Whenever I hear the name "football", I feel that energy in my body which keeps whispering "let's play", such is the impact of football on me and I am sure all the football lovers feel the same. I can't really imagine the world of sports without football and to be honest I don't feel that passion for any other sports. Having begun in 1863, football is played in more than 200 countries by more than 250 million players which makes it the most popular sport in the world. It is more dominant in the continent of Europe though.
Many youngsters around the world dream of becoming footballers and trust me I had dreamed of becoming one myself. Now if you live in a country where football is a dominant/major sport ,you will find it easy to get all the facilities required to become a professional footballer.
But if you live in a country where football is just played for fun, things can be different. You won't be able to get the basic coaching to start your career as a footballer and there will be little or no support from your near and dear ones just because you live in a country where football has no scope. Another limitation is that if you are economically weak, you will probably give up the thought of becoming a footballer.
Andre Gray's Football Academy
If you are a football lover, you must know Andre Gray, yes he is the same Andre Gray who plays as a striker for Watford. He has started an excellent initiative to encourage, support and improve the footballers all around the world by laying the foundation of Andre Gray's Football Coaching Academy on steem blockchain. It is time to learn football from a professional world class player and all you need is a steem account.
A message from Andre Gray which says:
"I want to support young people all across the world to play and enjoy football just like I did. And by using Steem, I can now do that by providing some money which could help you to buy some of your kit or make it easier to enjoy playing football."
Yeah ,you heard that right. You will get paid for doing what you love, there isn't a better feeling in the world. All you have to do is record yourself while you are performing drills and publish those videos on steem blockchain to get rewarded. That means you will earn while you are leaning at the same time.
Steps to join
Sign up for a steem if you don't have an account already.
The issue is that steemit will take some time to verify your account but you don't have to worry because Andre Gray's Football Coaching Academy is giving away free steem accounts which are quickly given to you. But you need to hurry as these accounts are limited.
Now if you already have an account, you just need to login to Andre Gray's Football Coaching Academy Portal through steemconnect.
Finally click on See available drills and upload your video.
Watch any one of the given drills ( I would suggest starting from the first one), practice it and then tell someone to record you while practising the drill. Upload that video to YouTube and then make a post with your video link. Your drill will be reviewed and then it will be upvoted by Andre Gray. You can get a premium upvoted if the quality of the drill and video is good.
You can only post through Andre Gray's portal by using a pc.
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A huge shout out to Andre Gray for organizing such an excellent to help the young footballers throughout the world.
Official Links
Website
Twitter
Steemit
Watford Profile.