On two Fridays a month, the second and the fourth, we meet at Monmouth Leisure Centre at 2.00 pm. We play in the squash courts; the dividing wall is retracted.
We do warm up exercises while the courts are readied. We then do 20 minutes or so of skills, drills and tactics.
Then we play small sided, mixed games, switching teams as necessary for the rest of the time.
It is surprisingly good fun. And we genuinely get a sweat on.
It’s not about who can run the fastest, jump highest or push the hardest.
It’s not about budgets and transfer fees, VAR and rainy, cold weekday evenings in Stoke!
It’s pass, move, position, vision and the goalie is too old to dive!
Plenty of action!
We might end up with a penalty shoot out and a handshake all round.
