erm...~~vibes~~

goodluck and have FUN

Thanks I'm leaving in about 90 minutes, leaving work early to collect myself and get ready. Once I have this first one out of the way, I think I'll feel much better. This is so irrational it makes me chuckle, then my stomach turns again

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Originally posted by Smaug:
erm...~~vibes~~

goodluck and have FUN

No, no, this is the internet. You say "glhf" and then after you've trounced some n00b, you add insult to injury by typing "gg."

*Looks around.*

Er, don't mind me.

I. Survived

Congratulations!

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Originally posted by JP:
I. Survived

Hee

Good job Jeep!

How do we know the 4 year olds did not take over and are posting in your stead?

*scans for cooties*

Way too much punctuation, I'm afraid.

Congrats on making it through, JP. How did it go?

Simon Says put your hands on your head!

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Originally posted by Dweller in Darkness:
Way too much punctuation, I'm afraid.

Congrats on making it through, JP. How did it go?

Pretty well. After introductions I sort of froze, and my assistant coach (who was M's t-ball coach, and has an older daughter who's played soccer and t-ball/softball) stepped into the vacuum to get things started. We've got different coaching styles, so he's more about "drills" and I'm (trying to be) more about skills through fun games, so we did a few drills for a while, then after our water break I stepped back in with a couple of games I'd planned to play. He and I work well together, so the drills were pretty seamless and we were on the same page the whole time, so it worked out just fine.

awwww......

So cute! Does the one really have pink hair?

Nope, those were hot pink lacy pigtail ties That one's a spitfire. Most of them are, really. *thinks* At least 5 of the 10 didn't hesitate to chime in their opinions throughout practice

Oh, and you'll notice that there are only 7 girls in that picture. The other three? Off playing in the infield dirt (we were practicing on a t-ball field). And out of the 10, only 2 have the same color/style of ball, so that's helpful, they all know which is theirs (and are VERY protective of it)

I remember that from Son+'s tball days. You'd look out into the infield and one would be sitting down doodling in the dust while in the outfield two would be looking at a cool bug.

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Originally posted by JP:
Nope, those were hot pink lacy pigtail ties That one's a spitfire. Most of them are, really. *thinks* At least 5 of the 10 didn't hesitate to chime in their opinions throughout practice

I don't know why, but that makes me feel very good about the world

Sounds like Graeme's practices from last year in the 5 year old group, JP. It is a lot of fun, though, and good to hear you have a good assistant coach to work with. Complementary styles, not competitive.

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Originally posted by Domitella:

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Originally posted by JP:
Nope, those were hot pink lacy pigtail ties That one's a spitfire. Most of them are, really. *thinks* At least 5 of the 10 didn't hesitate to chime in their opinions throughout practice

I don't know why, but that makes me feel very good about the world

Me too especially since one of them in my daughter

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Originally posted by Dweller in Darkness:
Sounds like Graeme's practices from last year in the 5 year old group, JP. It is a lot of fun, though, and good to hear you have a good assistant coach to work with. Complementary styles, not competitive.

Yeah, he and I are very go with the flow, and since he has an older daughter who's done t-ball/softball and soccer he knows what to expect. For both of us it's all about the fun, but understanding it's more fun when you 'win' (in quotes because we don't keep score, so maybe I should just say it's more fun when you do well) so we want them to get as much out of it and have both the highs and lows of playing. We did well with t-ball in the spring, so we'll see how soccer goes this fall.

See? There was no need to get all worried. I knew you'd have fun.

Yeah, I knew it was a completely irrational fear, but that's the thing about irrational fears, even when you know it, it doesn't help I can't tell you how much this kept me up the other night and it was all I thought about yesterday *shakes head* Well, first one's down, and I'm looking forward to the rest