K-bao has wrapped up another soccer season with the Roar. The season was generally quite successful, as measured by both K-bao's personal growth and the team's success.
Indeed, after some ups and downs over prior years, K-bao has grown in her own love for the sport, and genuinely looked forward to the weekly practices as well as the Saturday games.
Some of this was undoubtedly the social aspect; a number of her best friends are on the same squad. But the K-folks also noticed that she also started to enjoy the game more after devouring a series called The Kicks, written by US Olympic gold medalist Alex Morgan. The series includes six books that chronicle a number of middle school girls' soccer adventures, including some uplifting messages about self-empowerment and team spirit.
While K-Pop and K-Mum's primary agenda for K-bao's soccer is for her to have an activity to work out her overabundance of energy -- learning a few lessons about working in a team, winning and losing and dealing with adversity are some nice side benefits too.
