A couple weekends ago I went to a Grassroots Football
Festival with my counterpart in Mandeville. It was great! I learned a lot. It
was held at a large football field and Digicel (a phone provider) along with
the Jamaica Football Federation and other supporters set up shop for the
expected 100 children and 20 or so coaches/volunteers.
The coaches (including moi) had a little inspirational
workshop on how to take what we learned of football and having fun into our own
communities. Football should be fun…Especially at the primary level. Attract
children to sports and let them develop the skills at a young age in a way that
keeps them smiling. As we were told:
I hear. I forget.
I see. I remember.
I do. I understand.
And that applies for everyone- but with children, the world is a big playground of experiences. As adults, we are there to guide them through that play field (below are the kids, myself, and my counterpart took from our primary school).
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