Saturday, September 22, 2012

NFL Sponsored Punt, Pass, Kick!!!


Today Aiden had the opportunity to participate in the NFL Sponsored Punt Pass Kick, (http://www.nflppk.com/ ) competition. Our PTA did a community event for any boy or girl up to age 15 that wanted to participate. Aiden was very excited to be apart of this fun event. He has never really played with a football, so last night he and Adam spent about 20 minutes outside working on form. Aiden did all 3 events. He started with the punt, his first kick and he broke the record for any kid that day. Next he moved onto the Pass station. I can't remember what his distance was, but he threw nearly a perfect spiral! (FYI, he throws the football better than his dad :) Lastly, Aiden did the punt, again breaking the record for the day! Adam was beaming with pride, (as was I) listening to all the high school football boys talk about how amazing Aiden was. One of them yelled to their coach, "Meet your 2013 kicker!" There were over 70 kids that participated. Aiden won first place in his age group! He is really excited, and Adam and I are super proud!!

I wanted to point out, (because I'm SUPER proud)..... Aiden's total distance is further than the 1st place boy in the 10/11 age group!

Since he placed in the top 3 Aiden will move onto the next level of competition, with a chance to move onto nationals. We'll learn soon when and where the next level will take place. I'll be sure to keep you up to date.

1 comment:

Melony Merten said...

Wow!!! That is amazing! I'm sure he loved every minute of it, too. He's such an athletic young man. Way to go, Aiden!!