Provo Fury

I've been very curious how this new soccer club would go.  We were all excited for soccer season to start.  The boys have been practicing for a while now and I was excited to see them play.  Wyatt and Rockwell have had two games.  They have a really good team, they play well together.  Wyatt played goalie for half of the game at the first game.  He did great.  He has also been playing defense, which I don't think is his favorite position.

It is so fun to have Kyle help coach their team.  When he got to the game this week a bunch of the boys ran up and started talking to him and jumping on him.  Wyatt and Rockwell love having him as their coach. I love watching the boys play but oh my goodness it is so hot still!  I am really looking forward to the Fall weather!

I have been really curious about Jonah's team.  I haven't watched their practices so I only know what Jonah tells me.  Jonah is a pessimist, he was sure they were going to lose.

He had his first game on Tuesday.  Jonah and Christian are playing up one level.  When we got there both of the boys were telling me they weren't going to win and they were more convinced when they saw how tall the players were on the other team.  I don't think Jonah realizes how much fear and shame he experienced with his coach last year.  His coach did some good things too, but I hated how he used fear to motivate the boys.  You can't play your best when you are playing out of fear and you certainly won't enjoy it.

It was so fun to see these boys play with confidence and to see them having fun again!  They both played amazing.  Jonah and Christian work so well together and their coach knows that so he put them together in midfield and they had some great passes and plays together.  Jonah had some awesome assists, two goals (which included a bicycle kick) and amazing footwork.  I was so impressed with his coaches and how they talked to the boys.  I know his coach works them hard in practice AND he is positive with them.  I love the coaches that do both, they work them hard and expect a lot, but they build them up at the same time.  He builds them up and they listen to him when he gives them correction. I'm so relieved to see Jonah enjoying the game again.  His coach is hosting a pool party for the boys tonight.  I love that he said it was to celebrate how hard the boys have been working all summer instead of because they won their game.  Hard work needs to be celebrated, it is so much more important that outcomes.