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The Post-game Wrap-up
Sep. 24th, 2015 09:18 amIt was an absolutely gorgeous day, out in the valley. The artificial turf was bright green, because that's how they'd colored it at the factory, and the sunlight shone with special intensity on the Black Knights of Henninger High School. But still cast shadows, like with everyone else.
Jason and Cyrus, his teammate and friend from SDA, were the starting forwards and each scored in the lopsided win over Corcoran High School's modified soccer team. Cyrus scored two goals, Jason scored one, and they both played their positions well, with good movement up and down the field, and good transitions from offense to defense.
About midway through the first half, the second team was sent in with the exception of the goalkeeper. And by the end of the half the score was 4-nil in favor of the Knights.
At the start of the second half, the regular goalie was pulled and one of the kids from the second team was put in his place. Also, the starting forwards were put back in the third line as defenders, both strategies intended to give the over-matched Corcoran kids a chance to score and have a little fun.
Which they eventually did. And the really cool thing was that our kids and coaches actually celebrated with them after their goal. And that's what I like about these coaches. They're all about sportsmanship and playing well as a team, whether in the daily training routine or playing a game. So congratulations and many thanks to Coaches Bardanett and Frederick.
Jason seemed relatively happy with his play and I think opening the season with a scrimmage against another city team was a great idea. In scrimmages, the refs, coaches, and players recognize it as a teaching situation. Players are instructed in pre-game and post-game etiquette, play is stopped when something needs to be addressed, with the coaches actually coming out on the playing field, and, as previously mentioned, sportsmanship is emphasized.
In some ways, it's been a bit of a bumpy road getting here but, as I told Jason this morning, I'm really glad we've made the effort because the process and the experience have differed significantly from the community and club experiences that he's had thus far.
Next up, our home opener vs. Fayetteville-Manlius this Friday at 4:30 PM. This one should be much more competitive and will hopefully result in our next steps forward as a team. Go Knights!
LPK
LiveJournal
9.24.2015
Jason and Cyrus, his teammate and friend from SDA, were the starting forwards and each scored in the lopsided win over Corcoran High School's modified soccer team. Cyrus scored two goals, Jason scored one, and they both played their positions well, with good movement up and down the field, and good transitions from offense to defense.
About midway through the first half, the second team was sent in with the exception of the goalkeeper. And by the end of the half the score was 4-nil in favor of the Knights.
At the start of the second half, the regular goalie was pulled and one of the kids from the second team was put in his place. Also, the starting forwards were put back in the third line as defenders, both strategies intended to give the over-matched Corcoran kids a chance to score and have a little fun.
Which they eventually did. And the really cool thing was that our kids and coaches actually celebrated with them after their goal. And that's what I like about these coaches. They're all about sportsmanship and playing well as a team, whether in the daily training routine or playing a game. So congratulations and many thanks to Coaches Bardanett and Frederick.
Jason seemed relatively happy with his play and I think opening the season with a scrimmage against another city team was a great idea. In scrimmages, the refs, coaches, and players recognize it as a teaching situation. Players are instructed in pre-game and post-game etiquette, play is stopped when something needs to be addressed, with the coaches actually coming out on the playing field, and, as previously mentioned, sportsmanship is emphasized.
In some ways, it's been a bit of a bumpy road getting here but, as I told Jason this morning, I'm really glad we've made the effort because the process and the experience have differed significantly from the community and club experiences that he's had thus far.
Next up, our home opener vs. Fayetteville-Manlius this Friday at 4:30 PM. This one should be much more competitive and will hopefully result in our next steps forward as a team. Go Knights!
LPK
LiveJournal
9.24.2015
