Titans Fall 2011

Last semester I  decided to coach a mens team, I am not exactly sure why I picked coaching over playing knowing full well that if i did coach I would not be able to play, but since I have injured my self I believe the decision was a tender mercy.  It has been going great though.  The boys respect both me and my coach molly and we love every minute of it.  Sometimes the practices are more frustrating that others, but learning and patience is essential in coaching.  Each practice we start with a routine warmup: 2 laps around the field, stretch, mini sprints, passing, trapping, headers, and volleys in three lines then we move into the drills of the day.  Molly and I are still learning how to quiet doew a group of 18 boys and our voices are not that loud, so I have been contemplating using "the whistle" but I felt it was too professional and I am only a coach at BYU-Idaho so the voice it is.  Our drills sometimes go well and others we dont plan well enough so we make them up as we go adding modifications.  Then we usually end with a run, depending if practice is monday or wednesday then a scrimmage o fun little game.  I love it and molly and I are the first girls to coach a mens team in soccer- making history =), but here are the pictures we took of the team dinner we had the other night.  =)  We are missing a few, there are 17 on the team, but some could not make it to the dinner. But top row: Jason, Leighton, Parker, Zach, Aaron, Ammon, and Harrison, the bottom row: Molly, me, Josh, Cody, Shane, Jerrick, John and Carson. =)