A pretty chilly training session this was. The wind was like ice. I was glad to be kicking and running around with the kids.
Good numbers at training again (16), I’m going to assume everyone is enjoying training and that’s why they keep coming back.
The parent support was again excellent, with Steve, Adam (Steve’s son), Marty, Dave, Tim (my son), Adrian and Cole who was tying bootlaces. I also noticed Christine and Thalia keeping some of the kids focused. It’s great to see so many parents willing to get invloved, it makes the Coaches job so much easier.
The drills for today involved handballing, kicking, marking (overhead), bouncing the football and kicking for goal on the run.
We completed training with our now traditional match practice. The quality of these practice games is getting better and better. Cambell and Alex were the stand outs for me, they really want to be involved in the action all of the time. Kobe is just getting better and better. Everytime Nick got the ball he used it very well. Amelie did a couple of nice kicks. Despite Kevin’s size he is fearless and he won a few contested possessions against much bigger kids. The Pescud brothers, Dylan and Keiran are really hard at the football and played very well. Jensen had an injured leg which was causing him to limp a bit but he didn’t complain and was involved in some really good plays.
Thanks very much to Jo for bringing down a bag of Freddo Frogs. I’m not sure it’s ideal timing to give these to the players after training just before they have their dinner but I haven’t had any complaints yet.