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<blockquote data-quote="cjjtulsa" data-source="post: 1881172" data-attributes="member: 6146"><p>My third year soccer player decided he wanted to play football this year, too.&nbsp; We did hold him back this year, as he was&nbsp; way too young to start school when he did, but we tried it anyway.&nbsp; So now instead of being the youngest kid in his class, he&#039;s one of the oldest (2nd grade), and it was the best thing we could have done for him academically.&nbsp; He was one of the bigger kids in his class last year, even at nearly 1-1/2 years younger than a few of the other kids.&nbsp; Anyway, his progress has been great, and he&#039;s really getting things figured out.&nbsp; He can throw, he can catch, and he&#039;s one of the fastest (if not the fastest) kid on his team.&nbsp; He also weighs too much to play any offensive back position, so so much for any of that.&nbsp; 2nd grade is 8 man mighty-mite, so they play both sides of the ball.&nbsp; His blocking is excellent, but he needs to learn to really bring the hits on defense, and develop a better nose for the ball.&nbsp; Once he gets that figured out, he should make a mean defender.&nbsp; Had a kid get loose today down the right side - and my son got taken to the ground by the left guard.&nbsp; He still got up and ran the kid down from behind - I was proud as hell!&nbsp; Was a good game, and his team won.&nbsp; Great bunch of kids, and if not for two nonsensical pentalties, the score would likely have been higher.&nbsp; And a big plus was that no kids on either team got hurt.&nbsp; On to next week!</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="cjjtulsa, post: 1881172, member: 6146"] My third year soccer player decided he wanted to play football this year, too. We did hold him back this year, as he was way too young to start school when he did, but we tried it anyway. So now instead of being the youngest kid in his class, he's one of the oldest (2nd grade), and it was the best thing we could have done for him academically. He was one of the bigger kids in his class last year, even at nearly 1-1/2 years younger than a few of the other kids. Anyway, his progress has been great, and he's really getting things figured out. He can throw, he can catch, and he's one of the fastest (if not the fastest) kid on his team. He also weighs too much to play any offensive back position, so so much for any of that. 2nd grade is 8 man mighty-mite, so they play both sides of the ball. His blocking is excellent, but he needs to learn to really bring the hits on defense, and develop a better nose for the ball. Once he gets that figured out, he should make a mean defender. Had a kid get loose today down the right side - and my son got taken to the ground by the left guard. He still got up and ran the kid down from behind - I was proud as hell! Was a good game, and his team won. Great bunch of kids, and if not for two nonsensical pentalties, the score would likely have been higher. And a big plus was that no kids on either team got hurt. On to next week! [/QUOTE]

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