Mini Soccer – Not for the Weak-Kneed
It’s soccer season! Have I said that before? Sorry for the repeat. But we just can’t get enough of the sport,
so we play it indoors, too. Here’s a fun idea for parents who need something
different.
My son and daughter developed a way to play soccer in our game room. But we can’t kick the ball in the house. So, we remove the ping pong table from the rectangular room to give us optimum space. Then, we place two bean bags in one corner, six feet across from each other; this formers one large triangular soccer goal. We repeat with another goal caddy corner to the first one.
The teams swap, usually two on two: kids versus parents,
girls vs. guys, mom and son vs. dad and daughter, etc. We’ve tried it with me
alone. Mom versus kids…I’ve won once, but that’s a hard feat to repeat. The sport works the knees, legs, and all muscles involved in crawling.
The only way to play this version of soccer is on all fours,
using our palms as our feet. The ball is not a genuine soccer ball, but an ancient Chuck E. Cheese ball that's squishy-soft and painless, except when it smacks someone in the nose. It’s a rough and tumble sport that often ends up with the kids wrestling. My daughter is amazingly strong, and puts her older
brother to shame at times; but, then, my son sometimes puts his dad to shame
too. I avoid wrestling, but I find it funny to watch. If someone commits a foul, we do a dropped ball in the center of the room
and continue the game. We usually play until we can't move.
It’s a sweaty, silly soccer game that ends up on giggle fits
if we play it late at night, which makes for a good stress reliever before going to sleep.
~Sue Donckels, Managing Editor for Mom Writer’s Literary Magazine and one of thousands of soccer moms, cheering on the sidelines.
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