Northern Cape - Upington

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Comment by thato richard diraditsile on March 16, 2012 at 3:16pm

We have receive many soccer materials from youth zone since we met schalk and doc.we really appreciate what they did for us.

Comment by thato richard diraditsile on March 16, 2012 at 12:35pm

On Wednesday the 14 of March we met Skalk,Doc Mabila and Roelf Meyer in Pbaballelo (Upington Northern Cape) at Migthy Birds and Black Warriors sports ground.We did welcome them to Black warriors 's club house and they gave us two laptops(one per team).those two laptops was handed over by three names mentioned above.

Comment by thato richard diraditsile on March 16, 2012 at 12:25pm

It is a very huge surprise to meet Doc Mabila and Skalk, We appreciate everything they do for us as youth of Paballelo and Northern as a whole,They taught us lot of things and we do if practical on the daily basis.I really like to thank Mighty Birds fc and Black Warriors fc for their team work and cooperation.

Comment by doctor mabila on December 16, 2011 at 11:34am

They received six pairs of Size 9 and 2 pairs of Size 10, 2 tactical boards, 3 fox whistle, 3 stop watches, 20 cones, 6 mikasa soccer balls. Unfortunately most of the players have small feet and we didnt have their sizes.

They were in Jozi on the 15th of Decomber

Comment by doctor mabila on December 16, 2011 at 11:27am

Upington youth came all the way to Jozi to receive their sporting equipment prior to their major tournament kick off which will be held in New Heaven Informal Settlement in Paballelo, Upington. Collin Matlapeng of Black Warriors was so excited in such a way that he said everything happening in Jozi will also one day happens in Upington in terms of the lifestyle, racial integration and also not have bucket system at the informal settlement. I said I admire and inspired the way they carry on with their lives under those conditions. 

Comment by doctor mabila on November 16, 2011 at 9:48pm

Comment by doctor mabila on November 16, 2011 at 9:21pm

Simon and Doc attended the dreamfields-Youthzones Primary schools soccer league finals tournament which was held in Paballelo stadium on the 4th of November 2011. It was a great success, 12 primary schools which are registered in youthzones-dreamfields league. Well we played round robin all the present schools displayed their talents and get opportunity to play and they enjoyed themselves very much. By the way they were all winners but one team won the tournament that is Simbruner Primary  against Vooruitsig Primary 1 - 0 in the final. After the event the teachers came together and have small function and they all received Dreamfields certificates for attending dreamfields coaching course conducted by Doctor Mabila in April. The Youthzone team conducted the  football training, computers skills session and life skills session with the Black Warriors FC and Mighty Birds FC between 1st and 7th November and on the six Simon and Doc held top four tournament saw the MIghty Birds FC and Paballelo FC tournament reaching unfinished finals since it was getting dark. We also gave 20 bibs to Mighty Birds and Black warrios FC. Black Warriors FC also received 2 soccer manuals and mighty birds four manuals while the paballelo netball team received 2 netballs and one soccer manual and the choir  received one life skill menu and the dreamfield-youthzones eague convener received one life skills menu as well.

Comment by doctor mabila on June 30, 2011 at 7:35am

Members of the Paballelo Choir Group are competing in Pretoria for the national cultural dancing contest.

Comment by doctor mabila on April 13, 2011 at 12:41am

12/04/2011

The second day of the coaching clinic was amazing and more rewarding. In the morning session I spent time with the local teams and the heroes in the community including new participating referees. We spent much time doing session on football basics, Speed and creativity. Where we theoretically and practically we did a session on speed since the game is fast today and soccer needs to be quick mental (Sharp intelligence) . We also worked/training session under speed we look at the physical speed which include stamina, fitness, running speed, resistance, agility, flexibility ball exercises, and mental speed we looked at the intelligence of the player in any situation, willingness life skills sessions, mental strength exercises and mental awareness and coordination and visualization football exercises. And then after lunch we ad about 30 children participating or volunteering as players to train which rescued the teachers who this time came prepared no more suits. We did a life skill sessions on team building, assisting each other and unity among the players and the teachers to their surprise we did a session on to set good example where they had to some exercises and demonstrations in front of the participating kids and do their best and set good example. After that I held a normal procedure of training with football and how to run a training and football/match. We did session on warming up physical and then with football and then prepare the kids mentally (arousal and visualization) for the game or training. I had a training session working on the technical basics and tactics of the young lads looking at the some of the drills were done earlier on in the morning. One thing with young lads you dont wanna stop training every second rather let it flow and coach and strong when is very urgent and needs serious attention. So you can imagine how much talking and coaching and running around I had to and while about 30n teachers looking and going to them explaining what I see and allowing them to contribute to the training if they see something wrong. I t all went great and we had a cool down after. And the young lads reflect on the training and what they learnt. And to my surprise Coach Ben asked me to coach second division team Paballelo Celtics after that.  

Comment by doctor mabila on April 11, 2011 at 11:26pm

11/04/2011First day of the coaching clinic preparing the teams for the upcoming Dreamfields Primary league  went very well. We started the day at 10am with the surprise and humbling visit of Mr Beukes Gerald, the head of sports in Department of Education in Upington and the presence of one of the highly respected coach, Ben (the head coach of Paballelo Celtics, vodacom team, who heard about my work in Upington and eventually became one of my new friends here in Upington. One of he highlights of the day was when one of the community team coming from Progress Squatter camp called Austin Villa popped in large numbers and said heard about this clinic and they want to learn. But overall all the teachers and the reps of the schools came and we had team building session and hearing from them what are they expecting and to my surprise everyone was just looking forward to learn and heard about what I do in Upington concerning fotball coaching. Very humbling and makes one human. We (the teachers, players and Gerald) discussed the issue surrounding the league like refereeing, transportation fees, fixture, league liason volunteers, the date when the league will commence,  age restriction and cheating (we planned to have cards with photos since birth certificates which most of the young lads use dont have photos attached). And the above issues will be finalized in formal documentation by Wednesday including the budget. And after this it was time to go to the field and work since most of the session will be in practical form accompanied by the theoretical Success In Soccer coaching Manual and most of acquired coaching skills relevant for the young children 's development. As usual is very important for the kids to be having fun playing with good technical and tactical skills than intense training which I normally hold with the seniors. And also other thing I did is Friendship building and unity among the participants which resulted in the shock of their lives because we had to play small sided game of teachers (while wearing their ties and formal shoes) vs the players. No classroom format. We then had lunch at KFC together and continued with the session and activities of  working on the issue of sustainability and empowering the young lads, boosting their confidence, team building ad positive motivation (to the young lads who are in a hyper curve of growth ) through coaching and as coaches not to be selfish rather everything is for the young lads and we should never allow our own egos destroy the passion of the young lads which is playing football......

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