A nice addition to my soccer life has been involvement in festivals for elementary schools. I've had the pleasure of delivering three and helping out a bit with a fourth.
Too many of our young athletes only play their desired sport when the formal session are organized. Sometimes when I get a pickup game going at a school I hear questions like "throw-in or kick-ins?" "Where is the box?" "What's out of bounds?" "They have one extra player!". We want them to realize that you don't need a board of directors and a formal schedule for a sport to happen.
Simple rules of pick-up sports:
- All you need for a game is a friend and a ball
- There is always enough room for a game
- There is always enough room for another player
- Call your own fouls
- The game ends when the sun goes down (if you have no street lights)