Yamamoto Family Blog

Briana had her last indoor soccer game of the season. They ended well as they won the game and Briana scored two more goals. She seemed to try to follow her teammates shots and got two in on the rebound. It was fun to watch as she got two goals in each of the last two games and they won both of them. The whole team looked tired with Briana looking pretty slow towards the end. The other team scored to tie the score with about 3 minutes left but our team had enough energy to put a good run and put a bunch of shots together with Briana getting the game winner on a rebound from her teammates shots. I hope she can keep the more aggressive play going when the outdoor season starts.

Steven had his first indoor soccer game this past Saturday playing on his friends team. The team consists of a couple of players from his friends competitive team along with some other players from their recreational league plus Steven. Steven's friend is pretty good. Unfortunately, the team that they played was not the best so the competition was pretty small. I saw one of the other teams play and they should provide a little more competition. Steven scored 4 goals and missed a bunch of others. He had a few good passes as well. We'll see how he plays once he settles in with this team.

Briana had her 7th indoor soccer game yesterday with one more to go. Two nights before she had a dream that she scored a goal (she hasn't scored on her competitive team yet). She got her first and second goals ever yesterday on her competitive team. She just missed a third. I was glad to see her do it as she wasn't to sure that she could before that. She just doesn't have the confidence on the field like Steven and Alex have but hopefully she has some now.

Steven starts his indoor league with a friend from school this weekend. This will be interesting because his friend is on a different club and plays on the competitive team. Steven has only played rec and I didn't put him onto the competitive team because they still don't have a coach assigned for his age group. He should do really good as indoor suits his game.

Alex's football team has been doing a weekly passing league. It is offensive skill position players against defensive skill position players with no linemen so it is basically 6 on 6. He had a couple of interceptions returned for touchdowns the last time. They just play in t-shirts and shorts with no pads so he comes home with an assortment of scratches which he likes as he wants to get scars, go figure.

Briana had one soccer game and Steven had two, one regular and one a rain out make up game.

Briana's team was tied for first place in their division with the team which they played this morning. They won which means they won their division and get to move up a division next season. Briana played well. Her main position is what they call a stopper. She has some speed which helps out on the defensive side of the ball. She has good field vision and passing which helps out on the offensive side of things. She made a killer cross early but our forward just missed it. If she could only get a tougher mentality then she would be way way better player than what she currently does. This is where she could use some of Alex and Steven to rub off on her to be a little more aggressive. But then that isn't who she is.

Steven played what has become his usual game. He has speed to match Briana but has the boy mentality to put it to good use. He scored 5 goals in the first game and 3 goals in the second game. It would have been much more but our coach always has to pull our players in so the score doesn't get way out of hand. This team Steven is on is pretty stacked. I felt bad for one of the kids on the team who is really good but he wasn't allowed to strike the ball like he can as the score was pretty lopsided. Steven would be unstoppable if he could strike the ball like his teammate can. They are going to move up in age and play against the bigger and older kids next season. Then we'll see how well he can pass the ball.

Alex is lifting weights for football. He has a problem where he is getting physically out of balance. That comes from doing heavy spot weight lifting but not doing enough of the whole body. This is leading to shoulder problems and other issues. He also doesn't stretch out like he should. I gave him some stretches to try and I think his coach is trying to get him to do a more balanced workout now. It will take a while to get into a more balanced routine though.

I'll post a video of Steven's last game after I get it edited. It was pretty sunny today so I'm not so sure how it came out.

I posted some photos from the new years day trip to the snow.

Snow Photos