Nate had the opportunity to take his USSF "E" license in Logan, UT while he has been in Utah this week. He brought Brinley to train with my u11 premier girls. Brinley was intimidated at first and then she got in and got going and did just fine.
The club does station work for the players once a week and in the next video Brinley is working on a passing station.
Later she was matched up against some of the players in a 1v1 match where they are to work on their moves and take each other on while trying to knock a stationary ball off of a cone. You will see that although Brinley may be a little immature for these girls she has the skills... maturity will happen in due time, the skills and confidence to try moves was impressive. here BOO is playing 1v1:
Brinley spent the next morning in a training session with these girls. It was very overwhelming for her as she was not yet comfortable with the company, or the demands. She may have walked away very frustrated, but watching her skills when she had the ball I was a proud uncle. Nathan and Brandi are doing a great job of putting her in clinics and camps that allow her to practice new and exciting skills.
I hope that today was not discouraging for Brinley as she has talent and attitude and will be a great soccer player when she matures and has the ability to showcase her skills at her own level. I love that little one tons... she will be just fine if we allow her to "just play" more often with the neighborhood kids. Her skills are there and she has plenty of athleticism to evolve in to a special little soccer player.
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