Antanimora: Football In The Prison Friday, August 31st, It was one of the most incredible football experiences of my life. I got the invitation to help the children’s corrective service of Antanimora alongside Grandir Alignment (Growing up with dignity) an organisation that tries to include, educate and reinstate boys back into society. Many of them …
When I started this mission, I didn’t even think to visit such an incredible country as Madagascar. To come here, you must be this kind of person who focuses on small details of life and ready to experience strong social culture issues. This trip for us guided by our intuition and the grand plan called …
I visited yesterday one of the most populated slums in Africa one more time. We left at the entrance of the neighbourhood, and I could instantly see a classic Sunday Football tournament going on. Boys formed teams under 16, seven vs 7 and on a field that made me feel ashamed of myself for complaining …
They were playing while the sun was dying, wet ground, fast playing field, in other times I would have asked the kit-man to adjust my 6 studs – soft ground boots! The game had a small ball, no bibs but it was surprisingly easy to realize who wanted to get the ball from me and …
How many times have you complained about a bad pass? How many times did you use an insult for being confused? And for the missed penalties? The poorly kicked corner?For having lost? And for having a draw? How many times did you get annoyed at training? The coach is crazy! The warm-up is very long! …
Today we had a pleasure to learn and follow closely the method of NEWELL’S OLD BOYS! The method and the teaching system of NOB are based on the philosophy of Johan Cruyff, Pep Guardiola and Marcelo Bielsa. I found that the training was led by coaching staff with great intensity, a new lexicon and a …
Incredible experience to run on this difficult surface! It took only few minutes to feel a sensation of burning breath and heavy legs doing a simple basic cardio exercise. We were at 4.200mts. My experience as a professional player in Chile gave me the opportunity to play at 2.300mts in Calama – Chile (it was …
In my time as Professional Footballer with Bali United FC I was expending few of my free afternoons f with JSA junior sports Academy. Becoming Ambassador and Mentor of their Youth Program. It was funny and enjoyable. I learned a lot about their youth program principles. We were having fun mixing of all the cultures …
“Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much.” After the surprise of how many kids came down and my genuine lack of expectation, I am so grateful to those around me for helping me to make this football clinic possible. It was a fantastic way of saying goodbye to the Newcastle …
I had fun with Tuggerah FC! It was a lovely afternoon of football down the coast. I was running the session alongside a few of the parents. We were focused on their control and passing. Also, we challenged the kids playing and facing football problems, during defensively and offensively under pressure, 1 vs 2, 3 …