International Soccer Dream Comes True!

When an opportunity arises to help kids and it centers around soccer, you know it's going to be a great experience. After many conversations and several attempts the plans were in place for the Coerver Coaching Southeast team to travel to India to teach at schools and host a camp for boys and girls in New Dehli. Paul Gibbons, Gibbo to most, and his son arrived in India to find a culture that surprised and delighted at the same time a contrast to the contemporary setting of the United States and United Kingdom where each hales from. Gibbo has been involved in the coaching of young soccer players for over 2 decades and was overwhelmed by the reception by both the hosting institute as well as the participating young athletes.



The schedule included several sessions at schools in the city and a camp help at a private community. Throughout the city were women dressed in the traditional attire, the sari, the most notable aspect of this being the activities they might be engaged in. A lot of the construction and basic manufacturing jobs are preformed by these women; the sari's bright colors in contrast to the dust and drabness of the zones. The patch of green space we trained on what a haven in the arid climate. Soccer was the number one priority so we did spend most of our time working with the excited kids.

Our accomodations were typical for abassadors like ourselves, an Indian Institute, were academics, scientists, and soccer professionals are welcome for the diversity. Most were there to lecture indoors, we were there for quite the opposite. The weather was consistently fair giving us the time to fulfill our mission without weather delays. Over the two weeks we worked with one hundred and fifty kids. Imparting our coaching wisdom to the eager coaching staff was all part of the plan, a part that Coerver Coaching has been developing and promoting since its inception.

You must be able to duplicate the coaching and training system in order to help it grow. The sportsmanship that results from a movement like this will be tremendous. Coerver Coaching and Paul Gibbons continue to expand the Coerver method, one country at a time.

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Artemis