The happy Adilyn at soccer practice! She loves to practice, and her favorite thing is to just run up and down the field kicking the ball with nobody in her space. She is a great listener, and she is usually the first one to do what the coach asks. They do an activity where they are supposed to stop doing whatever they are doing when the coach blows the whistle. She is usually the only one who stops every single time. The other boys are still running around or wrestling each other while Adilyn patiently waits for the next instruction. She loves trying to score goals, and she likes kicking the ball really hard.
The games are a different story...the only thing that she will do on the field is play goalie. I don't know if that's because she doesn't have to run or she doesn't have to be in the mix of the other crazy kids, but she will stand down there in the goal and usually do a decent job of keeping the ball out. Sometimes she forgets to pay attention, like in the picture above, but most of the time she does an okay job. She loves practicing playing goalie with Cory, too. It's just so funny to me because I always hated the pressure of being a goalie! But, believe me, this girl is feeling NO pressure down there :) The minute that she is supposed to play in the field, she literally stands still in the middle of the field, or she will just walk off the field and sit in my lap.
It's annoying, but she is by no means the only reluctant soccer player out there. Every team has at least 3 or 4 kids that refuse to play. I will say that at least she doesn't scream and cry; she just flat out stubbornly refuses. At least the girl knows what she wants!
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