Today we started our first day of work! After chatting to
Daymon yesterday, it seems that our schedule isn't as busy as it was in South
Africa, plus most days we start in the afternoon and have afternoon and evening
sessions, which I prefer much more as it means we don’t have to panic about
being up early, and can enjoy a nice lie in. Our schedule is also pretty much
the same weekly, which is understandable as its more professional and serious
stuff than in South Africa, where our schedule was different each week as we
visited different communities. It’s nice to be able to experience both kinds of
coaching work, and is why we’re all doing this course.
We started at 2pm at a private school quite a way away, called Tanglin Private School, so
Daymon came by ours at around 12:30 and took us to the shuttle bus, then onto
the underground. Yesterday we bought a couple of travel cards, which worked a
lot like oyster cards back home, where you top up and use it to get around
places. The underground is so much nice than back home. Its cleaner, more
efficient, and actually sensible, with lines telling people where to stand to
avoid punch-ups getting onto the train. It’s really nice. We were on the train
for about half an hour before getting off at our stop. Outside it was chucking
it down, yet it was still warm. On our walk to the school, we heard a massive
crack of thunder nearby, which scared the life out of me and Dan. Apparently
thunder like that is common in Singapore according to Daymon, so we just looked
stupid. Oh well.
We got to the soccer school and all the kids were under
cover. Apparently if thunder & lightening goes off within a certain radius
where they are, they have to get all of the kids under cover for around 45
minutes before taking them out again, which was interesting. We took over one
of Norm’s (another coach, from England – ex military so we didn't mess with
him) groups and got them to do some passing under cover before taking them out
to do matches. These kids were a lot different from the community kids in South
Africa. They wouldn't listen, focus or do anything we asked them to do. They
just wanted to play matches all the time. Norm did say that this school was the
worst to coach at because the kids were just a pain. The school we’re at
tomorrow is supposed to be decent, though.
After all the matches were over we went back home with
Daymon. We’re both still pretty jet-lagged, though, so don’t plan to do much. We
both got a sim card out here though, which means I can message my family to let them
know I'm okay, as well as messaging Maddie (my girlfriend), and avoid having to
go 3 weeks without talking to her, which I really don’t want to happen. But
that’s all sorted so happy days!
Tomorrow, another late start, 5:30pm, so we’re aiming to
explore a bit more during the day, which will be pretty cool.
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