For the last seven weeks I have been working the the Dorset Centre of Excellence for girls football.  I currently train under 10’s, under 12’s, under 14’s and under 16’s.

When I first joined the centre I was concerned at the number of girls whose fitness levels were very poor.  I ran some performance tests and the results were surprising.  It was a task ahead to help improve the girls fitness and their understanding of general health.  For the last seven weeks I have introduced aerobic and strength training to the older girls and with the younger ones concentrated more on the FUNdamental movements of sport.  To our delight we are now starting to see good results.  The older girls are really enjoying the fitness and getting better at their sport.  They all have a better range of movement and there are no injuries at present.  I am confident to say this is because I have drummed in to them about the importance of stretching.

I would like to say a big thank you to Robbie and the other coaches for supporting me and an even bigger thank you to ALL the girls at the centre for listening to me and putting it in to practice.

Rachel xx