At Shinonome, we have clubs after school every day. On Saturdays, some clubs (mostly sports) will choose to practice in the morning until noon/1pm. I haven't exercised in so long, so I decided to join Matsumura sensei during soccer practice on last Saturday. It was pretty epic. -.-
We first jogged around the school, which is about 1 mile. Then we stretched :) Good thing I love stretching because the boys were so surprised that I could do all the stretches so well. Afterwards, we moved on to the field...
The team begin to do short distance passing while I trained the goalie (short little boy), adorable. I just shooted for about 30-40 minutes total while the rest of the team moved on to long distance passing, three way passing, and finally to multiple passes. The goalie and I took breaks and practiced different blockings, catchings, and etc.
Then the fun begins here. There were two field cones, one on the left and one on center. The left fielder begins and passes the ball to the center and the center needs to shoot. I participated by staying in the shooting line up. I got two goals in!!! Most of the boys missed recieving the ball or kick too hard. I was able to stop it and shoot it several times.
This event was so fun because I finally got to know my students outside of the classroom. I also learned how to say more words in Japanese. Many of the boys were very nice and cheered me on when I was shooting. It was just. FUN. The students had great sportsmanship and raked the field when they finished practicing (teamwork).
Lastly, since we started rehearsal with bowing and greeting, of course we had to end the rehearsal with the same thing to each other. THEN! We bowed and thanked the field! Only difference this time, is the boys shouted "ありがとうございます!!!" (Thank you so much!) It was so interesting to me seeing their pure appreciation for the practice and the field. In US, most schools do a mental warm-up, moment of silence, prayer, or a song before starting.
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