Tag: soccer

• Soccer Starts Now

  Today is our first soccer practice. Naturally it’s cold after being comfortable and even hot the past two weeks or so. It’s so annoying. Our first game on Saturday is due to be a rainy one if the weather forecast holds up. How annoying! I don’t need it to be hot or anything, just a…

  zanderham13

  18th Apr 2023

  kids, mentoring, my soccer team stories

  soccer, youth coaching

• Soccer Roster

  I got my roster last night for the soccer team I coach. I have eight of the same kids, and it seems like four aren’t playing with this league this season. One was assigned somewhere else, but I’m not sure if she requested to be on a team with a friend. Of the eight returnees,…

  zanderham13

  10th Apr 2023

  kids, Life, Mental Health, my soccer team stories, Raw, relationships, The Real Me

  anxiety, depression, Mental Health, soccer, suicide, translife, trauma

• Soccer Registration

  I registered Girl for the upcoming spring soccer season. And again, I signed up to be the head coach. Last season I figured out some way to write down the names of the kids on my team, but I didn’t find that way this time, so I just emailed the division coordinator to let him…

  zanderham13

  16th Feb 2023

  kids, Life

  soccer

• Reframing my life

  Since the huge, life changing conversation with my dad I have been looking back at so many things and realizing that my perspective was uninformed. I’m also not sure if I applied a filter after the fact. So far the results have been very interesting and it’s made me realize that it’s very easy to…

  zanderham13

  12th Nov 2022

  Life, Memories, Raw

  college, family, Memories, soccer

• Take that…

  Today my younger soccer team won their last game. Our final record is 7-1. Haha Gramps…I don’t need no stinking book to coach a very successful recreational league soccer team, full of 3rd and 4th graders. I wasn’t there, but I emailed my stand-in coach to get the information. Some of the kids made a…

  zanderham13

  8th Oct 2022

  my soccer team stories

  coaching, soccer

• Sweet Moments

  This past Saturday was week 6 of 8 of the soccer season. It was a good weekend. Both of my teams played amazing games. My younger team of third and fourth graders (8-9 year olds) won their fifth game of the season, 6-0. We had to actually pull players off to give them an advantage…

  zanderham13

  26th Sep 2022

  mentoring, my soccer team stories, relationships

  soccer, youth coaching

• Why is it so hard to be nice?

  It is again soccer Saturday. Both teams played well. My younger team won after being down three goals. Their final score was 8-6. It was probably one of the best all around games they’ve played. I have three goalies, with one playing goalie more than the other two. Last season he got really anxious and…

  zanderham13

  17th Sep 2022

  Life, Mental Health, mentoring, my soccer team stories

  mean people suck, soccer, trauma

• Creativity

  I have always wanted to be an artist who can draw. I can’t draw. For a long time I wanted to be able to sing. I can’t sing. I can read music and play instruments, but I can’t sing. I can write. I enjoy painting that is more abstract. I wasn’t good with clay. I…

  zanderham13

  10th Sep 2022

  Mental Health, mentoring, my soccer team stories

  creativity, soccer, writing

• The Nothingness of Today

  I gave myself a day with no expectations, nothing specific to do other than one scheduled appointment, help the kids cook dinner, and get out trash and recycling. I suppose that sounds like a lot, but it was spread out over the entire day. I also did some weeding around the flowers out front and…

  zanderham13

  30th Aug 2022

  Life, Mental Health, The Real Me

  anxiety, Mental Health, soccer

• Self Care Monday

  Today is the first weekday in 3 weeks that we don’t have our contractor and his team working on our bathroom. The lack of construction noise is so pleasant. I love our contractor and his team; they are GREAT people who I trust to do work when I had to leave for appointments and grocery…

  zanderham13

  29th Aug 2022

  Life, Mental Health, The Real Me

  Mental Health, ptsd, soccer