"Yeah? It's when you kick the ball with your head, like this," Ted says, dropping his crutch on the ground, so he can throw the ball gently in the air, bounce it on his head, and catch it again.
"You don't kick with your head, you only kick with your feet," one kid pipes up.
"Well, you got me there," Ted answers with a chuckle. "Still, you bounce it on your head like that, right? You guys wanna try?" They all nod enthusiastically. "Alright, line up," he says, and starts gently tossing the ball to them.
There's definitely a varied amount of success, but Ted is encouraging and enthusiastic no matter how well they do. He's mostly putting his weight on one leg, using his broken one mostly for balance, so he can't actually move around much, which means their somewhat poor aim means he can only sometimes actually catch the ball when they bounce it back to him.
This doesn't actually seem to be much of a problem, as the kids are really excited to run over and fetch the ball and hand it to him, so it just becomes another aspect of them having together.
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Date: 2021-09-25 08:13 pm (UTC)"You don't kick with your head, you only kick with your feet," one kid pipes up.
"Well, you got me there," Ted answers with a chuckle. "Still, you bounce it on your head like that, right? You guys wanna try?" They all nod enthusiastically. "Alright, line up," he says, and starts gently tossing the ball to them.
There's definitely a varied amount of success, but Ted is encouraging and enthusiastic no matter how well they do. He's mostly putting his weight on one leg, using his broken one mostly for balance, so he can't actually move around much, which means their somewhat poor aim means he can only sometimes actually catch the ball when they bounce it back to him.
This doesn't actually seem to be much of a problem, as the kids are really excited to run over and fetch the ball and hand it to him, so it just becomes another aspect of them having together.