Brayden Starts Flag Football

The time came for us to decide what sport Brayden was going to play next and so we asked him. Without hesitation he said football. We had recently attended a Rancho Bernardo High School football game and he really enjoyed it so I think that sparked the interest. So we signed him up. In his age range the only football they have here is flag football. So for the past several weeks Brayden has been practicing and playing games and has loved every minute of it. We signed up not knowing anyone on his team and it has turned out to be an awesome experience for Brayden. He has an awesome coach that I can tell has coached many times before. I decided to help coach to support Brayden so I am an assistant coach with him. I have loved being there with him during each practice and watching him develop in this sport. It is fun to see this little guy toughen up a bit :)

If you know Brayden you will know that he is quite the thinker. So during baseball season when throwing the ball to first was the most critical thinking he participated in it was obvious why it became mundane to him. But with football you have to know your position and think about what you will do, you have to think about what the play is and what direction you will run, block, and go. So it has been perfect for him. In fact after the first practice when the coach showed the team some plays that they would be running Brayden came home and drew up some plays of his own :). And at the next practice he presented them to the coach fully anticipating that they would use them for the game. Not only did he give a copy to the coach but then he got our whole family out in the backyard and wanted us to run these plays. He set each of us up in position and told us what to do and then we ran these plays to the best of our ability. They have played 4 games now and they have shut out every team they have played. He has a lot of talented kids on his team and it has been fun to watch then actually play football. I think the scores have been 30-0, 28-0, 30-0, and 22-0. I think the highlight for me was a few games ago when Brayden got to be the quarterback for the game. He did so well handing off to the running backs and throwing some passes. He even threw his first touchdown pass!! It was one of the proudest moments for me as a father!! So glad we are doing this right now.