So Sunday we wen't to Rambam school which is the closest to our house, only a few minutes walk so we get a few minutes extra rest in our beds! Sunday was raining so we wen't inside and coached both girls and boys, when its dry we take the boys outside and Reut the P.E teachers takes the girls inside.
So we did a warm up, tag/stuck in the mud followed by turning in a skills corridor where they run out to a cone that acts as a defender, do a turn then return back so the next in line goes. We did four types of turn, inside, outside, dragback and the famous Cruyff turn plus getting our coaching tips in, keeping low, knees bent for balance and accelerate out of the tun. We would also go around and personally show some groups or individuals how to do it and shortly after they would soon all be demonstrating great turns, we would also pick some out to demonstrate to us in front of the group which they were more than keen to do so. Afterwards we would get some games going for around 10 mintues.
In the afternoon we had a new friendship house group, it was right by our house and Yossi also come with us to help out. We started with the Arsenal Chelsea warm up where they line up and theres 2 sets of coloured cones either side of them, red-Arsenal, Blue-Chelsea, whichever one is called out they have to run to and back.
Then we did some domes and dishes with and without football where they are in seperate teams and have to run out and turn their teams colour cone over, first team back in a straight line shouting Arsenal with all their cones turned over wins. After this we went into a game in which we also joined in to make up the numbers, of course mine and Denys' team won with Yossi on the end of another defeat, sorry Yossi ;). Whilst we were playing one the players on the other team told me that I play like an evil Van persie, he said it was like a Van Persie/Balotelli which I had never heard anything like before so it was quite funny. For the first session with the kids everything went really well and we made it back just in time to watch the Arsenal vs Aston Villa FA cup game which at half time we were a little worried but a great 10minutes and we were straight back in the game and through to the 5th round, happy days!
Onto Monday where we went to Eshkol school, one of my personal favourites. Not sure why I think its just the teachers, the school in general and the place where we coach, also the 2 previous times we coached there it was like a summers day. Well yes I jinxed it because this Monday it was raining, which wasn't much of a problem as the outside area where we coach has a roof over it. Because we have a different school everyday we do the same topic for the week so we did pretty much the same as at Rambam but just adapt it to suit the groups and do different warm ups etc. Everything went well and once again had loads of kids asking for autographs which in Hebrew is something like hadema, so we hear hadema hadem hadema alot.
Because of the heavy rain both evening sessions were cancelled as they are both outside.
Tuesday we woke up to sunshine, Zippee ordered us a taxi which turned up on time which is something amazing for Israel, It was also a Mercedes so we were travelling to school in style this morning, unfortunatly when we got to the school the P.E teacher told us how one of the goal posts has cracked and is unsafe as it could all fall over and there was no where else to coach so it had to be cancelled for today but we are assured that next week it will all be sorted. So we went and got some shopping done which should last us a week or 2. After that we went to Haifa with Yossi and got some lunch at a coffee shop then went and got a drink at another place which looked over the city. Afterwards we went to the Bahai Gardens which has 9 different levels and is kept immaculate, all the grass, plants, gravel etc is perfect and nothing is out of place or overgrown. We missed the english tour but decided to go along for the Hebrew speaking tour so we could just walk around and see the gardens but luckily when we got there most other people were english speaking so the tour guide decided to do the tour in english so everything worked out perfect anyway. The tour guide kept calling us mates and also gave us alot of useful information, he also told us how there are around 7million people following the Bahai religion worldwide and also the gardens are privately owned so the tours are free and we are visitors on the grounds. We walked down 658 steps and at the beginning of the tour after telling us some facts the guide just asked us if we understand and to say something positive, Denys at this moment couldn't stop himself from bursting out with a massive "wiiiiiiicked" in the most London slang accent to which our guide found very amusing as he had stayed in London for a few months.
Overlooking the city
Bahai Gardens
Me on one of the 9 levels of the gardens
Me Denys and Yossi
We got back to the house around 3:30, Este came, she is the woman who is Delilah's manager from UJIA so we gave her some receipts for taxi's and food. We get an allowance of 500 Shekels per month each for food and an extra 180 shekels each for other misc things, 6 shekels is approx 1 pounds but I must stress we were both surprised when we went to the supermarket and found alot of things were more expensive than london prices. Este then gave us a lift to Bustan Hagalil which is where we do a session for young adults 18-22 years old with disabilities. We start at 4 and finish around 5:30-6:00 then go inside and have a drink talk etc. We really enjoy this session as much if not more than they do! But they have great fun and always invite us back to the house inside afterwards, great group of people. We started of by everyone standing in a circle and passing the ball then following the pass switching places, we then progressed it to dribbling to the person and changing places, after this we did it so they ran one way and changed direction keeping close ball control. We decided to progress it further each time so in the end they could communicate and say hold run round the player then release to get the ball back, one two so pass in move and pass back to them or take where the other player takes the ball into the circle, finally we added some cones into the circle to encourage change of direction and head up etc so the cones acted as defenders before we finally got into a game. This week was a small group so once again me, Denys and a couple of the other volunteers working there joined in. Me and Denys were on the slightly weaker team but thankfully we had a German volunteer called Miri on our side who must of scored about 10 goals! (our secret weapon). The group bond really well and also play some great football getting in some Messi like skills and tricks in the game aswell.
Afterwards we got a taxi home, once again to finish the day another Mercedes to take us home so we started the day in style and ended in good fasion too haha. When we got home we sat outside on our little patio area in the garden and had a few snacks etc before going to bed.
Here are some photos from the evening session, it was a small group today as some of them were away doing other things but usually we have a bigger group, it was nice as we could do more work with them though.
Denys relaxing outside
So almost another week done, I will keep you updated with plenty more updates and pcitures from what we're doing and as my American friend Danny (another Arsenal gapper currently in kenya) would say "Lovin life".
Hope everyone back home and all the gappers in their current countries are doing good and enjoying their experiences as much as we are.
Joe
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