was winning so the coach was a bit more generous with putting the weaker kids in. As expected each player has an opponent they are required to cover. It was apparent that Sam wasn’t sure what to do so the coach was yelling and making all kinds of hand gestures to Sam that didn’t look universal to me nor Sam. Sam’s interpretation to what the coach was trying to tell him was to just dunk the opponent. So there was Sam out in the pool, ball nowhere near him, trying to dunk another player (poor guy looked like he was drowning). I knew Sam had no ill intent but the child and his coach didn’t know that. The game was stopped and Sam had to have a talk with the ref. Sam didn’t see much more time in the pool after that.
Most of the time at sports events our kids are doing well, giving us good reason to cheer and be proud. Last night was a good example of how as a parents, we don’t care how well our kids perform, we think they’re just the greatest thing since sliced bread right?? WE want them to have fun and enjoy the healthy bodies they have been blessed with.
After all it is “In Him that we live, and move, and have our being.” Acts 17:28
Grace and blessings,
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