Hi, Good evening!!
Last weekend, I had a soccer lesson for kids with their parents which is mainly a game between kids and their parents. This is one of a new plan what I coordinated in my soccer school.
To be honest, most of their parents were not keen to do this until the day we did it cuz some people didn't want to get any injuries in the session and some others weren't even interested in playing soccer as an exercise.
But most of them showed up on the field with a proper kit and in particular some dads came to the field with their soccer boots. What a hustle!!
And before the session, I asked then to make a team which is dad's team and mum's team to pley with kids. As a matter of course, Dad's team was suppose to play against senior kids organized the age of 8 to 11 and mum's team was suppose to take on junior kids which is age of less than 8.
I was expecting that kid's team was gonna beat their parents easily cuz I thought they don't get enough execise normally, so they couldn't even run much. However they were so good enough to play with. Especially, Dad's team was fantastic!! I didn't ask all of them, but I'm pretty sure that they used to play pretty much when they were a kid. Obviously, they weren't a beginner as they showed off thier skills through the whole game, but as a result they ended up getting a draw by 5-5 as they presented with weakness and fatigue as the time went on.
On the other hand, mum's team against junior team was a really exciting game. In the first half, Mum's team dominated the whole field and got some scores with their powerful shots unless the kids they were playing against was only 5 or 6years old...
Anyway, it was a really good day and nice experience for me. After the session, we had lunch together beside the field with their lunch boxes which I had asked all of them to bring just one dish from their home that can bite like a finger food on a table.
There were heaps of Japanese stuffs on the table I love such as rice balls, Karaage and Sushi!! That was so yummy!!!!!!!!! It was the definitely happiest time in the day!!haha
Actually, I borrowed all of these ideas on a blog of the football academy in Sydney run by one of my friends, who is a japanese. As soon as I watched what he did in his academy like this, I felt like that it could make in my school as well. I come up something new idea, I try to put into practice in any situations sooner or later. This time, I could make this event with much success fortunately, but I couldn't organize all stuffs for the success alone, naturally I needed someone's help and everybody helped me a lot cuz All attendances hoped that wanted to have fun in a beautiful sunshine.
Yeah, That was a great day for everone joined for sure. If you do your best all the time, everything will usually fall into right place for you.
こんばんわ。
先週末、うちのサッカースクールである企画を行いました。題して「親子サッカー大会」!!その名の通り、子ども達だけでなく、その親達も一緒に混ざってサッカーをしていただくという企画。
内容は主に試合やけど、意外にもたくさんのお母さん・お父さん達が集結してくれて、企画自体は大成功でした。総勢30人ほど。ワォ!
当日までは、あまり乗り気でなかったお母さん達も、いざ自分達の子どもと同じフィールドに立つと真剣のそのもの。相手は5,6才の子どもだというのに、本気でボールを取ったり、シュートを打ったり・・・。あるお母さんは「日ごろの子どもへの鬱憤を晴らせました!」とおっしゃってました。笑 「ワー、キャー」いいながらも気持ちの良い汗をかいてくれたんじゃないかなぁ。
それにしても参加してくれたお父さん達はうまかったなぁ・・。
滅多に晴れが続かない今の季節に、開催週だけ晴天続き。晴れ男かな?笑
そして練習後は皆さんに1品ずつ何か持ってきてもらって全員で青空の下でランチタイム!!何より皆さんの手料理がうまいのなんのって・・。ひさびさに日本風の唐揚げやらおにぎり食べた。うますぎたなぁ・・。
実はこの企画、あるサッカー教室の企画を真似て実行してみました。思い立ったらすぐ行動!時には失敗することもあるけど、積極的にやって後々すべてが損することはない。その失敗からも学べるしね。
今回はたまたま成功したけど、それもこれも全員が「楽しもう」と思ってくれていたからであり、みなの協力が大前提にありました。皆さんには終了後たくさんの感謝の言葉を頂きましたが、こちらこそ皆さんに感謝します。
素晴らしい一日をありがとうございます!!