Intern Extraordinaire, Austin Dietz, will be blogging about once-a-week to give you a unique perspective in what is happening around Ubuntu Sports Outreach and the Ubuntu Football Academy. It will be a unique look into how he is seeing what is happening, but also what it looks and feels to be with us as an intern/volunteer. Hope you enjoy!
Hey everyone,
I'm happy to report some good news. As you've heard, there have been 4 new additions to the Ubuntu family. Two of the four boys (Lutho and Sinethemba) had been working closely with the Academy boys all year so they're already quite connected with the group. The other two boys however, Eric and Wandile, didn't know any of the Ubuntu boys prior to their invitation to join the Academy. So then there was this big question. How were the current Ubuntu boys going to receive Eric and Wandile into the family? If they didn't care for them, it would undoubtedly make the years to come much tougher as a team.
Well, you can stop holding your breath! The good news is that the boys have been getting along GREAT. To be honest, I don't know how much better they could be getting along. They've already given Wandile (the one from Philippi) a nick name that the whole team calls him and they always inquire about Eric's whereabouts if he can't make it to practice. Both Eric and Wandile are very talented technically and because they can "skill" the other players with the ball, they're embraced even more by the Ubuntu boys. For whatever reason, South Africa is all about "skilling" the other guy with the ball. Sometimes, this is so much so, they don't even try to score actually goals but rather just "skill" the opponent multiple times. All this said though, it's been cool to see this group of Academy boys welcome Eric and Wandile into the Ubuntu Academy family.
This doesn't mean Eric and Wandile still don't have some warming up to do to the team though. Both boys are still a little shy, every now and then showing glimpses of their true selves. This is totally understandable though. Coming from a completely different team it can be a little intimidating to work your way into the new team. However, I'm confident within 2 months time they'll be making as many jokes as the rest of the guys and feel right at home.
Having a great time getting to know these two new Ubuntu boys more and more,
Austin
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