After some thought and consideration we decided we would swap Leigham over to minor hockey. It's all we heard about last year, how he needed to be in Minor Hockey, how he couldn't wait to be in minor hockey. We weighed the Pros and Cons, (pro: essential skill development Con: cost, pro:fits his passion, con: huge time commitment). It was one year, one year we could move over to Minor hockey see what it was all about and see how my kid did.
There were tryouts (oh man!) and we signed Leigham up for defense, he loves being around the goalie and we didn't want him to be a goalie. First shift out on the ice, my defenseman child takes the face off. Yup he doesn't know the positions on the ice. But it seemed to get better after that and we were off to the races.
Leigham was picked for a team, and then traded because they forgot about twins/ siblings that had gotten separated. So Leigham joined the Cosmo Team, which was great because there were like 6 other kids from his school on that team and a couple classmates as well. The team formed together and we got the Teamsnap set up (holy moly there were a lot of games and practices).
It took a bit to adjust to, honestly, it was a lot of running around, fluctuating my own gym schedule but we got it done. We are half way through the season, the team has had it's ups and downs, but they are always out there trying their hardest and I always hear laughter in the change room after games and practices. That's important to me.
So we are moving through this season and all I see in the future is more minor hockey for Leigham, I am hopefully I can steer Teddy into another sport or activity that may not be as time consuming or intensive.
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