The Evolution of Flex (or Multisport ≠ Multiple Sports Simultaneously)

The Scene: April 2018. Del Mar, California. The first spring practice to kick off the Flex soccer team’s second competitive season, with more giggling and oh-my-goshes than quality touches as the players gathered for a pre-warm-up routine of partner juggling. Pair upon pair, each shanking balls off shins and knees due to a combination of rust, social exuberance, and those spring growth spurts that alter a young athlete’s basic spatial kinematics. The introductory icebreaker—pitched by the team’s free-spirited holding midfielder—was equal parts ironic and sincere: The girls needed no introductions and had, after all, just wrapped up our inaugural season two months earlier… (READ “The Evolution of Flex (or Multisport ≠ Multiple Sports Simultaneously)” HERE)