U7 Soccer with Coach Dad

As Gavin has been getting older, I (Brent) figured it would be great to help out with his soccer team for this fall.  I certainly remember my dad doing the same when I was growing up, though if my memory serves me well we lost every game in that experiment.  In any case, I promptly emailed the Broomfield Soccer Club coordinator to let her know I would love to be an assistant coach for his team.  She replied that Gavin actually didn't have a head coach yet and I was assured that if I would be the head coach for his team, they would help train me as a coach and I would inherit most of his team from the spring.  How could I resist?  Unfortunately, after agreeing to be the head coach they never found me any formal assistant coaches so I ventured off to coach 12 boys all by myself.

At least I had played quite a bit of soccer, though most of it informally in adult leagues rather than growing up and receiving lots of technical skills training.  Youtube and some Broomfield Soccer Club coaches training sessions have helped quite a bit and at least helped me know where to start.  Here is the crew above in one of the first practices working on some toe-tap activities together.