Level 2 Begins

On Wednesday, the first group of coaches began the two day level 2 training. The second group of coaches completed level 2 on Friday and Saturday. Sunday and Monday are off days (Thank God for Monday being a Philippine national holiday because we have been going 14 days straight counting our traveling last Sunday). Next Tuesday and Wednesday will be the last group for the level 2 training with Thursday being set aside for level 2 testing.

Sunday and Monday wont totally be off days since there still plenty of work to be done making the test for level 2 and working on the teaching materials for level 3. The coaches have started taking ownership of leading the athlete instruction for at least one of the two afternoon training sessions. That has really worked out great (beside giving Ryan and I a break) it has allowed the coaches to practice coaching the drills and exercises which will help prepare them for the practical test and to be able to teach their teams in the future.

 
The coaches have really stepped up and done a great job running the drills and the athletes really enjoy the coaches doing the instruction (especially since coaches can explain instructions in Tagalog as well as English).