Soccer Saturdays

Over the past few months, Jackson's taken soccer lessons every Saturday morning. He's come a long a way, and while he doesn't quite understand how to run while dribbling/kicking or that he shouldn't pick the ball up, his aim has gotten much better, as has his comfort on the field, especially when on his own.

The class he's in had parents on the field for the first half of the series but then over the last few weeks, parents spent more time off the field than on.  The first time this happened, Jackson did well with directions, but spent much of his solo time on the field holding his coach's hand or sitting in her lap during down time.  After we had some chats with him about the fact that she has lots of kids to help and can't only spend time with him, he did awesome at his next practice.  He was actually the only kiddo that followed all directions and did everything he was supposed to.  (At one point nearly all the other kiddos were running around doing their own thing, but not J - he just kept going right along with whatever Coach Chandler was asking.)

It's always exciting to see him try and learn new things and soccer was no different.  Next up, we'll take December off and then both boys will take swimming lessons beginning in January.

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Listening oh so well

Team huddle at the end of practice, just after getting stamps on his hands, arms and tummy

And here are a few action clips.  Nothing fancy but shows J in action. My favorite is the clip with the little kicks - he took those directions VERY literally.