The Fisher Family Blog: Go Go Gators

Jacob is #8 on FFPS Soccer Team #109 this Spring. We are so proud of him. Although it is all new to him, he has approached it with a winning attitude.

Here is Jacob at his first ever practice, his coach, Coach Becky walked them around the edge of the field so they could learn when the ball is “in” and when it is “out”.

Bella watching through the net, she wants to play soccer so badly!

Coach Becky gives lots of High Fives. She is awesome, infinitely patient and has fun with the kids.

The following Week, Practice #2 – practicing stopping the ball by placing your foot on top.

Then it was Saturday, April 10th – our first game. First of all, let me just say I love how FFPS (Fun, Fair, Positive, Soccer) is set up. It is 8 practices and 8 games. They don’t keep score (although goals are tracked to help build future teams fairly), every kid plays, every position, every game. The games last less than an hour and criticizing and negative comments aren’t allowed. It is all about having fun and learning how to play.

To make the first game special all the parents and coaches meet up in a nearby parking lot and decorate their cars in team colors, then we drive together to the game, honking and waving. This parade was so fun and the kids all loved it.

Each team is assigned uniforms and gets to decide their team name, since our uniforms are green, the kids decided to be the Gators. Which is fun because we yell “Chomp Chomp Chomp” – very fun for 5 years olds (and 37 yr olds too).

Coach Becky introduces each player out onto the field.

I love it that there is a mix of girls and boys and that our coach is a woman.

The teams play 4 on 4 so, Jacob rests with his Dad while he is out of rotation.

It was a fun first game! Jacob isn’t super aggressive, he’s not right in the thick of things during games but he definitely got a few solid kicks in and he runs right along with the others and seems to be getting down the basic mechanics of the game.

I hear some Moms saying they couldn’t wait until their kids were playing competitive soccer instead. That’s great for some, but this is perfect for us right now. I’m so thrilled that my son is out there, having fun, running and playing and making friends.