Friday, 6 June 2014
Thursday, 5 June 2014
Day 32
Day 32
Wednesday!
Another late start today because our programme with St Winifred's has ended.
This meant our first session was at Daryll Jordan. We got there at 11:15, about 15/20 minutes early however there was no sight of anyone! Not one student! We thought the fact of us being early was a factor so we waited till 11:45, a time where the kids would definitely be getting changed for our session.. Considering we start at 11:30! One kid turned up at about 12 and getting changed and then 2 more at 12:05 . We waited till 12:15, 45 minutes after our session was meant to start but decided to cancel it as there was only 3 people there. Annoying!
Our next session was at the Lodge, our furthest journey on our programme I think! The journey there never has a dull moment! Whether it be skidding round a corner, taking several wrong turns or even just getting completely lost. This time though it was a problem to do with the amount of gas we had. We DESPERATELY needed some but we was literally in the deserted countryside covered with masses of sugar cane farms! We asked several people where the nearest gas station was... to no avail. Bajans are not the best at giving instructions from what we've learnt! One guy looked at our gas dial on our cars dashboard and simply chuckled at our near impossible mission! Believe it or not though.. We found a gas station! I'm pretty sure we were in our reserve tank, Shaz and I both could definitely smell something dodgy! Running on fumes as they say!
We got the lodge as early as possible, just like they requested last week and waited until 2:30 hoping more participants would turn up! We only had 7. A workable number just about but we still went ahead with our planned session!
To end the day, we had our college course from 4-8. After covering warm ups last week, we educated our group with a handful of passing exercises they could do. This week went great again but sometimes the enthusiasm to take part lacks which is a shame but they all listen and take it in which is the main thing!!
A frustrating day but ended well!
All the best
Luke
PS. apologies for not posting my blogs on time recently! My phone sometimes doesn't connect very well with the blogspot website.. Not sure if it's because of the wifi but I'll try to improve! Nearlly 2,500 views now! SPREAD THE WORD FOR ME. I'll upload some more pics over the next few days!
Thanks for your continued views! Much appreciated
Wednesday!
Another late start today because our programme with St Winifred's has ended.
This meant our first session was at Daryll Jordan. We got there at 11:15, about 15/20 minutes early however there was no sight of anyone! Not one student! We thought the fact of us being early was a factor so we waited till 11:45, a time where the kids would definitely be getting changed for our session.. Considering we start at 11:30! One kid turned up at about 12 and getting changed and then 2 more at 12:05 . We waited till 12:15, 45 minutes after our session was meant to start but decided to cancel it as there was only 3 people there. Annoying!
Our next session was at the Lodge, our furthest journey on our programme I think! The journey there never has a dull moment! Whether it be skidding round a corner, taking several wrong turns or even just getting completely lost. This time though it was a problem to do with the amount of gas we had. We DESPERATELY needed some but we was literally in the deserted countryside covered with masses of sugar cane farms! We asked several people where the nearest gas station was... to no avail. Bajans are not the best at giving instructions from what we've learnt! One guy looked at our gas dial on our cars dashboard and simply chuckled at our near impossible mission! Believe it or not though.. We found a gas station! I'm pretty sure we were in our reserve tank, Shaz and I both could definitely smell something dodgy! Running on fumes as they say!
We got the lodge as early as possible, just like they requested last week and waited until 2:30 hoping more participants would turn up! We only had 7. A workable number just about but we still went ahead with our planned session!
To end the day, we had our college course from 4-8. After covering warm ups last week, we educated our group with a handful of passing exercises they could do. This week went great again but sometimes the enthusiasm to take part lacks which is a shame but they all listen and take it in which is the main thing!!
A frustrating day but ended well!
All the best
Luke
PS. apologies for not posting my blogs on time recently! My phone sometimes doesn't connect very well with the blogspot website.. Not sure if it's because of the wifi but I'll try to improve! Nearlly 2,500 views now! SPREAD THE WORD FOR ME. I'll upload some more pics over the next few days!
Thanks for your continued views! Much appreciated
Day 31
Day 31
Tuesday.
We had a late start today because of the Barbados exam period meant St Michaels have pulled out of the programme for a couple weeks!
This meant we had Ellerslie first, their last session before exams! The session went very well, we covered shooting this week seeing as we have focused on passing, control and dribbling in the weeks before. The drill we did, can get quite messy in terms of balls flying everywhere and stuff but the class seemed to really take to the drill which meant we could vary the exercise alot more allowing them to learn more, which of course is great!!
We rang Grantley Adams after our Ellerslie session. They were our scheduled next school but the last few weeks have been quite edgy in terms of attendance and timing so we rang them to ask about the session, rather than travel their for no reason! When we rang the receptionist seemed quite reluctant to put us through to the PE department but she advised us that she wouldn't recommend us coming all the way from Bridgetown, considering the inconsistency of the last few weeks.
A one session day! A good one at that. Despite the disappointment in terms of coaching, it allows Shaz and Myself to get some much needed rest!!
We decided to make the most of our Tuesday evening by visiting the cinema to watch Blended at 9:00. I really liked it, because it had one of my favourite actors in it.. Adam Sandler! The film was quite cheesy but the storyline was pretty funny and I'm never one to turn down a bit of comedy! It was set in South Africa, which made me miss Cape Town massively and it edged me on even more to visit as soon as possible in the near future! Really missing the Festers, Woodman and Africa family! I'm sure Jeff would agree!
All the best
Luke
Tuesday.
We had a late start today because of the Barbados exam period meant St Michaels have pulled out of the programme for a couple weeks!
This meant we had Ellerslie first, their last session before exams! The session went very well, we covered shooting this week seeing as we have focused on passing, control and dribbling in the weeks before. The drill we did, can get quite messy in terms of balls flying everywhere and stuff but the class seemed to really take to the drill which meant we could vary the exercise alot more allowing them to learn more, which of course is great!!
We rang Grantley Adams after our Ellerslie session. They were our scheduled next school but the last few weeks have been quite edgy in terms of attendance and timing so we rang them to ask about the session, rather than travel their for no reason! When we rang the receptionist seemed quite reluctant to put us through to the PE department but she advised us that she wouldn't recommend us coming all the way from Bridgetown, considering the inconsistency of the last few weeks.
A one session day! A good one at that. Despite the disappointment in terms of coaching, it allows Shaz and Myself to get some much needed rest!!
We decided to make the most of our Tuesday evening by visiting the cinema to watch Blended at 9:00. I really liked it, because it had one of my favourite actors in it.. Adam Sandler! The film was quite cheesy but the storyline was pretty funny and I'm never one to turn down a bit of comedy! It was set in South Africa, which made me miss Cape Town massively and it edged me on even more to visit as soon as possible in the near future! Really missing the Festers, Woodman and Africa family! I'm sure Jeff would agree!
All the best
Luke
Day 30
Day 30
Monday.
I'm sure, by now, you've realised what Monday morning means to myself and Shaz. If you're not familiar... It means the dreaded St George's!! A whacky double session with class of 40+ in each lesson! To be fair though, this week went okay! We did some fun races with both groups after a short warm up and then made use of the full 11 a side pitch we have to use!
Lester Vaughan was cancelled, which we knew in advance, because of exams so we headed back to our place to chill out until our next session which was at 3:00.
We headed down to Alleyne for our session, arriving at 2:45, only to be told that the session was cancelled due to exams also. I wish they told us before hand so that we didn't travel for nothing!
Ahh well, we were expecting cancellations due to the exam period so that was bound to happen at some stage!
We had a meeting scheduled for the evening at BCC (Barbados community college) because there is a new head for the coaching course we are doing. The last person who was meant to be the main guy to coordinate the programme, has been non existent so far so we have a new man called Mr Small. He basically called the meeting to understand the project a bit more and to get up to speed with what Shaz,Myself,Aran and Evan have done over the last week or so! He used a good analogy of:
"If I was ever to jump off a boat, I'd like to know where the life boats are. Rather than jumping off and having no idea of where they are" quite a funny analogy but I was glad we had met one of few bajans who see the need for communication, organisation and scheduling.
All the best
Luke
Monday.
I'm sure, by now, you've realised what Monday morning means to myself and Shaz. If you're not familiar... It means the dreaded St George's!! A whacky double session with class of 40+ in each lesson! To be fair though, this week went okay! We did some fun races with both groups after a short warm up and then made use of the full 11 a side pitch we have to use!
Lester Vaughan was cancelled, which we knew in advance, because of exams so we headed back to our place to chill out until our next session which was at 3:00.
We headed down to Alleyne for our session, arriving at 2:45, only to be told that the session was cancelled due to exams also. I wish they told us before hand so that we didn't travel for nothing!
Ahh well, we were expecting cancellations due to the exam period so that was bound to happen at some stage!
We had a meeting scheduled for the evening at BCC (Barbados community college) because there is a new head for the coaching course we are doing. The last person who was meant to be the main guy to coordinate the programme, has been non existent so far so we have a new man called Mr Small. He basically called the meeting to understand the project a bit more and to get up to speed with what Shaz,Myself,Aran and Evan have done over the last week or so! He used a good analogy of:
"If I was ever to jump off a boat, I'd like to know where the life boats are. Rather than jumping off and having no idea of where they are" quite a funny analogy but I was glad we had met one of few bajans who see the need for communication, organisation and scheduling.
All the best
Luke
Day 29
Day 29
Sunday.
Our scheduled day off! I had a nice lie in today which was much needed!
Forgot to mention yesterday that we ordered in Chinese last night and it turned out the portions were mahooosive! We had no chance of finishing it the night we ordered it, so we had it for lunch the next day. Breakfast was skipped purely because we were so full from the night before!!
Aran and Evan contacted us on Sunday morning to ask us whether we wanted to meet up, go for some ice cream and then visit a cool beach that they had discovered called Coconout court.
There was only one place we could visit for ice cream.. Chilly Moo's! Shaz and I had a banana split milkshake each, Aran and had some cookies and cream and Evan had Dutch chocolate with m&m's!
The beach we went to was awesome! There was fishes and turtles in the sea which was amazing, Evan and Aran have a snorkel so we all had a go at going snorkelling and checking out the fish! The fish were big too, not just little ones and yes we even saw a turtle swimming! Well, me and Evan did anyway! The weather was pretty pants which was a shame but I think we'll definitely visit their again! It's actually for a hotel called coconut court but no one says anything when you use their sunbeds or volley ball pitch!
A pretty sound Sunday if you ask me!!
All the best
Luke
Sunday.
Our scheduled day off! I had a nice lie in today which was much needed!
Forgot to mention yesterday that we ordered in Chinese last night and it turned out the portions were mahooosive! We had no chance of finishing it the night we ordered it, so we had it for lunch the next day. Breakfast was skipped purely because we were so full from the night before!!
Aran and Evan contacted us on Sunday morning to ask us whether we wanted to meet up, go for some ice cream and then visit a cool beach that they had discovered called Coconout court.
There was only one place we could visit for ice cream.. Chilly Moo's! Shaz and I had a banana split milkshake each, Aran and had some cookies and cream and Evan had Dutch chocolate with m&m's!
The beach we went to was awesome! There was fishes and turtles in the sea which was amazing, Evan and Aran have a snorkel so we all had a go at going snorkelling and checking out the fish! The fish were big too, not just little ones and yes we even saw a turtle swimming! Well, me and Evan did anyway! The weather was pretty pants which was a shame but I think we'll definitely visit their again! It's actually for a hotel called coconut court but no one says anything when you use their sunbeds or volley ball pitch!
A pretty sound Sunday if you ask me!!
All the best
Luke
Sunday, 1 June 2014
Day 28
Day 28
Saturday
We arrived at Alma Paris to attend our community session that we have every Saturday morning from 9-11. We only get on average around 6 kids which isn't great, so that really limits us to what we can do and without sounding rude it seems like a bit of a waste of our time. However, some kids travel from far so we always feel obliged to do a short session for an hour! This week we only got 5 kids, one of which was a 7 year old and another was just watching us train and we asked would he like to join in. I think we need to have a word with Axel to see whether the session is being publicised enough, considering it's a community session we should be getting quite a few, certainly more than 6!
We took the session from 9:30-10:30 and then headed home to make the most of our Saturday afternoon! We decided to go and get some lunch before we headed to the beach. We visited a restaraunt called "just grillin" (Crafty name, I know!).. It was very tasty and set us back about 7 pounds! After lunch we decided to go for a little walk about and checkout the local shops and malls in Holetown, we found a duty free shop which if you bring your passport, you can buy items.. Exactly like a duty free shop in an AirPort. The mall we had a walk about in was called Lime Grove, an upmarket, expensive mall with shops such as Louis Vuitton,Gucci,Prada and Ralph Lauren. To my surprise I spotted Patrick Vieira, one of the biggest legends ever to play for Arsenal! I was absolutely star struck and didn't have the balls to ask for a photo, but Shaz asked for one! Once she had her shot, I HAD TO ask for one! There was no way I was missing the chance to have a photo with Patrick Vieira! (Photo will be uploaded soon!)
After regaining composure after my photo, we visited our local beach called Mullins ,where we've made quite a few pals, and just chilled until 4 o clock so we could head home to watch the Columbia game. It wasn't one of our best beach visits, seeing as it was quite cloudy but it was nice way to relax!
Forgot to say, we have our car back! The brakes were replaced with a whole new set which is quite worrying but the van is no longer in our hands! I really liked it, despite the short period we had it for! We got our car back the day after it went into the garage which was quite a shock considering a day in Bajan time is stereotypically at least a few days!
All the best
Luke
Saturday
We arrived at Alma Paris to attend our community session that we have every Saturday morning from 9-11. We only get on average around 6 kids which isn't great, so that really limits us to what we can do and without sounding rude it seems like a bit of a waste of our time. However, some kids travel from far so we always feel obliged to do a short session for an hour! This week we only got 5 kids, one of which was a 7 year old and another was just watching us train and we asked would he like to join in. I think we need to have a word with Axel to see whether the session is being publicised enough, considering it's a community session we should be getting quite a few, certainly more than 6!
We took the session from 9:30-10:30 and then headed home to make the most of our Saturday afternoon! We decided to go and get some lunch before we headed to the beach. We visited a restaraunt called "just grillin" (Crafty name, I know!).. It was very tasty and set us back about 7 pounds! After lunch we decided to go for a little walk about and checkout the local shops and malls in Holetown, we found a duty free shop which if you bring your passport, you can buy items.. Exactly like a duty free shop in an AirPort. The mall we had a walk about in was called Lime Grove, an upmarket, expensive mall with shops such as Louis Vuitton,Gucci,Prada and Ralph Lauren. To my surprise I spotted Patrick Vieira, one of the biggest legends ever to play for Arsenal! I was absolutely star struck and didn't have the balls to ask for a photo, but Shaz asked for one! Once she had her shot, I HAD TO ask for one! There was no way I was missing the chance to have a photo with Patrick Vieira! (Photo will be uploaded soon!)
After regaining composure after my photo, we visited our local beach called Mullins ,where we've made quite a few pals, and just chilled until 4 o clock so we could head home to watch the Columbia game. It wasn't one of our best beach visits, seeing as it was quite cloudy but it was nice way to relax!
Forgot to say, we have our car back! The brakes were replaced with a whole new set which is quite worrying but the van is no longer in our hands! I really liked it, despite the short period we had it for! We got our car back the day after it went into the garage which was quite a shock considering a day in Bajan time is stereotypically at least a few days!
All the best
Luke
Day 27
Day 27
Friday started with the continuation from our 'coaching coaches' course. Shaz and I have our Fridays dedicated to providing the Barbados community college students with some theory coaching, laws of the game education and then a practical session.. All spread out over 3 hours from 9-12. The session went really well and the class were fantastic at answering and asking questions, giving feedback and they definitely kept us on our toes in terms of knowing our stuff!
Our second session was at Coleridge and Parry who have even little terrors the last couple weeks but today they were pretty good in all fairness! Yet again though they had a match so we couldn't massively overwork them!
We took our usual Friday afternoon trip down to the oistins area for our Christchurch session however we got there only to find out that Mr Boyce, a Londoner mightn't I mention, had been ringing us for the last 20 mins to tell us to turn around as exams meant that only 3 girls had turned up. What a shame! We really enjoy our sessions there.
It was too late to go and get our beach stuff and go to our local beach so we caught the end of the England game vs Peru! I'm Glad to see they won 3-0 and they're enjoying winning ways before the World Cup starts. Both Shaz and myself are absolutely buzzing for the World Cup to start! Columbia are playing Senegal tomorrow in a warm up game so I'm sure Shaz will want to watch that!
All the best
Luke
Friday started with the continuation from our 'coaching coaches' course. Shaz and I have our Fridays dedicated to providing the Barbados community college students with some theory coaching, laws of the game education and then a practical session.. All spread out over 3 hours from 9-12. The session went really well and the class were fantastic at answering and asking questions, giving feedback and they definitely kept us on our toes in terms of knowing our stuff!
Our second session was at Coleridge and Parry who have even little terrors the last couple weeks but today they were pretty good in all fairness! Yet again though they had a match so we couldn't massively overwork them!
We took our usual Friday afternoon trip down to the oistins area for our Christchurch session however we got there only to find out that Mr Boyce, a Londoner mightn't I mention, had been ringing us for the last 20 mins to tell us to turn around as exams meant that only 3 girls had turned up. What a shame! We really enjoy our sessions there.
It was too late to go and get our beach stuff and go to our local beach so we caught the end of the England game vs Peru! I'm Glad to see they won 3-0 and they're enjoying winning ways before the World Cup starts. Both Shaz and myself are absolutely buzzing for the World Cup to start! Columbia are playing Senegal tomorrow in a warm up game so I'm sure Shaz will want to watch that!
All the best
Luke
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