u/Jolly_Reality335

I am an undergrad student, and I recently had my summer break. So obviously I had a lot of free time in my hands. I wanted to do something that would pay me and also be fun. So I decided to join a local soccer club as a volunteer, and my job was to create obstacle courses for the players.
At first, I thought it was like a piece of cake. You bring out the obstacles, place them randomly, and watch the players run over them. But it wasn't what I thought initially. There was actually a special science and reasoning behind every drill.
For every training session, I had to place the obstacles at specific distances and angles. If I missed it even by a little, the grumpy old coach would immediately shout at me. I used to cross my fingers before every drill, hoping I had placed everything correctly.
And bro, these players run like horses. Don't they ever get tired? If 3rd or 4th division players are this athletic, then the top-flight players must be absolute machines.
At the end of the session, they used to play a fun game with me. They would stand in a circle with the ball while I stayed in the centre. They passed the ball around, and I had to intercept their passes in between, which I almost never did.
But it was still a really fun thing to be part of. They paid me around $10 an hour, and I definitely got much fitter by the end of the break.
I am thinking about joining them again next time the holidays come around, no matter how much the old coach shouts at me ):

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