Went to nieces soccer game last night. Varsity lost 2-0. JV ended up tied 2-2 after only playing 30 min and a shoot out to end it. It's ok, don't know the rules and don't really know the quality if soccer being played, but I was supportive.
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Anybody else worn out by the forecasted starting lineups and depth charts in the basketball recruiting threads? They're getting similar to the threads pertaining to uniforms and entrance music.
Well some of those same posters wanted to fire Prohm in January, so I don't put a lot of stock in it. I follow the thread sort of, but just wait until Prohm get's some of them signed and on campus before drinking big gulps of Cyclone Kool-ade. Way too early prediction is that we sneak into the Tourney again next year.
Mine did when they were younger but quit when they got old enough to play real soccer with offsides calls and stuff. Velo's daughter plays soccer.
I've been watching a lot of Disney Jr and making up or telling condensed versions of fairy tales. I was hit with how often the basis for these stories or at least the families they are almost always missing a parent. It's kind of sad. I think Sofia the First (and Miles) are the only ones I see with both parents together their kids.
I do realize I'm thinking about it too much. : )
I do realize I'm thinking about it too much. : )
It would be nice to know practice schedules more than a day out. I don't operate on a day-to-day basis; I need to plan the week out in advance so I can see who needs to get where when.
And a lot of the more common fairy tales have been sanitized over the years. In Cinderella, the step-sister cut off parts of their foot (toe for one, heel for the other iirc) to make the glass slipper fit.
And a lot of the more common fairy tales have been sanitized over the years. In Cinderella, the step-sister cut off parts of their foot (toe for one, heel for the other iirc) to make the glass slipper fit.
Must have used one of my grandmas for Disney model of the wicked old lady. My grandpa passed away in his late 40s and they still had several kids in school. I was terrified of that nasty old woman.
Sorry for the lengthy post, but remember, you asked.
Short answer, yes, it gets easier. I didn't understand or like the sport until about 15 years ago when I started watching my nieces. When kids are younger, there is usually a wider difference in kids' speeds. Faster kids score more because they get more touches. As the kids get older, things balance out and kids actually learn how to defend properly, so scoring tends to go down.
Most of the game is about creating opportunities. It's similar to hockey in that regards. Once you can watch the whole field and how players' positioning affects the play, the game becomes much more enjoyable to watch. Also, kids develop foot skills at various ages, depending on the coaching. Watching a skilled player break down two or three players with a variety of moves and then score is a thing of beauty.
A soccer game between two bad teams is painful to watch. However, it's not different than a baseball game with sloppy defense, a basketball game where shots aren't falling, a football game full of 3 and outs (looking at you Jim Walden), etc. The main difference is that most of us didn't grow up watching soccer, so a bad game is attributed to the sport versus the teams playing. People don't watch a bad youth basketball game and say, "Basketball is stupid."
Soccer is growing in the US because the coaching and the facilities are finally starting to catch up with the other major sports, but football, baseball and basketball have a pretty good head start on attracting the youth in the US.
Soccer will always have its haters. It's just too easy to hate something anymore.
<patiently waits for "tl/dr soccer sucks" post>
Had a dream ISU played KU for the mens B-ball ncaa tourney championship. KU hit a court length buzzer beater to win the damn game by a score of 101-99.
That was crushing, and perplexing as I couldn't understand how they lost to Pudue but still managed to face KU that late. Then in the dream I started to consider I was living in some alternate time line, but was still confused by the event.
That was crushing, and perplexing as I couldn't understand how they lost to Pudue but still managed to face KU that late. Then in the dream I started to consider I was living in some alternate time line, but was still confused by the event.
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I've been watching and reading a ton of stuff on the possible upcoming head transplant for the crippled russian man.
Appears they have the process of keeping the head alive with blood flow from artieries, but reattaching the spinal nerves doesn't seem feasible. I'm very curious to see this abomination if it survives the surgery. How will the brain react to a while new central nervous system? Will he go crazy?
The Chinese claim they have successfully reattached mice heads and the mice are fully functionable, but there doesn't seem to be any video documentation of it.
The Russian is working against the clock of his disease so he doesn't have much to lose either way.
Appears they have the process of keeping the head alive with blood flow from artieries, but reattaching the spinal nerves doesn't seem feasible. I'm very curious to see this abomination if it survives the surgery. How will the brain react to a while new central nervous system? Will he go crazy?
The Chinese claim they have successfully reattached mice heads and the mice are fully functionable, but there doesn't seem to be any video documentation of it.
The Russian is working against the clock of his disease so he doesn't have much to lose either way.
Having never played or watched soccer, I am in the "don't get it" crowd. But it is definitely big here. That whole new indoor complex built just west of Ames on 30 is very soccer-centric even though they claim to have baseball/softball batting available. Kids start when they are 3-4yrs old. Even our Gilbert soccer club and other small towns will bring in "experts" for soccer clinics. Our boys and girls soccer teams are good right now, there is one female player going to play for UNI next fall. This last weekend they scored 10 in at least 2 games and they were playing underclassmen to get them varsity experience at that point. My girls never had an interest, the oldest played through about 2nd grade. Once the field got bigger she was done.
Next oldest played one year and that was enough. Next one is all about softball (may be slightly influenced by big sis), didn't even ask to do soccer even though all her friends in kindergarten were doing it. Last weekend she was out practicing softball and the little neighbor girl says, "Why are you practicing softball? I do soccer." We have relatives that have big soccer players. On the other hand, we are probably about the only family in town who turns to college softball when the Cards aren't on. To each their own!
Hey chaser, that dude's mugshot looked like he didn't have a shirt on. Does Wisconsin do naked mugshots or something?
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