football

So we’ve made the switch to playing football (soccer) instead of Frisbee on Tuesdays and Thursdays. It is all boys (the girls play netball on another field, not really sure how that game works). Everyone wanted me to pick a team. This was somewhat difficult, since I still have trouble with names, but I was able to pick a team of 22 kids which everyone seems to be okay with. I’m hoping to run practices, and help the kids improve (even though they’re all better than me). Unfortunately, it’s kind of hard to do anything but scrimmage without many balls. We finally got three new balls, but the one needle to our pump broke today. A couple of the kids have cleats, but almost everyone plays barefoot, (which amazes me since I always found kicking a ball barefoot hurt). We plan to play other schools on Saturdays eventually. (The kids of course want to begin playing games immediately). They also say we need jerseys, but somehow I think a school with 56 kids in a class and no books has more pressing needs. I think I might right a letter to Adidas or something anyways. And if anyone knows a high school that’s getting rid of old jerseys…

The pictures above are from the field where we play. Since Gracious doesn’t have its own field we walk to the field of a Muslim School. They let us play in return for donating balls and slashing the grass on the field. Yes, there are goats on the field, and no, the giant ant hill does not count as an extra defender.

Don’t worry, I still play lots of Frisbee, and may try to start up Ultimate on Mondays after school.