Ah, the smell of fall...and sports

Soccer is here!





















I just love watching these kids scramble around a soccer field. You can always tell that they KNOW what they're supposed to do, but actually carrying out it out is a whole other arena.














The thing is, during practice, it's just the 12 of them. And they all take turns kicking the ball into the net, dribbling the ball down the field (listen to this soccer mom drop the terminology), and passing the ball.














I mean, these 12 kids spend 5 days a week together in a Catholic school environment, where they are taught to share, be nice, no shoving, take turns and so forth. And then they're turned loose on the soccer field where the parents are yelling "Go get the ball! Go! Get it now!" And even though I've heard NO parent actually say outloud "shove that kid out of the way and kick some butt," it's all over the telepathic wavebands.

And I do think the kiddos know that the soccer rules are different but they're just not quite sure how to switch to Aggressive Sports Mode.















Especially when they are supposed to aggressivly pursue this "1st grader" in the green jersey who is clearly not in the same genetic arena as them.