Elon Football Costa Rica Global Experience

After we ate lunch, we dropped our stuff at hotel Barceló Palacios, and then headed over to downtown San Jose to host a clinic for Costa Rican football players including a Costa Rican football team the “Toros”, along with a female team  the “Goddesses”. The field was in the heart of San Jose, surrounded by massive mountains and we had a beautiful sunset during the practice. The kids were so excited to learn from us. We introduced ourselves and then split up to offensive/defensive line and quarterbacks, receivers, and defensive backs. We worked on offensive skills for 20 minutes, and then defensive skills for 20 minutes. All of the Costa Rican football players were very coachable, which made it so enjoyable to be out there with them. It was also fun because we would coach them a technique, and then they would have one of their friends translate it to Spanish. To finish the clinic, we had them compete against each other in 1-on-1s. They were working really hard, but were having fun as well which made it such a great experience. To end the clinic, coach Triciani gave a speech about the importance of the ball on offense, and the importance of getting the ball on defense. We ended the clinic with all of us, the Elon football juniors, and all of the Costa Rican football players breaking it down on Elon. We jumped on the bus, had another great Costa Rican meal and went to bed.