Hockey tournament

General 

Elliott was mainly good today. He did get upset with me during and after hockey when I was trying to advise him to concentrate on the opposition free hit taker and put his stick on the ground to block the ball (as a few times during the games he was wandering away, back turned when the opposition started playing). However after he'd calmed down we talked again and he did understand the point I was making.

Activities

In the morning we went to the hockey tournament at Reading Hockey Tournament. Unfortunately it wasn't a good tournament for the boys today and they lost all their matches and were comprehensively beaten in two out of four games. They played well in the first and third games but as there were two South Berkshire teams there sharing a coach they played the second and fourth games without a coach and it showed. Elliott played quite well at times and did set up most of the goals scored and score one himself but at other times was guilty of either tying to beat the whole opposition on his own or becoming despondent. He did also say he found my encouragement off putting (i did shout when he did good things and sometimes when his head was obviously not in the game) which is why we then had a chat after about tyring to stay alert and concentrating for the whole game. He did react badly to this at first but then did listen and we talked about how difficult it can be to adjust to being one of the best players and taking on more responsibility. He had a bacon roll for lunch.

After lunch he did some cubing and then we went to Graham Jenkins house to watch the Crystal Palace verses Leicester City game and he spent most of the time playing a game on his phone. After the football we went home and he did some more cubing before we had Roast Chicken for tea with roast potatoes and also a good quantity of broccoli. After tea he practice his Clarinet before doing some more cubing, brushing his teeth and getting ready for bed. Then we watched "His Dark Materials" before bed time and he did some quick reading of  "Doctor Who and the Genesis of the Daleks" by Terence Dicks (again as this time he thinks he'll understand more of it) before going to sleep.