Week Seven. U6 Goals and Assissts and Assists to the Assists.

It was a big week for Jackson of the U6 Lions and the video below tells the story.

     That was one of three for Jackson and it had been a long dry-spell before this game.  He was on fire this time though and hopefully he's realized he can do that as often as he likes if he'll go hard for the ball and trust his skills.  Boot it to lose it. Keep it to shoot it!
      I was coaching the Bats when the Lions were playing but Coach Chris told me I've got to be sure to mention Carson's admirable play in the sort of center mid position.  His ability to regain or keep possession of the ball for his team makes for a lot of assists or even pre-assists.  He's not scoring any goals lately but Coach Chris says that the team would not have been so successful this week if Carson wasn't in there doing his part to keep the attack alive.
     Ava is in the same spot with the Bats.  She wants to be up as a shooter but her instincts are so good she can't resist falling back into a defensive position, trapping the ball then trying to move up with it.  As a result she's usually in a better position to get an assist than to get a shot on goal herself.  I hope she and Carson both realize how valuable their play is even if they aren't putting up big scoring numbers every week.