Blog 11 Mentorship

1) I have been doing my mentorship at Irapuato F.C. I have been doing it here becasue this is the team my mentor coaches. The 16 hours I have done all were done with Irapuato.
2) Lorenzo Raya. He is my mentor and coach of the team. He attends all the practices and games.
3) I have done 16 hours so far.
4) My ten hours started with my mentor teaching me different techniques to imporve the teams touch. Then once we incorperated that into our daily routine, we started to work on free kicks and plays. Also once when most of our players were away on vacation, coach instructed us on how to play "dirty".  Then two weeks before we went on break, coach Lorenzo could not make the practices or games due to personal reasons, so I was left in charge.

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1) Over the break I honestly did not have many activities besides practicing with the team my mentor has. Since most players are going out of town for Christmas break, we did not have most of our team. We stuck to working on passing and individual ball control. One practice my mentor and I sat down to talk to the players about protecting yourself on the field.
2)  The most significant thing that I learned is the concept of dirty soccer. When my mentor talked to the team, he taught us about all the dirty tricks some players may do. The reason he taught us this is so that when we face someone who is trying to do this to us, we can know and not get hurt.
3) If I had to conduct a 10 question interview on questions related to answers of your EQ, I would ask Refugio Mancilla because he is a Chivas USA coach and Mexican youth scout. He knows about soccer, as a coach and player so he can give me plenty of professional information.