You may not know but it's soccer season at the Swanzy home. Yes, Cameron has started playing soccer. During the first game Cameron never even ran towards the ball.
The 2nd game he ran around the people who were kicking the ball, but never actually touched it. Chad and I did a lot of coaching, encouraging, and practice this week. All the way to the soccer field we talked about being aggressive, and going for the ball. So, tonight was the 3rd game and he was awesome in the first half. He played his position well. He went after the ball and yes he even kicked it a few times. Then came the 2nd half and the other team put in an 8yr. old on steroids. Emidately I noticed Cameron pretending to play by running close to the people who were acctually kicking the ball. So I decided to call him out on it. His response was "mom, did you see the size of that kid? I don't want to get hurt!" Well, at least he's honest. I think we as adults do the same thing. We work up our courage to put ourselves out there but we also remember what it feels like to get hurt, knocked down, or intimidated. So,when we see something coming it's easier to pretend and run along side of others than to get in the game and risk getting run over by the big guy.