When I was a kid, we always spent every Sunday afternoon with Uncle Keith and all my mom's friends watching football. We rooted for the Bears - well, they did. I kept busy playing tag with Randy and Nathan under bar tables. I would watch the game for as long as it took me to drink my kiddie cocktail.
I'm watching a little more football these days. I've been able to see two of Jacob's games this year (Go Saxons!!) and I need to get out to see one of Luke's games. But every Saturday morning for the next couple months, I'll be watching Isaac play.
Isaac has always liked to run. When Brian was young, he played soccer so we thought that soccer would be a good fit for Isaac. At that age, I can best describe soccer as one boy with the ball and the rest chasing after him. There is definitely a lot of running in soccer. But he didn't love it and so I didn't argue when he said he wanted to try football. But having never really played before, I didn't think we could handle one of those teams where the boys have practice for two hours a night five nights a week. And I'm that mom who cringes when I think of my little boy in a contact sport. Luckily, we found a flag football league through All Star Sports. Practice one night a week and a game every Saturday for eight weeks seemed like the right level of commitment for us.
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| Isaac - on the Green Goblins in 2014. Is it me, or does he look really small here? |
In the Spring we discovered that All Star Sports had a track program. Isaac ran track for two sessions and enjoyed it, gained speed and learned how to get off the starting line quickly. When I asked him what he wanted to do this season, he suggested flag football again. What a great way to put some of those running skills to use!
Coach Derek is infinitely patient and great with short and concise instructions. He explains how to throw and catch the football in a way that even I understand. He puts matching colored wristbands on the boys who are blocking each other. Five seconds is all they have after each play to get back to the line. The boys (and one girl!) will learn a lot in eight weeks.
Saturday was their first game: Red Rockets versus the Green Goblins.
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| Isaac with the ball. |
The boy with the yellow jersey is one of the best players the other team (I'm not sure why he didn't have a green team shirt on) and eventually caught one of Isaac's flags. But not after Isaac ran about 20 yards!
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| About two strides behind Evan. So close!! |
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| One of the last plays of the game |
It was a gorgeous day for a football game. And a smile on Isaac's face during the one of the last plays of the game tells it all.
The Red Rockets earned a victory yesterday. But the Green Goblins were tough to beat.
If you're interested in coming out to one of his games, let me know! I'll give you the schedule!
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