Gymnastics at the Vern

Todays session went very well with the intensity level shown by all the players indicating they all want to be on the travel roster for this weekends game.  Coach Pasquinelli our goalkeeping expert? never ceases to amaze me with the amount of equipment he uses each session.  Just when I thought i had seen it all, today we had a new set of mini soccer balls and balance ball? for the keepers to work with.  Not only that he almost hit me with a soccer ball when I was talking with the players by another errant punt which reminded me of his playing days when I could never figure out where the ball was going to go.

Some shooting to finish the session and after the players failed to achieve the required number of goals in a challenge I threw down it was down to Coach Irizarry to score to save them the forfeit of running.  After some recent displays of shooting from Irizarry the confidence level from the group was not high.  Up he stepped and from 20 yards hit the back of the net to score to the delight of the group.  What followed was the best celebration we have seen this season.  The players ran after Irizarry only to be stopped in their tracks in awe as he back flipped in celebration to end the hard days work perfectly.

Not including the longer term injuries we have, a couple of other new injuries from last weekend will see us waiting until the very last moment to select the travel roster for the weekend.  With tomorrow being the last session before we leave I will be assessing some guys to make sure they are 100% fit to go.

Magic Moment of the Day
Coach (also gold medal gymnast) Irizarry's back flip