Wes did a great job of explaining things to me and just teaching me more about the sport and the history of Manchester United. I got to see all their trophies and hear about their success. It's been such a great time.
I also loved being back at the Mini Monsters clinics over here. I helped out at the clinics last fall in London when the Bears had their international game at Tottenham. I had a great time teaching the kids back in October and I really took some lessons from them as well, like them calling my sport American football, since they refer to soccer as football over here.
I took that to heart and have really been trying to use the correct terms this time. The kids at the Manchester clinics were great as always. I was actually surprised by how well-behaved the kids were. I've done numerous clinics now and usually they act like kids, bouncing around like little jelly beans hopped up on sugar and soda. But these kids, they were locked in.
There were some kids who had never played the sport and seeing them have a chance to try it out and see what it's about was awesome. They all loved the drills and just loved being outside running around.
Really, Mini Monsters is all about giving kids the chance to actually be kids. Getting them to be active, move around and have fun. That's what they're supposed to be doing.
We're wrapping up our clinics in Manchester now and then heading off Liverpool to round out the trip. I'll be checking back in soon!