The older boys started flag football. They have had one game and a few practices. It's been fun to watch. We learned something interesting, too. We always thought Morgan was kind of a slow runner because William is so much faster. But it turns out that William is the fastest on the team, and Morgan is somewhere around 3rd-5th fastest. Who knew?
Here are some pics from the first week of practice. Morgan just threw the ball to William, who doesn't seem to be paying any attention. But the ball didn't reach him, so that's okay.
The coach tried William in a variety of positions. This picture William was playing quarter back, waiting for the center to hand it off to him. Morgan was pretty much given the position of receiver. So he's going out for the pass here. Unfortunately, Morgan can't catch. Also unfortunately the QB can't throw.
The first practices were a little chaotic. Kids were tackling each other, ripping the ball from the downed kid, and running around until they were tackled. Essentially, it was Rugby they were playing. I feel like the most basic rules of the game weren't explained very well. We didn't even know how unprepared the boys were for their first game until we watched their first game.
Morgan was receiver, William was on defense. Morgan mostly stood around playing with his mouth guard. William just pulled off as many flags as he could, but ignored the kid with the ball. They lost their first game 6-26.
After the game, we went home and David really explained the game better, told them what they should do in their positions, explained that we don't worry about the flags of anyone who doesn't have the ball, and drew diagrams to drive it home. Then we got out the football and did our own practice.
We're hopeful that the next game will go better.
Go team D & D Printing! Haha.
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