Last Practice!

Blue Thunder cheering their team name!
(LYSA TopSoccer, 2012)
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A few weekends ago turned out to be a little out of the ordinary at soccer practice.  I had recently went home to visit my family.  Therefore, I rose with the sun Sunday morning, bright and early, in order to arrive back in Lexington for practice.  I’m sure everyone in Lexington now would agree fall is in full swing.  That Sunday was fairly chilly and wet, unlike our past sunny and warm practices.  It was also the last soccer practice of the fall soccer season.  

The first unordinary thing to occur was for several buddies to change partners for the day.  I did not work with my usual partner this practice, but instead co-budded a young man on our team.  This young man at first sight did not seem as though he needed a buddy, much less two buddies.  He handled any drills the coaches instructed the players to do with great ease.  However, all of a sudden while standing in line during a passing drill, this young man sprints across the field away from the team!  My first reaction was absolute shock.  The thought passed through my head “He will stop.  He is just kidding.”  My co-buddy turned and looked at me.  She said, ”Are we suppose to go after him?”  A few seconds later the two of us and the coach were running across Masterson Station Park yelling “stop, stop!”

He finally did stop, and we learned that nothing was wrong.  He was perfectly fine.  I honestly think he had gotten bored and just decided to run.  He did not act as though he was completely unhappy about being at practice.  In fact, a few minutes later he took off again, only to turn around and say, “I’m just kidding you guys!”  Of course, this did not keep us from quietly surrounding him while he stood in line after his second break for it.

Blue Thunder team season photo
(LYSA TopSoccer, 2015)
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After all the craziness that weekend, I came to realize not everything will always go as planned.  When things do not go as planned, whether it be working with a new buddy during the last practice of the season or having to chase that buddy across the soccer field, its best to just go with the follow of things.  This can be applied in everyday life.  As a college student assignments, schedules, and plans are always changing.  It is best to learn to adapt to these situations in order to thrive. 

         
References

1. LYSA TopSoccer, 2012, Retrieved from https://www.facebook.com/128192516717/photos/pb.128192516717.-2207520000.1447299779./10150804346536718/?type=3&theater

2.LYSA TopSoccer, 2015