I know this is not as exciting to a lot of kids who score goals easily at every game, but for me soccer has been a really big challenge.

Forget making goals.. I’ve spent all season working on overcoming my fear of getting kicked, hit with the ball in the face, or whatever. It seems like my teammates don’t have that fear. They just get in there and go crazy. They do it so well, too. I have never been really aggressive like that even though I still love playing.

All season long, I’ve been working on trying to be more aggressive. Today was a really fun game. Into the second half, we were tied 0-0 still. No one was able to score. Everyone was getting frustrated because we had a lot of chances.

During an exchange, I had the ball and a great opportunity near the goal. I think I was so excited that I completely missed the ball and kicked the air. Then one of the opposing players got the ball and I chased him down. I got the ball back and set up again. That time I kicked the ball good and scored my very first goal!

It felt so amazing. I was really proud of myself 🙂 The team was so happy- we scored a second goal within minutes after that and ended up winning 2-0.

Some things are easier for some people than for others. This was a big deal for me.

Here is a picture of my goal shot!!