After having a decent lie in, we made our way down to lunch, before leaving to head to the learning centre at about 1:15. When we got there we found Azille, all on her own. Turns out we weren't needed until around 2:45, compared to the 1:45 start Joe and Lourens told us yesterday. Oh well, we just played around on the computers for a bit while we waited for them to arrive.
Eventually, they turned up, so we made our way down to Bothasig Gardens, which is where Azille took us yesterday. Joe took the car in front, and we followed in the car behind him.
We got there and around 12 kids showed up, which was a decent turn out considering there wasn't much notice given to them that we'd be there.
We did a quick passing exercise with them, which they all seemed to enjoy. It was like a 'piggy in the middle' game with 2 players on the inside of the circle trying to get the ball off the rest of the players who were passing it around them.
Afterwards, we went straight into matches, but instead of shooting at the goals to get a point, you had to pass through it, and have someone collect it on the other side. After about 15 minutes we changed it so they could just slot it in though.
Martin and I thought it would be a fun idea to join in and get involved, so we had a team each, and played with them. What a mistake that was. My armpits felt like Niagara Falls, it was so hot. It was horrible. We somehow managed to let the kids use up all our water too, so we were gasping by the end of it.
After Bothasig, we had a quick meeting at Communicare's Drommedaris complex, we headed down to Atlantic Football Club, which from what I gather is an Elite Level football club which the players use as a step to make it professionally. We had a chat with one of the coaches at the club, and he said that the demand for playing there is so high, that for teams from the under 14's and up, if a player isn't good enough in either training or matches, they just get cut from the team, and are replaced almost immediately with someone new. Lethal. We were told that they wanted us to come down every Tuesday to coach a team each, which sounds quite fun. We were told they want us to coach the under 17's and under 19's, which will be weird because I'll be coaching players my own age. Should be fun though.
We also got to meet Joes son too, which was nice. He's around my age and plays for Atlantic. We saw him play a quick 5-a-side game, which he didn't put much effort in because he had an 11-a-side game almost straight after. Looks like a decent player, and is a nice guy, too.
After getting home we headed out for dinner as we were starving! So we headed down to the local Nandos, where we managed to get a chicken burger, 1/2 chicken, with 2 portions of chips and 2 drinks for just under £8! Bargain!
Tomorrow we'll be called by Joe to tell us when he wants us down to the Waterfront for a meeting with him and Lourens. Sounds interesting.
Harry
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