Chance Gates' Blog

A wise man once said “the tough part of coach is your on the sidelines.”  However, it is fun to watch the six players on the field all chase the ball at the same time.(We will have to work on that).  We lost the game 5 to 3, but some really good things happened.  Four of the eight player got a shot on goal, and one of them is a first year player.  4 down and 4 to go to make my goal of getting every player a shot at the goal.   The stratagy of pulling the defense on corner kicks worked great as we scored on our only corner kick of the game.  Tonight practice will focus on some one on one defensive drills and goalie drills.

As a Reno/Sparks real estate professional I encourage all questions and comment on the Reno/Sparks real estate market or any article posted.  I can be reached by email at chance@ballard-company.com or http://www.myspace.com/chancegates

Starting 8-1-09 is the kick off of AYSO710 soccer. After all the headaches last year, I was not going to coach again this year. Talked it over with the wife and she agreed, I don’t really have the time this year. That was my belief until registration day. As I was filling out the paperwork my youngest son changed his question (that he had been asking all week) from “are you” to will you please by my coach again. I looked at the wife and she just smiled and shook her head, she knew right there, I’m going to do it again.

Last year the bigger field made it tough to get everyone a shot at the goal. After a record with 1 win 2 losses and to many ties to count. The strategy this year will be more of attack instead of defend. Win or lose I want every player on my team to get at least one shot on goal. Let the ball go where it will, it is fun to watch every parents’ reaction when their son gets to try and score.

As a Reno/Sparks real estate professional I encourage all questions and comment on the Reno/Sparks real estate market or any article posted.  I can be reached by email at chance@ballard-company.com or http://www.myspace.com/chancegates