Texas Rush Soccer Camp

Since we are going to be for some time while I have the baby, start the Visa process and medical clearance for Connor to move to Russia, we wanted the kids to be as "normal" as possible to make this easier on them. So we have put them in Fall sports. Ash is in gymnastics and working on getting her into Equestrian lessons while Mike is playing soccer for Texas Rush. We enrolled him into a week soccer camp before the season starts since he has had very little exposure to soccer. 

It was evident that Mike was among the few in his age bracket that have never played before. Most of the other yr olds look like they have played since they learned to walk. It was impressive actually. All the fancy footwork on these small little kids!! He had two boys from South America in the camp and they were unbelievable. 

First day and ALL smiles!! Coach was giving Mike a pep talk on his dribbling

Must have water Mom! It is HOT!!!

5yr old group with their coach

The sessions are an hour long with the first 25 minutes being technique based and focus on proper dribbles and ball control. The the rest of the time is scrimmage games of 4 on 4. 

Mike does really well on defense and is not afraid to be aggressive and competitive, however, when he is on offense running down field with the ball be is not. He give it up without a fight. We need to work on that :-)

This little girl in the blue tank just ran circles around him. Hehe maybe he was afraid of her and that why he gave up so easily.

Mike had a ton of fight when going against this boy. 

He was able to gain control of the ball for a short minute before losing it again. 

Another little girl who gave Mike a run for his money :-)

He had control for a while on this run but she came in quick and took it from him

He had so much fun this past week. Can't wait for the season to start in September!