Kittens vs. SLAP

Kittens 10 vs SLAP 0
In the final game of the round robin stage of the middle school league, the Kittens shut out SLAP. We got off to a great start, with Thomas Morgan notching a hat trick within the first three minutes. In typical fashion, we shifted our focus to scoring only on drives. Throughout the rest of the game, seven other Kittens added tallies to our side of the scoreboard. We had a few problems balancing out on offense during the first half, but after a few reminders from the coaches, we tweaked our game for the second half, looking the best we've been all summer. There were points in the game when SLAP could not move the ball around on offense due to our excellent ball side defense. Both coaches were very impressed with our ability to drive and get open during the second half. We also successfully prevented man up goals by SLAP. Remember Kittens don't pull back.

Things that went right:
Passing lane defense - we forced many turnovers and created many counterattacking opportunities with our defense.
Set offense - During the second half our drivers created a large number of scoring opportunities.
Counterattacks - we scored a few goals on breakaways and we also used the flat-wing release effectively a few times when necessary.

Areas in need of improvement:
Matching up during restarts - Too often SLAP players were left unguarded near the goal because not everyone was accounted for.


Next week the Kittens will attempt to defend the middle school league championship against Mad Dog at 6:45.