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Football / Tyrel "Pappy" Emmanuel Thread
« on: March 07, 2016, 07:53:22 PM »
Little footage of him against W Connection on Wednesday - they like him allot over there and we are focused on getting him stronger, it was also a good opportunity to demonstrate to the WConnection Kids the concept of keeping the ball - although most of the possession seems negative, there really was not an attempt to go at goal having scored very early on. Also in the video is Levi's little brother Judah Garcia who will be extremely good - as well as few of our kids who are essential 4/5 years younger than the other players out there. We've lost one player to Connection who is amazing at 11. He would have started that training game for us, but he's coming off the bench for them with their 14s. The emphasis with all of our groups is cementing a clearly identifiable approach to the way all of the kids play the game - they must all be comfortable in possession ...Bless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDkmCRAJ_DM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDkmCRAJ_DM
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Football / Chasing Champions
« on: February 05, 2016, 01:08:24 PM »
Guapo has always been an excellent football community and is a perfect example of the influence that football can have on our youths...Sheldon Mitchell does amazing work with these kids with almost no financial support. His son Jabari Mitchell is an excellent example of what can be achieved - our youths were excited to have the privilege of playing them...
http://youtu.be/4sjls7f5Rfg
http://youtu.be/4sjls7f5Rfg
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Football / After all the talk - National U17 player speaks about what went wrong
« on: March 18, 2015, 08:28:37 PM »7
Football / Flash Highlights U10/U11
« on: March 17, 2015, 06:53:30 PM »Big thank you to coach Stephan Hart for dropping in....Bless.
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Football / Shawn Cooper Thread
« on: February 15, 2015, 11:15:14 AM »
Important People In T&T Football - Shawn Cooper
One Of The Most Important People In T&T Football
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWNoPb1whJo
One Of The Most Important People In T&T Football
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWNoPb1whJo
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Football / 65 Seconds Of Fire
« on: February 05, 2015, 05:49:31 AM »
Featuring T&T National U17 goalkeeper...shooters are 15 yards out. Bless!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecp9c3g0BtI
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/ecp9c3g0BtI" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/ecp9c3g0BtI</a>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecp9c3g0BtI
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Football / Trini Kids Working Hard To Master The Hardest Skill In The Game
« on: January 19, 2015, 07:00:00 PM »
The players love staying after training in pursuit of better technique, its encouraging to see this always in T&T
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_CcvPG1qjI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_CcvPG1qjI
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Football / A Local Football Project
« on: December 17, 2014, 04:02:14 PM »
Yeah fellas, so we've been at it now for 18 mths...there are massive challenges in Trini if yuh trying to do this the right way. We at the point now where we have established a decent football culture and we have attempted to implement an approach to the way the youths play - from the 6s & 7s all the way up to 14s & 15s....Anyway, just a little footage of the youths attempting to play the football "right"...Bless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elza6lOyXLg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW6TODtv658
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elza6lOyXLg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW6TODtv658
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Football / MLS Player Salaries
« on: September 30, 2014, 03:00:06 PM »
I know the players absolutely hate this....Molino's listed as well.
http://www.mlsplayers.org/images/September%2015%202014%20Salary%20Information%20-%20Alphabetical.pdf
http://www.mlsplayers.org/images/September%2015%202014%20Salary%20Information%20-%20Alphabetical.pdf
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Football / Video - Angus Eve Speaks - Upcoming 2014 College's League Season.
« on: August 31, 2014, 01:18:41 PM »
Had a great opportunity to link with Angus last Friday night - he's talks abt his squad Naparima College - the current "tapping up" of college players taking place in the North and East, the new format of the league, youth development, his predictions for his team, and a few other topics as well...I have a feeling the College's league season will be massive this year....Bless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoKSGllcWuU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoKSGllcWuU
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Football / Players heading on trials Thread
« on: August 29, 2014, 09:39:43 PM »
So heard today that two youths have secured an amazing opportunity to go to Barcelona and will be leaving shortly - Jabri Mitchel and another youngster...if this pans out, it represents a truly amazing opportunity. I'm sure we will hear a bit more about it very soon.
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Football / Stephen Hart Talks Ah Bit About....
« on: July 25, 2014, 01:09:19 PM »
Met up with the coach at the U20 screening in Couva, he was kind enough to share some insight into what he feels young players in T&T should be doing - more importantly, I asked about some of the deficiencies that he has observed thus far...the message is simple - if yuh desire to be ah "national" one day - then its good tuh have a sense of what the national coach looking for. Of-course this is ah short interview and not everything is covered. Much respect to Mr. Hart.
P.S. The man is very approachable and always willing to talk football, although me and the little academy is an unknown entity - the man had no problem sparing a few minutes to offer some words knowing that I would be sharing it with our youths - yuh have to respect that! Bless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY60QgIC9KI
P.S. The man is very approachable and always willing to talk football, although me and the little academy is an unknown entity - the man had no problem sparing a few minutes to offer some words knowing that I would be sharing it with our youths - yuh have to respect that! Bless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cY60QgIC9KI
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Football / Coaching Tiki Taka Football In T&T
« on: July 02, 2014, 07:41:54 AM »
Its an approach that's taken a hammering of late, but most players will tell you that there is no greater joy in playing in ah squad where the ball is moved and shared as much. Additionally its a philosophy that has tuh be instilled early - the mentality and willingness to be self less is more difficult to coach once players become older. Tiki Taka is the approach that we have taken and its being instilled in every squad that we have - 6 to 14. Lil video attempting to demonstrate the concept...most of the players are under 12 with one in particular who is 9. Of- course there is so much work to do - improved intensity, focus, work ethic, defensive accountability - but we now start. Bless.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTQx5ZoPr6A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTQx5ZoPr6A
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Football / New Acquisitions
« on: January 30, 2014, 07:23:16 PM »
Well fellas our little Academy just acquired the most important pieces of equipment any team should have ( who not supported by the Government.) Today we purchased a heavy duty grass cutter and a ride on vibratory ground roller). It does pain me to see people trying to develop youths on a bad pitch. That said, if there is anyone out there who involved with youth development and need a Bligh let me know and we will gladly offer the use of the equipment free of charge. Only thing we will have to sought out is transporting the thing. There is talent in this country and we just have to provide these youths with the best possible conditions needed to develop. Bless.
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Football / A Bit Of Topic, But Ah Great Read
« on: December 05, 2013, 11:40:40 PM »
Big up to the man, he making plenty sense:
A bright future?
By George Bovell (Express)
If our society’s future lies with our youth, then it is really in the hands of our coaches and teachers.
If we really are a progressive society and truly value our future, a future filled with high hopes of becoming a developed nation with a better quality of life for all, then we should therefore value our coaches and teachers.
Regrettably, despite what you may think, we don’t. Allow me this page to explain and propose a solution.
Yes, I went to University and have many interests, but I have realised that I will probably never know as much or have such a deep understanding about anything else in life as I do about the very esoteric art and science pertaining to the sport of swimming.
I have been learning from the best and am way past Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000-hour rule (a theory that reckons the key to success in any field is, to a large extent, a matter of practising a specific task for a total of around 10,000 hours). Many of the greatest coaches in the sport of swimming were once top swimmers, and naturally I am often asked if I intend to be a coach. The sad truth is that I know that being a coach in Trinidad and Tobago is a very difficult way to make a good living.
We are living in an increasingly materialistic society driven by the need for instant gratification. We want stuff, and we want those things now. Our materialistic, skewed view of reality places higher value on things than knowledge or experience. Perhaps that is because we are constantly watching a box of flashing lights that is showing us what we need to buy to be happy, or reading magazines of consumerism disguised as health, fitness or fashion.
For whatever reason, more than most other places in the world, the average Trini’s value for stuff over experience and knowledge drives us to spend our disposable income on material things like clothes, electronics, cars, toys etc. rather than experience and knowledge in the form of travel and self-improvement. Everywhere I go in the world, even here in T&T I meet travellers, very interesting people from places like Spain, Australia, Israel, New Zealand and Scandinavia. These people are from developed, civilised societies that value experience and knowledge over stuff and are living minimally, out doing fun interesting things and seeing the world. It is because of this lust, respect and value for knowledge and experience that they choose to spend their money on travel and self-improvement. Take a look around. When did we become such brainwashed consumers?
Now, because of the value placed by our society on things, we tend to attribute a higher social status and afford more respect to the people who are accumulating houses, cars, clothes, boats, electronics—in other words, stuff—and define them as successful.
The definition of success is accomplishing an aim or a purpose. Every one of us needs a purpose to give our life meaning, to provide us with a sense of fulfillment, and happiness. Naturally we all aspire to be successful, and because our materialistic society in T&T defines success as getting lots of things most aspire to this skewed definition. We end up focusing our careers and life paths around this misguided aim. Here in T&T, most often the best and brightest go on into positions and careers that meet our society’s definition of success, getting lots of stuff and sadly neglecting their true passions while thinking they are happy.
With knowledge and experience ranking as low as they do in the view of this society, who in the their right mind would define success as the accumulation of knowledge and experience instead of stuff and aspire to the professions of coaching and teaching? Only the very few die hard, passionate people, that’s who. This cultural attitude has created a dearth of good coaches and teachers, and has had a profound impact on our society as a whole. The few good coaches and teachers that we do have in no way receive fair remuneration for their invaluable services, which exacerbates our problem by creating added discouragement to pursue those careers.
Juxtapose this with the way that other societies value their coaches and teachers. I have been fortunate enough to compete and train in countries all over the world. In China, the eastern former socialist countries and even Cuba, a good coach is exalted and is given the utmost respect, something akin to the position of a general. After all, they are responsible for national pride and international respect in peacetime.
In Japan, I have seen this respect evident by the parents and pupils bowing graciously to the coach and meekly submitting to his will for just a stern nod of acknowledgement.
Many of us follow football. How are coaches and managers like Sir Alex Ferguson treated? In the United States top coaches of all sports at Universities and professional teams are celebrities and are paid extremely well. Australia, New Zealand, and the Scandinavian countries along with Cuba are per capita among the most successful at the Olympics. It is no coincidence that these societies which value coaches also have education systems that are consistently ranked the top in the world.
The repercussions of T&T’s misplaced value system, sadly, are clearly evident.
Our society’s desire for things and its past neglect of the disenfranchised youth is now coming back to bite us in the form of our terrible, pervasive crime problem.
All of our most successful athletes are in part successful because they either got the opportunity to hone their talent and skill abroad under foreign tutelage from societies that value knowledge and experience in systems such as the NCAA; or have been fortunate enough to be coached by great foreign coaches from those societies, here for example, by Cuban coaches that have been brought down by the government. Although coached locally by Dr Ian Hypolite, even Jehue
Gordon has received help here from a Cuban coach. As I found out the hard way while studying at University abroad, it is naive to fully expect a foreign coach to prepare you to beat his countrymen at the Olympics. Our national football team has been most successful when coached by foreigners such as the Dutchman Leo Beenhakker.
As I said above, we want our future to be in good hands, so to speak. It will be hard to change our society’s value system, but perhaps we can put the solution in alignment with our current skewed one to make a start. I propose we fix the problem by paying our coaches and teachers more, so that these necessary professions become respected ones that our best and brightest may aspire to.
Right now, our success stories are rare, precious and finite, but consider that one great coach or teacher is worth many successful athletes and students.
A bright future?
By George Bovell (Express)
If our society’s future lies with our youth, then it is really in the hands of our coaches and teachers.
If we really are a progressive society and truly value our future, a future filled with high hopes of becoming a developed nation with a better quality of life for all, then we should therefore value our coaches and teachers.
Regrettably, despite what you may think, we don’t. Allow me this page to explain and propose a solution.
Yes, I went to University and have many interests, but I have realised that I will probably never know as much or have such a deep understanding about anything else in life as I do about the very esoteric art and science pertaining to the sport of swimming.
I have been learning from the best and am way past Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000-hour rule (a theory that reckons the key to success in any field is, to a large extent, a matter of practising a specific task for a total of around 10,000 hours). Many of the greatest coaches in the sport of swimming were once top swimmers, and naturally I am often asked if I intend to be a coach. The sad truth is that I know that being a coach in Trinidad and Tobago is a very difficult way to make a good living.
We are living in an increasingly materialistic society driven by the need for instant gratification. We want stuff, and we want those things now. Our materialistic, skewed view of reality places higher value on things than knowledge or experience. Perhaps that is because we are constantly watching a box of flashing lights that is showing us what we need to buy to be happy, or reading magazines of consumerism disguised as health, fitness or fashion.
For whatever reason, more than most other places in the world, the average Trini’s value for stuff over experience and knowledge drives us to spend our disposable income on material things like clothes, electronics, cars, toys etc. rather than experience and knowledge in the form of travel and self-improvement. Everywhere I go in the world, even here in T&T I meet travellers, very interesting people from places like Spain, Australia, Israel, New Zealand and Scandinavia. These people are from developed, civilised societies that value experience and knowledge over stuff and are living minimally, out doing fun interesting things and seeing the world. It is because of this lust, respect and value for knowledge and experience that they choose to spend their money on travel and self-improvement. Take a look around. When did we become such brainwashed consumers?
Now, because of the value placed by our society on things, we tend to attribute a higher social status and afford more respect to the people who are accumulating houses, cars, clothes, boats, electronics—in other words, stuff—and define them as successful.
The definition of success is accomplishing an aim or a purpose. Every one of us needs a purpose to give our life meaning, to provide us with a sense of fulfillment, and happiness. Naturally we all aspire to be successful, and because our materialistic society in T&T defines success as getting lots of things most aspire to this skewed definition. We end up focusing our careers and life paths around this misguided aim. Here in T&T, most often the best and brightest go on into positions and careers that meet our society’s definition of success, getting lots of stuff and sadly neglecting their true passions while thinking they are happy.
With knowledge and experience ranking as low as they do in the view of this society, who in the their right mind would define success as the accumulation of knowledge and experience instead of stuff and aspire to the professions of coaching and teaching? Only the very few die hard, passionate people, that’s who. This cultural attitude has created a dearth of good coaches and teachers, and has had a profound impact on our society as a whole. The few good coaches and teachers that we do have in no way receive fair remuneration for their invaluable services, which exacerbates our problem by creating added discouragement to pursue those careers.
Juxtapose this with the way that other societies value their coaches and teachers. I have been fortunate enough to compete and train in countries all over the world. In China, the eastern former socialist countries and even Cuba, a good coach is exalted and is given the utmost respect, something akin to the position of a general. After all, they are responsible for national pride and international respect in peacetime.
In Japan, I have seen this respect evident by the parents and pupils bowing graciously to the coach and meekly submitting to his will for just a stern nod of acknowledgement.
Many of us follow football. How are coaches and managers like Sir Alex Ferguson treated? In the United States top coaches of all sports at Universities and professional teams are celebrities and are paid extremely well. Australia, New Zealand, and the Scandinavian countries along with Cuba are per capita among the most successful at the Olympics. It is no coincidence that these societies which value coaches also have education systems that are consistently ranked the top in the world.
The repercussions of T&T’s misplaced value system, sadly, are clearly evident.
Our society’s desire for things and its past neglect of the disenfranchised youth is now coming back to bite us in the form of our terrible, pervasive crime problem.
All of our most successful athletes are in part successful because they either got the opportunity to hone their talent and skill abroad under foreign tutelage from societies that value knowledge and experience in systems such as the NCAA; or have been fortunate enough to be coached by great foreign coaches from those societies, here for example, by Cuban coaches that have been brought down by the government. Although coached locally by Dr Ian Hypolite, even Jehue
Gordon has received help here from a Cuban coach. As I found out the hard way while studying at University abroad, it is naive to fully expect a foreign coach to prepare you to beat his countrymen at the Olympics. Our national football team has been most successful when coached by foreigners such as the Dutchman Leo Beenhakker.
As I said above, we want our future to be in good hands, so to speak. It will be hard to change our society’s value system, but perhaps we can put the solution in alignment with our current skewed one to make a start. I propose we fix the problem by paying our coaches and teachers more, so that these necessary professions become respected ones that our best and brightest may aspire to.
Right now, our success stories are rare, precious and finite, but consider that one great coach or teacher is worth many successful athletes and students.
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Football / 6 months of work... first game, first victory
« on: November 04, 2013, 10:45:21 AM »
Well fellas the youths have put in a tremendous amount of work, and we now get started. Played Waterloo Soccer Institute and the youngsters played some good stuff at times. Most happy with the fact that they understand the importance of professionalism in their preparation - from getting to match venue at a specific time to warm up time to stuff we trying to accomplish in the game. i make no exaggeration when I say that there is a young players here that will be one of the best, 8 years old but playing like a man already - spoke to Yorkie at the New Zealand game and he sounds genuine about keeping tabs on him. This kid is good enough to throw into our Under 13 team...very excited about his prospects and the work the entire group is doing. They love to train and are having a great time with their football. Little video (tunnel cam, with no tunnel of-course) Bless...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZbF6h5j-44
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZbF6h5j-44
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Football / A Local Phenom In The Making
« on: September 20, 2013, 01:48:55 PM »
Its been six months since we started and allot of progress being made, I do believe that we have a kid Dantaye Gilbert - 8 years old who will be the real deal, at his age, he is doing things that I haven't seen in a long long time - that is no mamaguy. A few others as well who have the spanner obsession lol! Bless...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmrK5Jeyu0M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmrK5Jeyu0M
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Football / Where is best small goal sweat in Trinidad?
« on: February 16, 2013, 10:53:14 PM »
Grew up on small goal, wondering after all these years where men going for a pound? Curious to see if there are "small goal champs" like there were back in the day...
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Football / Is there any video out there on men like Leroy DeLeon?
« on: January 29, 2013, 11:40:04 PM »
.....Warren Archibald, Steve David, Bobby Sookram, Henry Quanvie.....always hear allot of the older heads talk about these legends, unfortunately, there does not appear to be anything video wise on these guys. Such a shame!
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Football / A Night These Young Men Will Never Forget...
« on: November 06, 2012, 04:08:05 AM »
Went down to the Manny and saw what had to be - the most unlikely result in college's league history! (maybe a bit of an exaggeration)....anyway, tried to capture some of the celebrations of the the 2012 National Champions - Carapicaima East Secondary. Game highlights will be aired on local TV tonight I imagine, was nice to see a big crowd and decent atmosphere....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wImnk6zIH4w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wImnk6zIH4w
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Football / This is what VICTORY looks like! (An all access look...)
« on: October 23, 2012, 12:02:16 PM »
A FIRST TIME VICTORY IN THE HISTORY OF ANY TEAM IS A SPECIAL MOMENT - one that will never be forgotten. Just wanted to share it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_sWjrxmMxM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_sWjrxmMxM
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Football / Alright Fellas Here It Is.....
« on: September 24, 2012, 05:12:47 PM »
As promised, a never before look at things behind the scenes...from a pro team warm up (conducted by a trainer flown in from Spain), dressing room activity prior to the game (including some of the coaches instructions to the players), the riddim section, the mood as the players line up in the tunnel, and an interview with a team official. I should tell you that the aim is not game highlights, that can be seen on TV, all the major local TV outlets were there and I know the pro league provides their highlights of the games via their website....cannot infridge on their exclusive rights to that. Hopefully, the footage gives the men outside a look at what this thing involves. As promised, win, loose or draw - this footage will be brought to you! Bless!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V2N4t-TlWw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V2N4t-TlWw
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Football / We need to see some of the other Pro League team doing...
« on: September 20, 2012, 04:20:16 PM »
some of this type of promotional work, selling their teams....creating some rivalries. I dont think you can sit back and hope that the PRO LEAGUE will assume the resposibility! There are lots of youngsters out there in the visual communications/ marketing field - get them on as interns, create some "street teams' who can distribute info etc....sorry about the rant, but I sometimes feel like football people have sat back and simply accepted that football may be in the doldrums. We are in an era of opportunity, but success will not be easily achieved.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeAb-xq8oxg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FeAb-xq8oxg
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Football / A "FOREIGN COACH" ADDRESSING LOCAL PLAYERS...
« on: September 17, 2012, 08:56:45 PM »
Always wondered what type of info coaches - both foreign and local say to players - what demeanor do they use to communicate with players? What's the nature of the information? I remember always wanting to hear what a man like "Leo" had to say to the Soca Warriors in training, maybe at half time? I think coaches as a whole would be somewhat guarded about this insight being shared...but Graham Rix has no problem with it, and is very much open to the idea, Kevin Jeffrey from Central is very keen on the concept as well, its nice to hear what a local man is saying to local players.... I have an interview with Angus Eve as well coming, he is also willing to share his insight as a young coach dealing with national team players, and now in his capacity as head coach of North East Stars.... dat coming shortly. As a man based outside, these are the things I always wanted insight into, not sure about you all? Bless!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVw2bVb-36U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVw2bVb-36U
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Football / FOOTBALL APPEARS TO BE ALIVE AND WELL!!!
« on: September 08, 2012, 12:29:15 PM »
.....at least in the college's league? Was able to sneak away from work for a bit to catch a little of the action...traffic getting into the "Manny" was insane, the office is 10 mins away, but it took me an hour to get to the stadium and there was no parking at that time...eventually got there at about 5:25 (game started at 5) and there was still a huge line outside the stadium to get in....Anyway, just wanted to give men living "outside" a quick glimpse of some of the "sights and sounds"...this is not mean't to be highlights of the game and so forth, just trying to capture some of the atmosphere... Actual game highlights should be on sports news, as I saw TV cameras there...Bless!
And yes fellas, lil bit of music, but you can clearly hear the "riddim" section at the game lol! Minor league video coming soon..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFQs8OwQHIk
And yes fellas, lil bit of music, but you can clearly hear the "riddim" section at the game lol! Minor league video coming soon..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFQs8OwQHIk
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