Only you/Jesse Lingard (C)

Bucketful of confidence

Mias POV:
'What time is it?' I laughed sitting at one end of the table.
'Exactly 7 now Mia.' Smiled one of the boys.
'Wow, that went quick, anyway, Hi I'm Mia nice to meet you all.' I Smiled.
They all waved and smiled back at me.
'Let's go round and I'll find out all of your names, you've got your lanyards on anyway but I want a rough idea.' I Said.

'Hey I'm Kyle.' Said one boy in the corner. He seemed quiet but he knew what he was doing.
'I'm Corey, I'm Dylan, Hi I'm Andrew.' The next three boys said.
'I'm Alfie, Jack, Callum, Hey I'm Nick.'
'Spencer, Harry, Michael, Tyrone, Ethan.'
'Tj, I'm Lucas, hey my name is Jonah, I'm Corbyn.' Said the next group of boys.
The last three boys were the ones sat closer to me, and for what I could see they were a few of the Tottenham players. They had the kits on and I think that's what their lanyards said.
'I'm Marcus, my names Paul, I'm Niall.' They Replied.
'Awesome, and I've forgotten most of them already.' I Said.
They all laughed. 

It was just me and the boys in the room at the moment because Gareth had gone to collect the coaches.
'So first of all, Gareth is not as scary as you think, or as he looks, if it makes you feel any better I call him G man.' I laughed.
'So today I would just like to give you the baseline idea of what you would be doing and how you should be thinking.' I Said looking around the room.

'Positive thinking is key, as a coach it's my job to encourage the players to use their own mind, You've got to be independent whilst using your teammates, players who don't use their team never get anywhere. It's a team game, not solo.' I Said.
'I'm going to take you down to meet your professional ambassadors for today.' I Said standing up.

As we were walking down the stairs Tyrone came up to me and put his arm around me.
'Do you need help?' He Asked.
'Oh, I'm alright now, thank you.' I Smiled.
I think he was flirting to be honest, but he did let go of me.
I sent the boys swiftly into their teams where I was met by Gareth with my three coaches.

'Hey Mia, today you have Anna, Noah and Mason.' He Smiled. I shook their hands and we sat down on the side of the pitch.
'So what got you guys into wanting to do this?' I Asked.

Noah spoke up first.
'I mean, I was always one of those kids at school that didn't play football but knew all about it, and a lot of the boys kept telling me I was a good coach because I had the knowledge, so I took it from there.' He Smiled.
'Yeah that's good, especially that people are encouraging you that's nice, what about you Anna?' I asked. Noah seemed to be passionate.

'Yeah, So I have 6 brothers, and they all love football. As the youngest I never wanted to be left out but they were so rough I never wanted to join in. So I learned about it and have actually followed you for a long time Mia. I find what you do inspiring for women.' She Smiled.
'Woah, that's crazy, 6 brothers is basically like living with a team of sweaty footballers.' I laughed.

Mason told me that he believed it was something that he was mentally prepared to do. He said that he liked giving advice and had always been told he was great at positive criticism.
I gave them clipboards and on came the rising stars. Their first task was to coach.

They were terrified. And I didn't blame them.