Day 53

Day 53

Wednesday

2 out of 4 sessions were on today which wasn't too bad!

My first session was at Parkinson's memorial school. Which is a class of around 15-20 girls, ages from 14-16 I think. The session went really well, ten times better than last week. I think our first session with them was a bit difficult because they wanted to challenge us seeing as we were new. However this week, weirdly, the "want to learn" level was turned up a very decent amount. Renaldo offered his help, just like he did on Monday, so it was great to have an extra pair of hands in my session and it certainly made the lesson go easier and smoother for everyone. The session kind of reminded me of my days of teaching in highbury fields girls school. During those sessions, Leo (my ex coaching partner) and I would get asked alllll sorts of questions and some girls would be just be fascinated by us and some would not hesitate to criticise us. Today was no different, infact when I turned up, one girl asked me "do you think you look good in a cap?" To which I replied "I'm not wearing it to look good, it's for the sun. Do I not look good?".. Which she bluntly said "well, you don't look good sir." Nice one, cheers! Without getting into detail, girls at that age are a tad hormonal and they get a bit excited when a teenage boy comes to teach them football. As long as they learn, have fun and the session goes to plan.. I'm happy!!

I had a big gap in between my next session. So I just chillaxed, skyped a few people and had a nice cold shower.. Which believe me was much needed! It's quite humid out here at the minute.

My next session was at BCC, where they were taking their practical exam. The class were split into two groups (one being marked by me and Aran and the other by Mr Small and Evan) and each coach would focus on whatever skill they liked, teaching around 10 participants. We were marking there performance out of 20. We had some good scores across the board in all fairness, lowest was 10 and the highest was 17. The rest being 13/14's. Mr Small and I will carry the examination on Friday.

The session finished at 6 because of a badminton tournament in the hall. So Aran, Evan and I made the most of our time by heading to the drive thru cinema to watch Transformers. Which was a very average film. It was two and a half hours long and I have to say all of us were so confused by the end.  It was good up until an hour and a half but after that it was a blur. As trampy as this may sound, we mutually decided that one person should get into the boot to save us some dollars, so that when you drive through the entrance the ticket man only see's two of you. It worked!! Well played Evan for volunteering to get in the boot.

A nice way to cap of a good day!!

All the best

Luke