My

Story

Eulises

“I grew up with my parents in Tapachula, a town close to the Guatemalan border. When I was young, I was not interested in football. But when I was 12 years old, I started playing and since that moment I developed a strong passion for sports and all activities which relate to exercising. After studying professional training in sports, I focused on football and some similar sports. Football is my comfort zone and the other areas are the ones where I can work on and improve myself.

I plan to implement all the activities and exercises I have learnt in the Young Coach education in my football school as well as in my job as manager of all sports activities from RET International in Tapachula. One of my goals is to allow the children to use their own imagination and creativity to create something different on the field. I would love for this education to go on and on, and that there would follow regularly some modules to get better and better. Us Young Coaches want to create a platform where we can share our knowledge and continuously grow as a group.

The sessions I liked the most during the education was the work in the field. My passion is to be a leader on the pitch and today, being head coach and organising the fun match, I got the opportunity to lead, to give the instructions and to coordinate everything. That was an amazing experience and showed me that I am on the right path.

I like to be a Young Coach, because I always meet new people and additionally the people appreciate what I am doing and that makes me proud. Due to the trust I get from the children and their parents I am inspired and want to improve my program and even want to offer more sessions.

I also really enjoy working with children. After this training programme, I felt a change in my work at home, namely that I am now a part of the team, not just their trainer. That was a beautiful experience and I will keep on going with organizing sports activities for children. To fight the discrimination and other conflicts, which the children face every day. Sport can be such a useful tool for this.”