The Anna Maria Island Sun Newspaper

Vol. 15 No. 45 - September 9, 2015

sports

Little feet on the field: Youth soccer underway at AMICC

Anna Maria Island Sun News Story

For years the Anna Maria Island Community Center has brought kids of all ages on the soccer field for the fall sports season. Recreational sports at the Community Center has always been about learning the game, loving the game and learning to win and lose the game. For many, the next generation of Island players came out to play last week.

Tryouts at the Center Wednesday saw the youngest youths take the field with Youth Sports Manager Ray Gardner running, kicking and laughing. The 3- to 5-year-old instructional division had more than 20 kids register to play on the little pitch. Gardner walked players through listening drills using their knowledge of colors. The kids showed their fancy footwork, dribbling the ball around the field, while volunteer parent coaches watched on the sidelines. In the perfect spirit of the recreational sports atmosphere at the Center, the coaches drafted their teams, striving for parity and fun.

With approximately 100 area children playing soccer at the Center, weekday nights and Saturday events will provide a wonderful community atmosphere once again. Games will start in the coming weeks, leading up to the division playoffs for the older teams that will ultimately lead to this year’s championship games.

For more information about the youth sports program at AMICC, contact Gardner at 941-778-1908.

 

MONICA SIMPSON | SUN

As volunteer parent coaches observe on the side lines, the 3- to 5-year-old soccer players look down field to start a skills assessment.

 


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