Green Lizards

Jaden - Fall 2012 Soccer - The Green Lizards - #6

(Front) Ricardo, JADEN, Nathan, Preston, Princess (Back) Dulce. Abraham, Thayne, Kisac, Marco Landa

This was Jaden's 2nd time playing soccer. He played with 2 of his neighborhood buddies, Kisaac and Lucus.

Jaden's games were... intense.  He decided he wanted to try playing goalie.  So for half of each game, he was was in the net.  The first game, he was pretty timid, and barely stretched out a limb to stop a shot.  By the end of the season, he was leaping and diving.  As painful and intense as it was to watch, it was also really fun to see him progress and become more confident in that position over the 8 week season.

When he wasn't playing goalie, he rotated between forward, mid-field and defender.  We really liked his coach.  He didn't seem to care too much about whether or not we won, but he always gave the kids the chance to try and get a feel for whatever position they wanted.  Sometimes, we as parents would get frustrated by that because at halftime we were winning.  And then the coach would change up positions so our team wasn't as strong for the last part of the game.  But then I realized, he was letting the kids explore the different positions and figure out what they liked.  At this early of an age, I can appreciate that.

Did you see where Jaden stopped playing to tell the ref that he had a handball?  He did this twice.  He has also stopped playing while the ball was right next to him to help a fellow player who just took a ball to the face, or to the groin.  That's just the kind of kid he is.  He's honest, timid, and cares about others.  Not an aggressive bone in his body, and I love that about him.  Unfortunately it doesn't translate well on the soccer field.  That's okay.  He still has fun.  :)

Jaden and Kaleb are on a sports high right now and are ready to start a season of indoor soccer followed by a season of basketball.  Bring it on!