The past 10 days we've been starting to get into the swing of things, although it is still technically preseason. Twice a week activities in a addition to twice a week soccer playing are the norm. We've also been doing other developmental activities. Yesterday, for instance, we spent time in each of our teams planning and drawing up detailed practice plans, which was new and exciting for most of the coaches and the interns. I learned about and understood this way of practice planning from the NSCAA coaching course I took last summer, but trying to communicate this information in Spanish was a whole new challenge. After taking Spanish classes every morning for the past two weeks and interacting on a daily basis in Spanish, my language skills only feel ever, ever so slightly improved. I think it is going to be a matter of repetition for sure.
I am really excited to get started with regular programming where we can have a more consistent progression in both activities and soccer. We will also start to have games (we are joining a local boys league) and workshops every three weeks in which we will bring in local successful women. I am super excited that we are hoping to have a health focus in our workshops this season! I am interested in health initiatives and I am really excited we will be focusing on this with our girls. Health of mind, body and spirit are vital pieces of our greater mission.
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