Tonight I got to attend my first football (American soccer) practice. It is a local team that plays on a very nice grass field that is about a 20 minute walk from my house. The girls were very nice and all introduced themselves to me. None of them really held a conversation in English with me, but that is to be expected. They were all very surprised when I was able to introduce myself and told where I am from in Swedish.
The soccer drills were similar to those that might be done by an American team. The two coaches were very vocal and yelling more than half of the time. I couldn't tell if it was good yelling or angry/mad yelling. Occasionally I would hear "lasptlahenadlkasetoihgANNAalsdtoeladsgncl" and have no idea what they meant or what I was supposed to do. Haha oh well, they didn't look too mad.
I think the best part of the experience was that I could, by the end, partially tell what the coaches were saying because I knew the game and I knew the basic skills so I could kind of understand the directions he was giving us. It was a great boost of confidence! Tomorrow is the first day of school and I better go get a good night's rest.
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