Day 15
Sunday.... "The day after the night before"
Aran, Evan and myself were feeling fine the next day. However Shaz was hanging! She insisted on staying behind whilst we got some lunch! Aran, Evan and I headed out to get some nutritious juice for her!
Sunday was a very boring day to be honest, we all just recovered from Saturdays night out! We were all so tired and recovering from the fact that our cab driver was an absolute nutcase! In all fairness we got in at 4:45 and I even managed to FaceTime a couple of my friends because England are 5 hours ahead!
We got home to Speightstown at a reasonable time and I fell asleep at 19:45, knackered!
Back to work tomorrow!
All the best
Luke
P.S sorry for not posting on time recently. I always write them up but forget to physically put them on my blog
Monday, 19 May 2014
Day 14
Day 14
Saturday..FA CUP FINAL TODAY!! Ahh I was so nervous.
We had a session at Alma Paris for a couple hours with 7 boys. It's quite difficult to do a session for so long with such a short amount of participants. Especially in this sweltering heat!
The session was from 9-11.. And we had a 45 minute drive to bubba's to watch the FA cup final! We got there at about 11:55, lucky! It was absolutely buzzing in there full of Arsenal fans! I must say though I'm absolutely gutted that I wasn't there in England to see us the lift the cup. I've been to the last 4 fa cup finals arsenal have been in! (Vs Liverpool,Chelsea,Southampton,Manchester United) 3 of which we won and one we lost vs Liverpool. It's such a good day out, Cawdery and Harney day out!!
I got some news from my brother and uncle that they would be fully involved in the parade day on Sunday if we won, which of course we did! My brother got to meet all the players and go on one of the open top buses and my uncle drove the car that was setting pace for the two buses. What a lucky pair!
Shaz and I met up with Evan and Aran for the cup final and then went to theirs later for some pre drinks before going out to Lawrence's gap for a celebratory night out which was a very funny night!!
All the best
Luke
Saturday..FA CUP FINAL TODAY!! Ahh I was so nervous.
We had a session at Alma Paris for a couple hours with 7 boys. It's quite difficult to do a session for so long with such a short amount of participants. Especially in this sweltering heat!
The session was from 9-11.. And we had a 45 minute drive to bubba's to watch the FA cup final! We got there at about 11:55, lucky! It was absolutely buzzing in there full of Arsenal fans! I must say though I'm absolutely gutted that I wasn't there in England to see us the lift the cup. I've been to the last 4 fa cup finals arsenal have been in! (Vs Liverpool,Chelsea,Southampton,Manchester United) 3 of which we won and one we lost vs Liverpool. It's such a good day out, Cawdery and Harney day out!!
I got some news from my brother and uncle that they would be fully involved in the parade day on Sunday if we won, which of course we did! My brother got to meet all the players and go on one of the open top buses and my uncle drove the car that was setting pace for the two buses. What a lucky pair!
Shaz and I met up with Evan and Aran for the cup final and then went to theirs later for some pre drinks before going out to Lawrence's gap for a celebratory night out which was a very funny night!!
All the best
Luke
Day 13
Day 13
In terms of our sessions on Friday, we only had 2. Coleridge and Parry school and Christ Church.
The first session was pretty frustrating the kids are very energetic and don't seem to understand the concept that if they listen and get the exercises done, the match at the end will be longer! Such a simple skill yet they can't do it! The boys wasted 10 minutes getting changed at the start so that time ate into the session!
Christchurch was a short but fun session! We had the girls. However there was a match taking place so we had to wait an hour for them to finish before we could start which of course meant our session was cut short!
Average day! FA cup final tomorrow!
All the best
Luke
In terms of our sessions on Friday, we only had 2. Coleridge and Parry school and Christ Church.
The first session was pretty frustrating the kids are very energetic and don't seem to understand the concept that if they listen and get the exercises done, the match at the end will be longer! Such a simple skill yet they can't do it! The boys wasted 10 minutes getting changed at the start so that time ate into the session!
Christchurch was a short but fun session! We had the girls. However there was a match taking place so we had to wait an hour for them to finish before we could start which of course meant our session was cut short!
Average day! FA cup final tomorrow!
All the best
Luke
Friday, 16 May 2014
Day 12
Day 12
Thursday.
We started off at Frederick Smith school today. This was our first session there after last week being cancelled. We introduced ourselves to Mr Blackman and set up for our session! The boys were excited for us to be there and the session went well, despite a few arguments between the participants!
Our next session was at Alma Paris. Which Shaz and I somewhat dread. Not because of the school itself but it's hard to construct a proper session to the standard we want. However, we are coaches, we should be able to adjust to different coaching environments.. And that's exactly what we did. We found that the boys were more focused and well behaved in exercises where they were all doing something at all times. So we adjusted our session so that we could still get the learning objective of passing across but in a way that would suit the way they learn! We had no arguments at all and our session went really well so we were certainly happy with that!!
Our last session at Harrison College was cancelled due to a match taking place. We rang them prior to our scheduled leaving time so we didn't make a wasted trip. Thank god!
Our cancelled session only meant one thing... BEACH TIME! Shaz and I had been craving a beach day so it was quite nice to hear that we had some time off in the afternoon. We had some drinks by the beach in a bar called Mullins which was nice and spent the majority of the afternoon/early evening on the beach! Can't complain.
All the best
Luke
Thursday.
We started off at Frederick Smith school today. This was our first session there after last week being cancelled. We introduced ourselves to Mr Blackman and set up for our session! The boys were excited for us to be there and the session went well, despite a few arguments between the participants!
Our next session was at Alma Paris. Which Shaz and I somewhat dread. Not because of the school itself but it's hard to construct a proper session to the standard we want. However, we are coaches, we should be able to adjust to different coaching environments.. And that's exactly what we did. We found that the boys were more focused and well behaved in exercises where they were all doing something at all times. So we adjusted our session so that we could still get the learning objective of passing across but in a way that would suit the way they learn! We had no arguments at all and our session went really well so we were certainly happy with that!!
Our last session at Harrison College was cancelled due to a match taking place. We rang them prior to our scheduled leaving time so we didn't make a wasted trip. Thank god!
Our cancelled session only meant one thing... BEACH TIME! Shaz and I had been craving a beach day so it was quite nice to hear that we had some time off in the afternoon. We had some drinks by the beach in a bar called Mullins which was nice and spent the majority of the afternoon/early evening on the beach! Can't complain.
All the best
Luke
Day 11
Day 11
I think Shaz would agree with me when I say Wednesdays are our favourite day! We have St Winifred's in the morning which is personally my favourite school. Firstly because the principal is really enthusiastic and enjoys our sessions. But also because the children are a delight to teach!
Arriving at our next session, I stumbled across the realisation that I had left my watch and yellow+red cards that I have had for years! Absolutely gutting! I will have to email them tonight. They work really in sessions because the kids understand that yellow is a warning and red means you have to sit out for 10 minutes.
Daryll Jordan cancelled in our midday/afternoon so we headed home to the Holder household to chill for an hour or so!
We had a long drive to The Lodge school which was quite tricky to get to but we still managed to get there ahead of schedule. Shaz's Map reading skills are getting good to be fair to her!
Everything went well today! We have a tough day tomorrow with Alma Paris, statistically the worst school in Barbados. A lot of kids there have ADHD, Behaviour problems.. So the session tends to be quite difficult.
All the best
Luke
I think Shaz would agree with me when I say Wednesdays are our favourite day! We have St Winifred's in the morning which is personally my favourite school. Firstly because the principal is really enthusiastic and enjoys our sessions. But also because the children are a delight to teach!
Arriving at our next session, I stumbled across the realisation that I had left my watch and yellow+red cards that I have had for years! Absolutely gutting! I will have to email them tonight. They work really in sessions because the kids understand that yellow is a warning and red means you have to sit out for 10 minutes.
Daryll Jordan cancelled in our midday/afternoon so we headed home to the Holder household to chill for an hour or so!
We had a long drive to The Lodge school which was quite tricky to get to but we still managed to get there ahead of schedule. Shaz's Map reading skills are getting good to be fair to her!
Everything went well today! We have a tough day tomorrow with Alma Paris, statistically the worst school in Barbados. A lot of kids there have ADHD, Behaviour problems.. So the session tends to be quite difficult.
All the best
Luke
Thursday, 15 May 2014
Day 10
Day 10.
Tuesday!
Overall, we had a really nice day today in terms of coaching!
We had three sessions at schools called St Michaela, Ellersy and Grantley Adams. All the sessions were a success and we had no troubles at all! Happy days!
The evening consisted of Shaz and I meeting up with Evan and Aran to go cinema. However when we got there, we all wasn't that fussed about going to the cinema anymore so we got a bite to eat and then headed down to St Lawrence's gap to have a nice relaxing end of the day by the beach! Something we couldn't do in any of our hometowns! As much as I love exploring.. the driving is getting to me a bit! You can't go anywhere without driving in my opinion! Shaz is slowly but surely learning to drive, thanks to a fantastic instructor in myself. We are slowly increasing the distance she is allowed to drive from. The other day I allowed her to drive from the offices to home which is about 15 minutes! The coastal highway is a very easy, straight drive but never the less she did really well!
Looking forward to our sessions tomorrow! The driving however will overall take just over 2 hours I think! LONG!
All the best
Luke
Tuesday!
Overall, we had a really nice day today in terms of coaching!
We had three sessions at schools called St Michaela, Ellersy and Grantley Adams. All the sessions were a success and we had no troubles at all! Happy days!
The evening consisted of Shaz and I meeting up with Evan and Aran to go cinema. However when we got there, we all wasn't that fussed about going to the cinema anymore so we got a bite to eat and then headed down to St Lawrence's gap to have a nice relaxing end of the day by the beach! Something we couldn't do in any of our hometowns! As much as I love exploring.. the driving is getting to me a bit! You can't go anywhere without driving in my opinion! Shaz is slowly but surely learning to drive, thanks to a fantastic instructor in myself. We are slowly increasing the distance she is allowed to drive from. The other day I allowed her to drive from the offices to home which is about 15 minutes! The coastal highway is a very easy, straight drive but never the less she did really well!
Looking forward to our sessions tomorrow! The driving however will overall take just over 2 hours I think! LONG!
All the best
Luke
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
Day 9
Day 9
St Georges school was our first session. Last week they were very disruptive and hardly ever listened. Nothing had changed this week, I guess in a way though it's definitely a big wake up for Shaz and I on a Monday morning. The session went pretty bad if I'm honest but something both Shaz and I did discover from both of our sessions, is that they work 10x better when they are constantly doing something. For example, when we did handball and possession they were so much better than when we were doing our drill. So that's definitely an aspect we'll take into consideration when planning next time!
Our second session was at Lester Vaughan, a school that was cancelled last week because of a cross country examination. This week we had 10 for our session, not the best in terms of numbers but definitely an amount we could work with! The session went really well and it gave us a big boost after a tricky start this morning! Just what we needed.
To finish the day, we had a session at Alleyne school. This school cancelled last week due to the water supply being off, so we wasn't sure if this week would be on and whether a message had been passed round that we were coming! When we arrived, kids were somewhat excited that we had arrived, some more than others! One boy called Renaldo was really helpful and showed us to the teachers, he was a boy that was in Grade 1 (Year 7 in UK terms). This session went swimmingly too and we had a decent number of 22 participants, a very good way to end the day!
Shaz and I arrived home at around 5 our time, I skyped my mum and dad for the first time in a few days which was nice. My face looking rather beetroot after being bamboozled by the Barbados weather. It was a very calm, cloudy day however the sun still burnt me to a crisp.
Not a bad day overall!!
All the best
Luke
St Georges school was our first session. Last week they were very disruptive and hardly ever listened. Nothing had changed this week, I guess in a way though it's definitely a big wake up for Shaz and I on a Monday morning. The session went pretty bad if I'm honest but something both Shaz and I did discover from both of our sessions, is that they work 10x better when they are constantly doing something. For example, when we did handball and possession they were so much better than when we were doing our drill. So that's definitely an aspect we'll take into consideration when planning next time!
Our second session was at Lester Vaughan, a school that was cancelled last week because of a cross country examination. This week we had 10 for our session, not the best in terms of numbers but definitely an amount we could work with! The session went really well and it gave us a big boost after a tricky start this morning! Just what we needed.
To finish the day, we had a session at Alleyne school. This school cancelled last week due to the water supply being off, so we wasn't sure if this week would be on and whether a message had been passed round that we were coming! When we arrived, kids were somewhat excited that we had arrived, some more than others! One boy called Renaldo was really helpful and showed us to the teachers, he was a boy that was in Grade 1 (Year 7 in UK terms). This session went swimmingly too and we had a decent number of 22 participants, a very good way to end the day!
Shaz and I arrived home at around 5 our time, I skyped my mum and dad for the first time in a few days which was nice. My face looking rather beetroot after being bamboozled by the Barbados weather. It was a very calm, cloudy day however the sun still burnt me to a crisp.
Not a bad day overall!!
All the best
Luke
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