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Hi Guys,

Starting with last Sunday's futsal session I am going to be speaking to the girls about a new topic each week that they can hopefully use on the soccer field and off of it.  These will just be short stories that I've found to contain a good message and that I think are entertaining.  We will do this for the first 5 minutes of each Sunday session once everyone gets there.  Parent's are welcome to listen in if they want and I will try to recap what we talked about via email on Monday's.

Last Sunday's Story: 12-3 The Bumble Bees In Space

In the early 1990's NASA sent a group of bumble bees up into space with their researchers to see how they would react to the lack of gravity.  When the shuttle was cruising in space and the astronauts were ready they released the bees into the weightless environment.  The bees floated around with ease.  It only took them a couple of flaps of their wings and they could cruise anywhere they wanted with virtually no effort.  The bees looked happy and content with their new found situation.

Then, after 3 days of floating around and flying with only needing to flap their wings a couple of times, the bees began to die.  After looking into it the astronauts discovered that the bees could not survive because they weren't meant to cruise around with no resistance.  The bees needed the resistance of gravity to force them to use their wings and keep the energy level of their bodies high.  They needed the challenge of flying with gravity.

This is the same for us too.  We need challenges.  If we're not being challenged we get lazy and do not get any better.  It is my job to challenge each of you to be better.  This means I will be asking you to do things that are difficult and you wont always be able to get it the first time, the first week you've learned it, or even in the first year.  It takes challenges and resistance to make us better.

Unlike the bumble bees in space we want our game to keep thriving and to do that we need the challenges.  As we move forward I challenge each of you to think about the challenges your presented with and to think about how to accomplish those challenges and how that will make you better.