When I showed up for our 4th game of flag football, I knew something was up as soon as I saw our youngsters. These kids were bursting with energy, and I don't mean in a controlled way. They must have had a ton of sugar for breakfast, because it took everything I had to handle a couple of them.
We were playing the same team we faced in week 1, the Titans. In that game we struggled on offense due to lack of cohesion, and the fact that their team had older kids on it, or should I say more of them. Well in this game we made it closer losing 2 touchdowns to 1, but the kids had fun. We just had a tuff time blocking on our line. Their defensive line penetrated ours way too many times. We tried to make a few adjustments, but it did not help in the end. The boys who have understood the game from the start did real well, especially on defense. 3 of them, who I won't mention, had outstanding games, one boy even picked off a pass and took it to the house. Pretty impressive for a 1st grader.
I gave Jack the opportunity to play center, and he did a real good job. Outside of the end of the game when he started calling out the count, instead of the quarterback, he did everything right. He got to carry the ball once also. On that play, we were close to our own end zone, and when he got the ball, the defense was already on him. He proceeded to run backwards out of the end zone. While I was blowing the whistle to stop the play, he turned it around, and ran 50 yards for a touchdown, in his mind. He was happy, and while I told him to run forward right away, instead of going backwards, I told him nice run. He was excited!
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