Rob Webber: Football Coaching & Playing in Ghana

Although I had no coaching experience and was a pretty average player, Sporting Opportunities gave me the opportunity to coach football in Ghana.

Three other coaches and I were taken to my village on the Wednesday, ready to start coaching for a tournament on the Sunday. The children were between nine and 21 and arrived en masse (about 75 of them) ready for a ‘super session’ from their European coach. With only seven balls and 18 cones, there wasn’t much I could do but I split the groups up and got them playing five-a-side football, which went down very well.