{"id":4338,"date":"2024-01-26T09:20:27","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T08:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scort.org\/?post_type=young_coach&p=4338"},"modified":"2025-12-09T07:36:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T06:36:36","slug":"clara","status":"publish","type":"young_coach","link":"https:\/\/scort.org\/en\/young_coach\/clara\/","title":{"rendered":"Clara – Tanzania 2019 & 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Clara, a mother of three young children, works as a teacher at a local primary school in Dar es Salaam. In addition to her classroom lessons, she takes on the role of delivering sports sessions for all students \u2013 often supplying the material out of her own pocket to ensure that children have access to the benefits of sport and play.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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“I grew up with my grandmother in Tanga. At the age of 12, my family and I moved to Dar es Salaam so that I could finish school and, later, go on to join the teaching college. Sport always played an important part in my life. When I play sport, I feel so happy.<\/p>\n

I am the only teacher in my school that teaches sports because the rest do not really have an interest in it. I train both boys and girls. I encourage the girls to play and tell them that they can do even better than the boys. Although my school doesn\u2019t have much equipment, I find a way to run training sessions. This often means I pay for equipment out of my own pocket. But at the end of the day, it makes me proud to see the kids succeed, and know that I have contributed to their success.<\/p>\n

The kids often come to me and say, \u2018I want to be like you\u2019. I tell them, \u2018You can be more than me, and you should aim to be more than me. Because this is me and, you are you\u2019. I encourage them to do, and be, better.<\/p>\n

The kids gain a lot of benefits from my training sessions because I don\u2019t only teach football or sports – I shape the kids. I like the kids to behave well. I like the kids to be role models. I sometimes get a call from the parents telling me how their child has changed because of my input. For example, a parent told me that their child had cleaned his room before coming to training due to my input. I am happy to get this feedback.<\/p>\n

The Young Coach Education changed my coaching behaviour a lot. We learnt a lot of things about how to deal with kids and how to deal with ourselves. When I am doing something or face challenges, I often reflect on the education. It really helped me. And this Follow-up Education helped me even more. Coaching might seem like something small, but for us [Young Coaches] it is the most important thing. The greatest thing that I learnt here was captured in one sentence when the instructor said: \u201cWe need coaches that teach the children how to use their brain, not just their power\u201d. I really liked this information. Being part of this education was the best gift I could receive.”<\/p>\n<\/div> <\/div>\n

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