One Time. . . At Soccer Camp. . .

I've been at soccer camp for the last few days, in the mornings from nine to noon. It's been pretty fun. . . but I guess you'd expect that at least, wouldn't you?

We've spent the hours together playing extremely random games and occasionally earning points for it. It's been enjoyable overall; at least better than what I would do at home.

And of course. . . whenever you get a group of self-centered, competitive, goofy people together, you tend to have a few things to laugh about. A lot of them are just goofy things that you probably had to be there for, so I apologize ahead of time if they aren't funny. Anyway, prepare to hear my soccer camp stories!

My soccer coach (His name is Marc,) likes to poke fun at the kids. Today, he told one of the kids to go over to coach Matt (He's the cute coach,) and ask him for a long stand. So, sweet little oblivious boy goes over there, and Matt tells him to wait. For about ten minutes he stands there, completely unaware that his group is laughing their heads off. He came back and said that the coach wouldn't give it to him, and he still can't figure out what's so funny.

Since they have very distinct British accents, you can expect that we might have a little trouble understanding them. Our coach told us to go use the "Lou" during break time. Well, everyone was very confused, and I explained to him that we don't call the toilet a "Lou."
"Well, what do you call it, then?" He asked. "A John?"
Another time, we were choosing team names. "Alright, pick a team name that starts with eh."
My team immediately called England. "No, it has to start with eh."
We all looked at each other. "E? England. Doesn't that work?"
"No! No. Eh as in Eh, Be, Ce, De. Eh!" He scribbled an 'A' furiously on his notepad.
"Oh. . ." We all said.

The thing about the Brits is that they say their alphabet "Eh, be, ce, de, eh, ef, ge. . ." and so on.
Whereas, an American would say their alphabet, "Ay, Bee, Cee, Dee, Eee, Ef, Gee. . ."

Soccer camp has been quite an experience. What have I learned, though?

• How to perfect passing
• More about heading, bumping and volleying
• More about defense
• How to carry out a conversation with someone who has a different accent

For one week, that's not bad! Not bad at all, is it, mate?