After two or three weekends of Iniciación Deportiva Minis class, Jack decided he no longer wanted to take part in it and asked if he could take a different class. We were sad because at the end of the last class he attended he was amusing his favorite profe by putting on a basketball dribbling and shooting show in the gym, with through-the-leg moves (you know, the kind where one lifts a leg high over and across the ball...) and a behind-the-back move that includes a quick quarter twist of his body to create the illusion that he's actually dribbling behind his back. We were all cracking up at him, and Erin and I started believing that he'd turned the corner and would no longer ask if he could switch to a different class. We were wrong; he still wanted to play fútbol instead.
The reason we hadn't signed him up for a fútbol class is that the youngest age group is for six-years-olds and at the time we joined the club Jack was still a month or so short of his fifth birthday. The only other option besides the Iniciación Deportiva Minis class was a swimming one, and with his ear infection issues we passed on that offering. We nevertheless told Jack we'd take him to fútbol with Quinn and see if they would allow him to join the youngest group.
Club de Amigos is the best; not only did they say he could play with the youngest group, his profe Manuel is awesome. On the first day he made sure that he continually checked in with Jack during the drills; quickly rescued Jack from a stint in the goal during the scrimmage, when one of the older boys made the not-so-brilliant decision to stick Jack in as the last line of defense; and encouraged Jack when it was his turn to take a penalty shot at the end of practice.
The reason we hadn't signed him up for a fútbol class is that the youngest age group is for six-years-olds and at the time we joined the club Jack was still a month or so short of his fifth birthday. The only other option besides the Iniciación Deportiva Minis class was a swimming one, and with his ear infection issues we passed on that offering. We nevertheless told Jack we'd take him to fútbol with Quinn and see if they would allow him to join the youngest group.
Club de Amigos is the best; not only did they say he could play with the youngest group, his profe Manuel is awesome. On the first day he made sure that he continually checked in with Jack during the drills; quickly rescued Jack from a stint in the goal during the scrimmage, when one of the older boys made the not-so-brilliant decision to stick Jack in as the last line of defense; and encouraged Jack when it was his turn to take a penalty shot at the end of practice.
Jack's easily the shortest boy in the group, but the other boys cheer him on and I've never seen whoever partners with him during the drills look disappointed or get frustrated with such a tiny target when they pass. All of the six-year-olds encourage him enthusiastically, and last Sunday when practice ended two of the boys stayed late to play two-on-two against Jack and Quinn. We love the club because they espouse values such as good sportsmanship and fair play, and all the kids take the values to heart in their practice. We knew that Quinn would enjoy the classes every viernes, sabado and domingo, and we're even happier now that Jack is learning how to win and lose while he grows his skills as a fútbol player.
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