Following my previous post about our busy sports weekend, here’s how it went. Lizer – Friday (cup match): 2–1 defeat in the final minutes. One of those games where you can feel early that things aren’t going your way. We barely created any shots on target. We went 1–0 up in the first half but they turned it around. Lizer couldn’t really do much about the goals. The first was a point-blank 1v1 after their striker dribbled past several defenders. The second came from a free kick into the box: Lizer made the first save but couldn’t push it wide and after a couple of rebounds the ball ended up going in off one of our defenders. From the sidelines we also didn’t fully understand some of the experiments from the coaches, moving players into positions they weren’t used to. In the end we went home feeling a bit cold about the result, especially because a win would have put us right back into the group race. Lizer – Friday (cup match): Better result: 8–3 win. It was against the weakest team, but we still conceded two goals due to some lack of defensive solidity. The last one was a long free kick that bounced in front of Lizer and surprised him — he said a teammate tried to clear it and missed the ball, which distracted him at the worst moment. We talked about it afterwards and what he could do better next time. Water polo: My daughter’s team lost both matches, but it’s a brand new team with players just starting the sport, so that’s part of the process. Finally: my game. My match ended 2-2 in another late drama. For the second game in a row we achieved the equaliser in the final minutes when we were down 1-2. This time it was literally the last play: we had a corner, I went up to attack it, and the ball ended up going in from an own goal just before it reached me 😉. The referee didn’t even allow the kickoff. So yes… plenty of goals, lessons, and emotions this weekend!

I need help please. My son is a goalkeeper in U10 team. He is very athletic. His coach said he is excellent with stopping the ball, dives and brave as a lion. BUT he is very slow with distribution, he is always hesitating to get the ball back into the game. He is not sure whether to pass, or throw or volley it. That could even result into moving him into less stronger team next year if he doesnt improve due to lowering number of teams from 4 now to 3 next year. That could be due to his personality and decision making, and a number of missed team trainings due to sickness. Could better distribution be trained ( at home, gk trainings) or it only becomes better in games with whole team? What can we do? How are you with distribution?