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Entries for the ‘Asides’ Category
Sure Sign Of Lots Of Cancellations
By the looks of this, I’m thinking a whole lot of matches across Region III won’t be played this weekend
Son, About That Cup…
It amazes me how many boys don’t wear cups in soccer. My son refused to wear his in Tae Kwon Doe until he saw someone else in his class ‘take one for the team’. Now he wears it. Maybe I should have shown them both this:
Of course I say that knowing last night my life [...]
Better Than “Swarm-Ball”
Overheard today – I laughed out loud:
4 year old soccer is just like a cat chasing a laser pointer
How true is that?
Little Man Chase Gets Some Boots
Don’t look now, but SoccerDad’s youngest is finally getting to play some soccer! After kicking a ball around on the sidelines since he could walk while his older siblings played, Chase starts playing this Spring. He’s SO excited and his older brother and sister got him all decked out with cleats, shin guards, and a [...]
Having Fun In The Rain
I’ve always gotten a kick out of the reaction of parents new to soccer when the weather gets bad. Most expect when it rains that everything gets canceled. But unless there is lightning or the field is underwater – you usually play. But you rarely see pictures of these matches because people don’t want their cameras to get wet. So when you come across some, you just have to share.
How Bizarre…
It’s not even November yet here in North Carolina, where the average high temparature this time of year is 68F. Looking out my window (on a day my team practices), it’s 45F and big ice pellets are falling out of the sky. Yesterday my team played a match in sunny weather with temps in the [...]
Why Children Should Play Soccer
Over at Tootsiesshoes, they have a very eloquent post about the benefits of youth soccer.
Funny Soccer Tweets
I’ve been using social networking sites more and more, and finding some rather funny stuff. I use a great Twitter client called TweetDeck, which allows you to search the public timeline for certain keywords so you can monitor tweets with certain words. Very cool. Well, I had to share a rather funny tweet that scrolled [...]
