After playing touch football (who remembers those kids riding by, windows down, shouting at us??) on Superbowl Saturday (#Turbo Tax) and half court basketball at the Milestone Marsh during March Madness (#THE Manny), YHC began planning a soccer themed beatdown to coincide with the start of the World Cup. I figured, correctly, that Shooter wouldn’t mind lending his truck to transport my kids’ soccer goal from my front yard to the Mandeville Lakefront. After all, ISI has necessitated a “very chesty” month for our F3 Northshore PAX who are participating, so it seemed a break from the norm was very much in order. And so it was.
Warmup: SSH, High knees, butt kicks. Mosey to the soccer field on the Mandeville Lakefront that you didn’t know about–the F3 Soccer Field, brah!
Let’s get right to it:
Divide the PAX into two teams (shirts and skins—like when we were kids–way before dry-fit, under armour, nike pro combat) and play keep away with the soccer ball in a square grid about 30 x 30 yards. The Goal: each team tries to complete three consecutive passes without losing possession. When that happens, the opposing team gets a penalty exercise–merkins, burpees, groiners (Steve may have been cussed here by a very ‘whacky’ someone if memory serves), squats, sprints, flutterkicks, hello dollys, freak nasties, mountain climbers, sister mary Katherine’s.
After a while and with the competitive juices flowing pretty good among the PAX, YHC began to fear a regrettable, preventable injury, and called for “next goal wins.”
Time for a change of pace, and more penalty exercises.
Let’s do some PK’s:
Each player gets to take a PK. If you miss, or the goalie saves it, your whole team gets a penalty exercise. If you make it, the other team gets a penalty exercise. Rinse and repeat until all players on both teams have taken a PK and played goalie.
Let’s change things up again:
Shots on an Open Net from about 30 yards out. If you miss, the entire PAX gets a penalty exercise. If you make it, everyone rests. Easy enough, right? Not so fast, my friend! Unfortunately, only about 4 people made their shot.
Now it’s time to mosey back to the flag. Indian Run Style.
Count off, naming of FNG, and thanks to Bubba for praying us out!
Welcome, FNG, In-Time! Hope to see you at the beatdowns.
Thanks for following my lead today, men! I look forward to seeing you all in the gloom.
