A few of my favorite things. Soccer Surf Sand and Sunshine!!

Heading up north to beautiful Clearwater Beach for a tournament. 4 relaxing days with not a care in the world (yes, the cell phone will be turned off) We have a suite on the beach, full kitchen 2 bedrooms and a private balcony overlooking the bayside Marina.

The tournie is actually ON the beach. Playing in the sand. We haven't done this format before, but I expect it will be a hoot. I had to print out the rules so we could all review them before arriving. It is some of the funniest reading and for once I wasn't bored to tears reviewing them.

Here are a couple of my favorites;

THE BALL: We suggest you use one. Make sure it is spherical. Otherwise it won't roll.
THE REFEREE: Will be perched in an umpire chair like they do in tennis.
LENGTH OF GAME: 2 15 min periods. That sand is tiring stuff. The ref will keep time, so try to find one that can tell time.
SCORING A GOAL: Try to score as many as possible or everyone gets bored to tears. A goal is scored when the keeper starts blaming his defenders and the idiot who scored runs around the field jumping up and down making a fool of himself.
OFFSIDES: There ain't any. We don't like it and no one understands that stupid rule anyway.

If the tournament turns out to be half as fun as the rules, we are assured an excellent trip. Plenty of photo ops, even more tanning ops and best of all the op to do my favorite thing and just be a soccer mom and enjoy my kiddos and my man!!