Last Thursday, my son, Liam, had his first soccer goal and I was there to witness it!
Nothing beats that experience! Of that moment when he finally kicked the ball and the ball went it! As soon as the ball went in, he looked where I was, checking if I saw it, and when he saw that I did, he smiled and had that "yes!" moment!
Too bad I wasn't able to record it :( But, like what I told my friends and family, the experience of seeing him achieve a goal he has set for himself is more than enough! I am proud of my little boy!
A little background: Liam started with this swimming lessons when he was two and with his soccer lessons when he was three.
Thursday morning, while preparing for his soccer lessons, he has been telling me that he was doing good with his soccer lessons, but he is yet to make a goal. He wants to make a goal. I was telling him that it's alright if he still doesn't make a goal since he's only 4 and what matters is that he is doing his best. I was preparing him just in case he still does not make one at the end of his lessons that day. He was being cool with my advice, but I felt deep inside, he was really serious in acheving that goal.
I was just so happy when he finally achieved it!
I guess it's the same with his swimming lessons. He is yet to move to the next level because everytime he gets assessed every term, his skills are still not acceptable (for the next level). He is determined to get to the next level and I see him work hard for it. Again, this is another goal he has set for himself, and I see him still working on it.
I thought enrolling them to these classes was just to let them learn a new skill or to just make them healthier. I guess, it really pays to enroll your kids to sports programmes. There are really much more in there than just learning the sport. They are helping us prepare our kids by teaching them life skills, one very important life skill -- setting and achieving goals. I really didn't realize that until last Thursday.
