A Proud Parent Moment

As Mattias was practicing with his new soccer team last Thursday, I was so proud of him. He tried out for the Tai Tam Tigers 9-10 year-olds Soccer team . There were 35-40 kids trying out, 9 players returning from last year, and they were looking to fill 7 spots. The coaches son was one of the 7 so he does not count - of course he made it. Mattias got one of the sought-after 6 spots on the team. This was a drilling try-out experience. The first try-out consisted of 2 hours of dribbling skills - timed! Yes - they were actually using stop-watches and writing down the numbers. They had to do 60 toe-taps in 30 seconds, all kinds of other dribbling skills. It was pretty serious. Even Henrik, the seasoned soccer player he is, said he has never experienced such a serious try-out ever. Completely over done - if you ask us. Hello - they are only 9.....

They had 3 of these two-hour tryout sessions over a 3 week period - constantly throwing new in-sane dribbling activities at them. It was a happy moment when he got the "congratulations" message.

I know that I am bragging - I just had to get it out of my system :). He is enjoying playing and having so much fun - and so are we.

A really proud "Soccer Mom".