Flag Football Season

We have been looking forward to the next sport season for Zach for a few months now.  At last, mid September got here and the start of Flag Football.  This is only Zach's second year playing flag football, but he is really doing well.  We have loved watching him learn new things at practice and then implementing them during his games. 

This year Zach's team is wearing a lime green shirt and their team name is the Cobras.  Isn't he cute?

This year the league is for 3rd and 4th graders, so there are quite a few kids older and taller than him.  But he did great.

As usual, Jeremiah was roped into being the assistant coach.  It's been a lot of time away and a lot less help with the other two on the sideline, but it's been fun for the two of them to do this together, so it's been worth it.  Jeremiah was mostly in charge of defense, so it was fun to see the two of them out there when they were on defense.

Zach's main position on offense was the center.  He was about the only one who could snap the ball decently, in fact he was leaps and bounds above all of the others.  I don't think they fumbled the snap once with him as the center.

During the last half of the season, the main coach realized that Zach could perform well as quarterback as well, so he's been having fun doing a few plays as quarterback during each game.

 

He's also played extremely well at blocking.  He seems to understand the concept and does a great job creating a gap for the runner on his team.  He definitely reminded me of his Uncle Taylor when he did such a wonderful job blocking - he had a great example on how to do it right!

One of the other things he's been able to do is kick-off.  He's actually got quite a good foot on him.

 

As exciting as the games are, the sidelines are almost equally as exciting.  Between Tate and Hailey, it seems there was always something interesting going on.  Tate has determined that he is old enough to get out of the stroller and sit on a little kids camp chair.  He loves it and spends most of his time getting in and out of the chair, as well as ...

... playing with a spare football.  He was hilarious, he would walk around with it, throw it, pick it up, sit down with it, etc. - you get the picture.  He just loved it and couldn't enjoy the game without it.  I think he's aspiring to be just like his older brother.

We've loved having Nana and Papa come and see a game or two so far as well.  It's always great to have more than just Tate, Hailey, and I cheering on the sidelines!

Zach has a few more games left and we'll be sad when the season ends again.  Although the practices have been many and a little tiresome, we've loved watching Zach play!