BMO brings girls’ soccer coaching clinic to Kingston, Ont. – Kingston | 24CA News
Some of Kingston, Ont.’s, finest and brightest younger feminine soccer gamers gathered Sunday to participate in a training and taking part in clinic placed on by Bank of Montreal (BMO).
For the primary time ever, BMO has expanded its “Girls Play On” soccer clinic to Kingston.
The occasion teaches ladies, from 15 to 17 years outdated, coach and after a morning of studying, they received the prospect to use their new abilities with teams of young women.
“I think it’s really important to start that passion really young because that was me when I was younger. I want to show younger players kind of what it’s like at my age,” mentioned Marra Stanistreet, a participant within the camp.
Though she’s simply 15 years outdated, Stanistreet already has a little bit little bit of expertise teaching.
She mentioned she got here to the camp as a result of she desires to be any person youthful gamers can look as much as.
“I would love to be a role model for, like, eight-year-olds, that would be pretty cool. I’m like the youngest in my age, I’m born in December, so I always even looked up to people my own age,” she added.
Part of the battle with increase girls’s soccer in Canada is protecting ladies engaged within the recreation previous their youth.
Robyn Gmeindl, advertising, partnerships and occasions supervisor for Ontario Soccer, mentioned that’s a part of the main focus of the clinic and why they train them the teaching side of the sport.
“A lot of times, we’ve noticed that they start dropping out of sport, so if we can give them something else to do other than play, then the likelihood of them sticking with the game is that much higher,” she mentioned.
Kingston is one in all 5 stops for the clinic this 12 months, which incorporates Aurora, Vaughan, Niagara Falls and London.
Gmeindl says the keenness they’ve seen from individuals this summer season has been spectacular.
“They’re really, really passionate about sharing their love of the game with the younger generation, and that’s coming across just in such a loud amount. We’re absolutely seeing that that’s what they want,” added Gmeindl.
Like Christine Sinclair, Diana Matheson and so many extra earlier than her, Stanistreet says she’s excited to assist develop the sport for these behind her.
“I’ve only had one female coach, so I think it would be good for me to, when I’m done playing, maybe move forward with coaching,” mentioned Stanistreet.
It’s a dream that’s helped out by clinics like “Girls Play On”.
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