Corbin is on Team Nitro and has some tough coaches, this year! Practice runs from 5:55 until 7:30 firm, and every Monday night, Corbin’s team was running drills and doing burpees until long after the other fields were empty. (Typical parks and rec soccer practice for U9 teams run from 6-7pm). Same for games. The bots were to arrive at 8:20 and had a 30-40 minute pre-Game practice and a good run around the fields every week. The coaches ran a military style team, with drills, sweat, more drills, consequences for mistakes, and no praise for mediocrity. This is the first great Corbin questioned his love for the sport, but he also strengthened his skills and knowledge of the game. They took a hard loss the very last game of the season, which was a tough way to end the season, but I think Corbin enjoyed playing. He had many many good assists that led to wins for his team throughout the season. He also played excellent defense and became very skilled in using only his left foot during drills.
The coaches two sons (the two shorter boys) have played club soccer until now, when their club schedule conflicted with their baseball schedules, so they had to switch to parks and rec, so the dads played the boys up a year and paired up to coach and Team Nitro got a taste of what club soccer practice looks like. I have to say Corbin has zero interest in the military style, Jon affectionate yell-coaching. I think he learned a lot though. And I learned that I have a tender hearted son. Thankful for any parent who steps up to coach, because it’s definitely not in my skill set or agenda to do so. I became very good at hollering rebuttals of “good effort!” to lift discouraged low hanging heads after letting the ball get away from them, or a missed shot and took on the role of “A for effort mom.”
Later night practices offered us some beautiful sunset backdrops. The boys are so lucky to have such s beautiful place to play a game they love.
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