Thursday, September 11, 2008

Mommy as the Soccer Coach??

As all of you readers know...I love my soccer. Love, love, love to play my soccer. So it goes without saying that Devyn is going to have to play soccer for a few seasons. And somewhere along the way I decided that I should be the coach of her team. It shouldn't be that hard, right? Wrong. What I found out is that coaching entails more than just running practice once a week. It also entails things such as: Opening Ceremonies, getting a banner for opening ceremonies, snack lists, picture day, knowing where the pictures are to be taken, and so on, and so on... Below is a typical question and answer session at our weekly practices.

Mom to me: Do we have a banner for Opening Ceremonies?

Me: Banner? We need a banner?


Mom: Whose bringing snacks this week?

Me: Snacks? We need snacks?

So I feel really sorry for the moms on my team. They must think I am the ditziest soccer coach ever. Thankfully they are very nice and have been training me on soccer coach etiquette. I guess I will find out at the end of the season if I pass the training.

Here is a picture of the team in front of their home made banner. Yes...several of the moms and I got together and made the banner the day before Opening Ceremonies. Who needs a professionally made banner? The team consists of Ramon, Jonnie, Devyn, Eric and Aaron. I am so excited b/cause they are a great group of kids!

2 comments:

Kathy said...

WOW - great looking banner. It rivals any of those that we've paid big buck for our teams. You and the other moms can start a banner business!

Kim Babcock said...

What fun for Devyn having mommy as her coach! You are a brave girl taking that on - I felt like that just being a first time soccer mom! :-)