I can’t remember whether the games devolved into “mob-ball” or “magnet-ball” as you see in single-digit soccer today. So when they put us on the field for soccer, we all got positions. My guess is they hadn’t gone through an F license workshop or read up on the latest U.S. The staff at the Y were all former football players, and in that day, it’s fair to say they didn’t know much about soccer. He stood there until I ran into him at full speed. The offensive tackle and end shifted inside to block, leaving a confused defensive end wondering why no one was blocking him. They even taught us a tricky blocking scheme in which we “pulled” the guard (me) out to block the defensive end. And though we moved tentatively and sometimes dropped the ball, we could run all the plays. Reminder: We’re talking about second-graders here. So if the coach called 23 in the huddle, the QB would hand off to the left running back, who would run between the left guard and left tackle. Then we numbered holes - even numbers on the right, starting with 2 (between center and right guard), 4 (guard and tackle), 6 (tackle and end), 8 (sweep). The backs were numbered 1 (QB), 2 (left RB), 3 (middle RB), 4 (right RB). I still remember mine - end in one season, guard in another. In football, we learned positions right away. We played football in the fall (flag in first grade, tackle from second grade on), basketball in the winter, soccer in the early Georgia spring and a brief softball season. My first exposure to youth sports was at the Athens (Ga.) YMCA.
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