Coach.

After all the effort from the whole squad the journey has come to an end. Wfdf rightfully, as much as I hate to admit it, denied our roster. We has too many players from different backgrounds and not one national identity player therefore, our journey has ended. I have learnt a lot from this experience about self doubt and planning. I will have to take this forward with me on myself journey. Next stop Korea.

Training 1 of 3 this week. Started running our offensive system and there's an air of worry coming over the team. I know this system may work for a few points each game before the defense figures it out however, for our team it may be the best option. What it comes down to is a simple realistic system for our team. And my inexperience. I haven't played on enough teams to be able to have an expanse of systems to work from so I'm sticking to what I know. This could be our downfall but we have to wait and see. Panic. Has well and truly set in.

I’m so fucking scared that the team will not be ready in time.

Tactics and tea.

Two weeks have past since my last post. Last week I was injured so couldn't take part which bugged me more than anything as I should be leading from the front and it showed this week at training. I should be doing everything I ask of the squad and not not taking part in drills. I need to push myself more on pitch as I'm doing the right things off pitch. During the session I had a chat with one of the squad members. We were discussing the next steps of training when we came across the development of the squad. I have been worried about our development if late and if we would be ready for worlds, but I did receive a boost of confidence. From where we started in September to now our game has improved massively, there's more flow to offence, more consistent defence, people are asking more questions and challenging themselves. It was a real confidence boost to hear as I was beginning to wonder if I should carry on the coaching. Over the next few weeks I'm going to work on my fitness and push hard. I'll ask the other coach's to take sessions so I concentrate on my development as well. Coach.

Squad goals.

We must take positives and keep on working. We discovered what we need to work on again today and this can get pushed into next week. 

Research for training.

So, here we are. Jan 1st with 6 months and 17 days till the opening day of the world championships. It's crazy to think last year I was helping out with a university team and now I'm men's coaches for a mixed squad going to a world tournament! Anxiety for me is going to be the biggest problem. I need to be able to show everything I want the team to learn. I need to be able to progress everyone I need to lead from the front but I do not know if I can do that. I have a rough idea what we can do but I think it's going to be a tough journey. We are all still so raw and green. But there is a passion there and that is all we need.