February 19, 2012 - Trying Lacrosse

Today I took the older kids to the Kiwanis Centre to try lacrosse.  What a great idea!  The local lacrosse association had a practice/trial day where kids could learn some skills and see if they like lacrosse.  Potentially recruiting new players to the league.  I took both kids, but it didn't go well.  First of all, they had an overwhelming turn out, and there wasn't enough sticks to go around.  So for the first 1/2 hour, my kids didn't really do much.  Eventually some parents fetched their extra sticks, so all the kids had something to play with.  Because my kids had no stick for the first couple of lessons, they couldn't pick up the ball or catch it. 

We were there for just over an hour, and then they both wanted to leave.  What can you do?  I really need some more team sport ideas for the Boy.  The Girl played soccer for one year, and this year will be her second year playing T-Ball (Softball).  The Boy played soccer for one year, and if he plays Baseball again it will be his third year.  The first two years were T-Ball, and this year will be his first year trying to hit a pitched ball.   He is nervous about that, and I think this is the reason he is hesitant to play. 

I wish he would give himself some more time to get good at a sport, he tends to think he should be awesome at something even after doing it for a few minutes.  I don't know how to teach him how to get into practicing things? He doesn't understand that practice makes perfect and doesn't want to believe me when I tell him.

Today is my 50th blog post!  Only 315 to go:)