melensdad
Well-Known Member
I'm a volunteer Saber Fencing coach at a couple high schools and a local fencing club.
Last year I started working with a 17 year old girl, who came to America for school, from Russia. She was already an amazing young fencer. In fact better than I can train. But she trusted me. I got her a better coach to work with her, but she picked me to be her sideline coach at tournaments. We travelled to both coasts and places in between. She is now living 1000 miles away from me, but we communicate a few times each week. We also still travel to most national events together. Today she is in North Carolina without me so I'm watching the results on-line.
The largest event of the season, and a qualifying event for world games and the next Olympic games is taking place today. My girl just defeated, 5-4, one of the top US fencers in the country today, a current member of both the US Olympic and the US National team.
Can't explain how proud I am of this young lady.
WOW, just wow.
Last year I started working with a 17 year old girl, who came to America for school, from Russia. She was already an amazing young fencer. In fact better than I can train. But she trusted me. I got her a better coach to work with her, but she picked me to be her sideline coach at tournaments. We travelled to both coasts and places in between. She is now living 1000 miles away from me, but we communicate a few times each week. We also still travel to most national events together. Today she is in North Carolina without me so I'm watching the results on-line.
The largest event of the season, and a qualifying event for world games and the next Olympic games is taking place today. My girl just defeated, 5-4, one of the top US fencers in the country today, a current member of both the US Olympic and the US National team.
Can't explain how proud I am of this young lady.
WOW, just wow.