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A quick video...definitely not about hard tricks (not really dressed for it in this video)...more about the cool view in the background. Have been playing each day. Yesterday I worked on osis. Not particularly successfully though...
I am getting sick. That is not really pleasant. Have a cough and a sore throat and the smog of Santiago is not much help for that.
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hmmm, made a long post yesterday that didn't quite work out. Oh well.
Had a very good session yesterday. Hit a new trick (fairy ss dlo) and a couple of tricks I have not hit very often (flip smog and stepping diving butterfly).
I'm going to start a new program aiming to teach English through Footbag at a school on Friday. This will be the development of my idea and hopefully I can expand from there.
I will also go on TV soon. I ordered a new extra large bag from Hania for the occasion.
It has been good the recent discussions about Olympics, routines, etc. I don't think footbag will ever be in the Olympics (unless they are looking for a cheap filler event if they lose a couple of major sponsors). On routines, I think what we will see rising in the next few years is an increase of high level technical combos, in perfect (or close to) moments during the routine. I think these days we more often think of a key trick someone hits in the routine, say an alpine fog or something like that....rather than a combination of tricks.
I think it will still be some time before we all really work out the choreography.
Had a very good session yesterday. Hit a new trick (fairy ss dlo) and a couple of tricks I have not hit very often (flip smog and stepping diving butterfly).
I'm going to start a new program aiming to teach English through Footbag at a school on Friday. This will be the development of my idea and hopefully I can expand from there.
I will also go on TV soon. I ordered a new extra large bag from Hania for the occasion.
It has been good the recent discussions about Olympics, routines, etc. I don't think footbag will ever be in the Olympics (unless they are looking for a cheap filler event if they lose a couple of major sponsors). On routines, I think what we will see rising in the next few years is an increase of high level technical combos, in perfect (or close to) moments during the routine. I think these days we more often think of a key trick someone hits in the routine, say an alpine fog or something like that....rather than a combination of tricks.
I think it will still be some time before we all really work out the choreography.
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Have been feeling sore ever since I backed up the Aussie rules training session with a footbag session. That was three days ago now.
It is a public holiday here in Chile, though I have come to the office. Francisca's mum has a housekeeper a couple of days a week, but when there is a public holiday, she doesn't work, and when she doesn't work, she doesn't get paid. So we have had her come around today. But then there is a lot of noise, so I came to the office instead.
I am working on some ideas but I guess I have no coherency in my planning and all of these things.
This is the next stage now. I have finished my Masters, so now it's on to the next step.
Which is...
It is a public holiday here in Chile, though I have come to the office. Francisca's mum has a housekeeper a couple of days a week, but when there is a public holiday, she doesn't work, and when she doesn't work, she doesn't get paid. So we have had her come around today. But then there is a lot of noise, so I came to the office instead.
I am working on some ideas but I guess I have no coherency in my planning and all of these things.
This is the next stage now. I have finished my Masters, so now it's on to the next step.
Which is...
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This sounds like the traveler's dream job if I've ever heard of one. But footbag has quite a steep learning curve, and I personally can't quite connect the dots to teaching English through it. I would love to hear more about this as time goes on.boyle wrote:I'm going to start a new program aiming to teach English through Footbag at a school on Friday. This will be the development of my idea and hopefully I can expand from there.
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Thanks for dropping by! I actually replied to this a while ago, but it never posted 
I started my English - footbag program on Friday. I am going to continue this for a few months, for an hour each day on Friday until November.
(As long as the school doesn't go en toma. This is from a different school. So the high school students are "occupying" the schools in order to protest against the current education system. Now they are being thrown out forcefully by the police special forces. The schools were "taken" for about 6 months last year.
Not sure where that is all going to go, and it doesn't really have anything to do with footbag...will be interesting to keep an eye on though.
So, because I have longer than planned in this program, I am going to use the first few weeks, just doing very basic things. I think I am going to give four weeks simply to the introduction of the sport and to get their level of English.
Of course, there is a mixed level in both.
What I did on Friday was to introduce myself, get everyone to introduce themselves, then talked a bit about the sport. Then I got each person to do one kick. That was the first task...from there, the next thing was that I would specify where they had to kick (ie left toe, right knee), just as a bit of a test of identifying that.
Then I would suggest that they try and get two kicks. Everyone could do that too. Then I told them that this is where it all begins, and if we all keep going, then we can get better.
The final goal is to organise a mini competition (probably just consecutive kicks), where they present the entire competition in English. So that was one other thing I worked on....each student had to do a couple of kicks, then once they finished, present the next person. I think they didn't really understand the idea of this, so I will go through that again next week.
I have been going to train for Aussie Rules each week, but I think this week I will go and see if the freestyle football guys are around. I haven't seen them for quite some time.
I am going to go on TV soon. I film in October. So it's not that soon come to think of it. My friend Jonathan is coming to visit on Friday. He was getting into Footbag a bit when we left Australia, so it will be good to have someone to have a kick around with.
I started my English - footbag program on Friday. I am going to continue this for a few months, for an hour each day on Friday until November.
(As long as the school doesn't go en toma. This is from a different school. So the high school students are "occupying" the schools in order to protest against the current education system. Now they are being thrown out forcefully by the police special forces. The schools were "taken" for about 6 months last year.
Not sure where that is all going to go, and it doesn't really have anything to do with footbag...will be interesting to keep an eye on though.
So, because I have longer than planned in this program, I am going to use the first few weeks, just doing very basic things. I think I am going to give four weeks simply to the introduction of the sport and to get their level of English.
Of course, there is a mixed level in both.
What I did on Friday was to introduce myself, get everyone to introduce themselves, then talked a bit about the sport. Then I got each person to do one kick. That was the first task...from there, the next thing was that I would specify where they had to kick (ie left toe, right knee), just as a bit of a test of identifying that.
Then I would suggest that they try and get two kicks. Everyone could do that too. Then I told them that this is where it all begins, and if we all keep going, then we can get better.
The final goal is to organise a mini competition (probably just consecutive kicks), where they present the entire competition in English. So that was one other thing I worked on....each student had to do a couple of kicks, then once they finished, present the next person. I think they didn't really understand the idea of this, so I will go through that again next week.
I have been going to train for Aussie Rules each week, but I think this week I will go and see if the freestyle football guys are around. I haven't seen them for quite some time.
I am going to go on TV soon. I film in October. So it's not that soon come to think of it. My friend Jonathan is coming to visit on Friday. He was getting into Footbag a bit when we left Australia, so it will be good to have someone to have a kick around with.
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I went and played yesterday with the freestyle football guys. I was glad to go along, as I hadn't been in some time. Hopefully during this week we will play midweek. That suits me much better than the Sundays, as I do quite like going to the Aussie Rules training.
Hit a few tricks yesterday, nothing particularly special...it was just good to play in some similar company. I will have to get in touch with these hacky sack players to go for a kick again...I haven't seen them in a while.
I got my tax return back from Australia the other day. I got about $1,000 back. That was very nice, though it just went into paying debt back.
I played today. The final trick I hit was swifter. That is a cool trick. Aside from that I didn't have too many highlights. I was just playing to play more than anything. I would really love to start earning big piles of money.
Well, not big piles...just enough to get buy. I am working on ideas about my footbag program, I think it can be something really cool and could work well for me. Let's see how that turns out.
Hit a few tricks yesterday, nothing particularly special...it was just good to play in some similar company. I will have to get in touch with these hacky sack players to go for a kick again...I haven't seen them in a while.
I got my tax return back from Australia the other day. I got about $1,000 back. That was very nice, though it just went into paying debt back.
I played today. The final trick I hit was swifter. That is a cool trick. Aside from that I didn't have too many highlights. I was just playing to play more than anything. I would really love to start earning big piles of money.
Well, not big piles...just enough to get buy. I am working on ideas about my footbag program, I think it can be something really cool and could work well for me. Let's see how that turns out.
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I keep planning to play every day, though it never works out. I have played most days and of course it is good to have some rest. Though I would like to go for one month of playing every day. I should have played today actually, I went to one of the student protests and at the beginning there were a few jugglers, drummers etc. Though I was there by myself and trying to get some photos for a story.
That is something I would love to get some video of actually.
I went to the Recopa Sudamericana last night, Santos came to play U de Chile. It finished as a 0-0 draw. It was a pretty exciting game though, end to end stuff. Neymar also missed a penalty, which is a rare sight to see. It musn't rain much in Brazil...
Will play tomorrow.
That is something I would love to get some video of actually.
I went to the Recopa Sudamericana last night, Santos came to play U de Chile. It finished as a 0-0 draw. It was a pretty exciting game though, end to end stuff. Neymar also missed a penalty, which is a rare sight to see. It musn't rain much in Brazil...
Will play tomorrow.
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I played this morning. Got up and the first thing I did was play footbag. It was a bit cold outside and I didn't have a great sleep (plus I had quite a few beers the night before), but it was good to get in a session.
I went back to the school yesterday and continued my classes. One of the kids did around the world. What I am really working on is getting everyone involved.
I am really just sampling some different things to do in these early lessons
Some of the ones that I did yesterday were
- Say your name, then your favourite food, then kick the bag
- Go through the alphabet, each student says a, b, c etc and kicks the bag to the next student. They can catch it and continue. I think I would like to expand that so that we could try and go right through the alphabet passing the bag, rather than catching.
- One of the ones from last week, I think this is a very good one. Each student has to introduce the next person - "this is Sebastián" etc. I would like to expand this activity further and get them to say "and he will play footbag" etc
- After this I just got them to play in circles, trying to get a hack, and count along while they are going.
- After this, I did a longest kick activity. This I could do again, with less people and talk about 1st, 2nd, longest, shortest, blah blah blah.
Jonathan arrived yesterday. We are planning on running a ten k race in Patagonia. They are having a marathon too, but I do not really think I am in the condition to run a marathon in high altitudes and cold conditions.
I went back to the school yesterday and continued my classes. One of the kids did around the world. What I am really working on is getting everyone involved.
I am really just sampling some different things to do in these early lessons
Some of the ones that I did yesterday were
- Say your name, then your favourite food, then kick the bag
- Go through the alphabet, each student says a, b, c etc and kicks the bag to the next student. They can catch it and continue. I think I would like to expand that so that we could try and go right through the alphabet passing the bag, rather than catching.
- One of the ones from last week, I think this is a very good one. Each student has to introduce the next person - "this is Sebastián" etc. I would like to expand this activity further and get them to say "and he will play footbag" etc
- After this I just got them to play in circles, trying to get a hack, and count along while they are going.
- After this, I did a longest kick activity. This I could do again, with less people and talk about 1st, 2nd, longest, shortest, blah blah blah.
Jonathan arrived yesterday. We are planning on running a ten k race in Patagonia. They are having a marathon too, but I do not really think I am in the condition to run a marathon in high altitudes and cold conditions.
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I gave my third class today at the school in La Florida. Things are going along well, some of the kids are learning around the worlds and a few other tricks. Today I brought in a takraw (ball?) and we played a bit of that. With no net of course, this is the Chilean public school system that has led to so many protests...
Jonathan and his girlfriend went to Buenos Aires. I guess Francisca and I are both a bit annoyed as we were expecting them to stay longer. I decided to go to Patagonia anyway. We are also going to the Atacama, as our friend is holding a conference. Unfortunately I screwed up the booking of the tickets, so we are not going to be there exactly on the right dates. That is something to overcome further into the future.
I played today, felt alright, though my legs were a bit sore, as I have been running a bit to prepare for this event. I hit one half of rubberman, which I may not have even done before. Yesterday, or maybe the day before, I came very close to hitting phoenix>ripped warrior>spinning ducking butterfly.
Not close enough of course. today I was working on fairy dlo, which I have never hit before, had it close a couple of times, but didn't make it. I did hit rev swirl>far swirl, which is a fun combo, and tombstone, which I don't hit often
Jonathan and his girlfriend went to Buenos Aires. I guess Francisca and I are both a bit annoyed as we were expecting them to stay longer. I decided to go to Patagonia anyway. We are also going to the Atacama, as our friend is holding a conference. Unfortunately I screwed up the booking of the tickets, so we are not going to be there exactly on the right dates. That is something to overcome further into the future.
I played today, felt alright, though my legs were a bit sore, as I have been running a bit to prepare for this event. I hit one half of rubberman, which I may not have even done before. Yesterday, or maybe the day before, I came very close to hitting phoenix>ripped warrior>spinning ducking butterfly.
Not close enough of course. today I was working on fairy dlo, which I have never hit before, had it close a couple of times, but didn't make it. I did hit rev swirl>far swirl, which is a fun combo, and tombstone, which I don't hit often
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I have been working this afternoon on a bit of an outline for my program. If some of you that read this blog would like to have a look and give any comments, that would be a great help.
I have been working on a new program, the current name I am thinking of using is Aprender Con Deportes (Learn With Sports). I am going to write down my ideas for a two page outline in this blog post.
About Aprender Con Deportes
Aprender Con Deportes is a program to promote the learning of English with sports, in turn helping promote smaller sports. It is run by Daniel Boyle, an Australian freestyle footbag player living in Chile.
The first program is called "Let's Learn: Footbag". The plan is to expand into other sports and other activities. Aside from improving language skills and learning about new sports, the program aims to involve the students in other areas of the sport, in order to improve communication, leadership and other skills.
The Let's Learn: Footbag program is currently taking place at Liceo Los Almendros in La Florida, Santiago de Chile.
Mission
To use sports to promote learning, communication, leadership and teamwork while helping lesser known sports.
Vision
To successfully integrate learning through sports as a key part of the learning process, first in Latin America.
Aims
Improve English speaking skills in Latin America
Use sports to improve leadership and communication
Work together with sporting organisations
Receive government funding to support the program
Expand the program to other languages outside of English
Include indigenous languages
Make the program available to people of all ages and backgrounds
Promote the program through media appearances
Objectives
Complete Let's Learn: Footbag program at Los Almendros
Add one more school to the program by end of 2012
Receive funding to support the program
Link with other sporting organisations
Be a part of the Elige Vivir Sano program
Appear in the media five times in 2012
Run ten programs by 2015
Expand outside of Chile
Combine with government programs to support language learning
Expand to other languages in 2013
Combine with other programs that promote sport
Use embassies and foreign institutions to promote the program
Let's Learn: Footbag
The Let's Learn program aims to use a number of sports to promote the learning of languages. The pilot program matches the sport of Footbag (often known as Hacky Sack) with learning English. The first school is Los Almendros in La Florida.
The association came after a meeting at an event at the British Embassy, celebrating 100 Days until the Olympic Games. Following the meeting, Daniel Boyle gave a footbag performance at the school's "English Song Festival" as well as judging the performances. He will repeat this at a similar event for all schools within the La Florida municipality.
The program at Los Almendros is an ongoing program in order to test various ideas, however the aim of the Let's Learn program is to create a ten week program, finishing with a final competition. The program is very flexible and can be changed for the needs of the students or institution.
The program currently stands as such:
1. Introduction to the sport and testing of levels
2. Sharing knowledge of the sport
3. Training in the sport (learning skills and training techniques)
4. Talking about the sport (commentary, marketing, media)
5. Assigning places for final presentation (players, coaches, judges, commentators, marketing, promotion, captains, etc)
6. Review of international competitions and the sport in Chile
7. Promoting the grand event
8. Training for final presentation
9. Final presentation (no audience)
10. Final presentation in front of an audience
About Footbag
Footbag is a sport using a small bag (pelotita), moving your legs and body around the bag to do tricks. There are two main disciplines to footbag: freestyle and net. The program aims to teach students about both disciplines and encourage a mixture of disciplines.
Footbag started in Portland, USA in the early 1970s. The strongest places for footbag currently are Poland, Finland, Czech Republic and parts of the USA and Canada.
About Daniel Boyle
Daniel Boyle is an Australian living in Chile. He has a Bachelor of Sports Management from the University of Canberra and a Master of Arts (Writing) from Swinburne University of Technology. Daniel has been competing in freestyle footbag since 2001 and has competed twice at the World Championships (2009, 2010). He was Australian champion in 2010 and was the judge of the first ever Malaysian Championships in 2011.
Daniel currently works as Content Manager and Sports Editor for English language news group I Love Chile. In order to promote footbag he has appeared in Las Ultimas Noticias and on the Megavision program Salta a la Vista. Daniel has played and performed footbag throughout the world.
I have been working on a new program, the current name I am thinking of using is Aprender Con Deportes (Learn With Sports). I am going to write down my ideas for a two page outline in this blog post.
About Aprender Con Deportes
Aprender Con Deportes is a program to promote the learning of English with sports, in turn helping promote smaller sports. It is run by Daniel Boyle, an Australian freestyle footbag player living in Chile.
The first program is called "Let's Learn: Footbag". The plan is to expand into other sports and other activities. Aside from improving language skills and learning about new sports, the program aims to involve the students in other areas of the sport, in order to improve communication, leadership and other skills.
The Let's Learn: Footbag program is currently taking place at Liceo Los Almendros in La Florida, Santiago de Chile.
Mission
To use sports to promote learning, communication, leadership and teamwork while helping lesser known sports.
Vision
To successfully integrate learning through sports as a key part of the learning process, first in Latin America.
Aims
Improve English speaking skills in Latin America
Use sports to improve leadership and communication
Work together with sporting organisations
Receive government funding to support the program
Expand the program to other languages outside of English
Include indigenous languages
Make the program available to people of all ages and backgrounds
Promote the program through media appearances
Objectives
Complete Let's Learn: Footbag program at Los Almendros
Add one more school to the program by end of 2012
Receive funding to support the program
Link with other sporting organisations
Be a part of the Elige Vivir Sano program
Appear in the media five times in 2012
Run ten programs by 2015
Expand outside of Chile
Combine with government programs to support language learning
Expand to other languages in 2013
Combine with other programs that promote sport
Use embassies and foreign institutions to promote the program
Let's Learn: Footbag
The Let's Learn program aims to use a number of sports to promote the learning of languages. The pilot program matches the sport of Footbag (often known as Hacky Sack) with learning English. The first school is Los Almendros in La Florida.
The association came after a meeting at an event at the British Embassy, celebrating 100 Days until the Olympic Games. Following the meeting, Daniel Boyle gave a footbag performance at the school's "English Song Festival" as well as judging the performances. He will repeat this at a similar event for all schools within the La Florida municipality.
The program at Los Almendros is an ongoing program in order to test various ideas, however the aim of the Let's Learn program is to create a ten week program, finishing with a final competition. The program is very flexible and can be changed for the needs of the students or institution.
The program currently stands as such:
1. Introduction to the sport and testing of levels
2. Sharing knowledge of the sport
3. Training in the sport (learning skills and training techniques)
4. Talking about the sport (commentary, marketing, media)
5. Assigning places for final presentation (players, coaches, judges, commentators, marketing, promotion, captains, etc)
6. Review of international competitions and the sport in Chile
7. Promoting the grand event
8. Training for final presentation
9. Final presentation (no audience)
10. Final presentation in front of an audience
About Footbag
Footbag is a sport using a small bag (pelotita), moving your legs and body around the bag to do tricks. There are two main disciplines to footbag: freestyle and net. The program aims to teach students about both disciplines and encourage a mixture of disciplines.
Footbag started in Portland, USA in the early 1970s. The strongest places for footbag currently are Poland, Finland, Czech Republic and parts of the USA and Canada.
About Daniel Boyle
Daniel Boyle is an Australian living in Chile. He has a Bachelor of Sports Management from the University of Canberra and a Master of Arts (Writing) from Swinburne University of Technology. Daniel has been competing in freestyle footbag since 2001 and has competed twice at the World Championships (2009, 2010). He was Australian champion in 2010 and was the judge of the first ever Malaysian Championships in 2011.
Daniel currently works as Content Manager and Sports Editor for English language news group I Love Chile. In order to promote footbag he has appeared in Las Ultimas Noticias and on the Megavision program Salta a la Vista. Daniel has played and performed footbag throughout the world.
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I think it looks good. I have zero experience with presenting proposals and stuff like that, so I can't really say if it's good or offer advice, but I wanted to offer my support for your awesome project!
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Ditto, word to word !sen wrote:I think it looks good. I have zero experience with presenting proposals and stuff like that, so I can't really say if it's good or offer advice, but I wanted to offer my support for your awesome project!
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Thanks for the comments guys. I just had an email from another English co-ordinator (about the I Love Chile magazine). I have suggested expanding the idea to those schools, though I haven't heard back yet.
I am also meeting with the vice president of the Olympic Committee to talk about some ideas, also about the planning of Chile for the next Olympic cycle, as Chile didn't win any medals.
On Saturday there was a freestyle football competition for "World Freestyle Day". I was judge of the doubles routines. Nobody had really prepared a routine, so they weren't so good, it was more about the get together, and uniting the scene. There are a few different crews here and they are all a bit separate.
So anyway, I judged one contest, then I went in the "battles" with a footbag/football combination. I got someone to film it, so I will probably upload that in the next days. It wasn't really as good as I hoped. I wasn't planning on competing and to begin with I am not particularly good with the freestyle football.
The battles are made up of 3 x 30 second periods, with changing in between. I was up against a young bloke, Lucas Morales. He ended up winning on a 2-1 vote. It was all fun though, got to meet a lot of new people and had a really fun day. The weather was awesome over the weekend, though now it has dropped off.
I am also meeting with the vice president of the Olympic Committee to talk about some ideas, also about the planning of Chile for the next Olympic cycle, as Chile didn't win any medals.
On Saturday there was a freestyle football competition for "World Freestyle Day". I was judge of the doubles routines. Nobody had really prepared a routine, so they weren't so good, it was more about the get together, and uniting the scene. There are a few different crews here and they are all a bit separate.
So anyway, I judged one contest, then I went in the "battles" with a footbag/football combination. I got someone to film it, so I will probably upload that in the next days. It wasn't really as good as I hoped. I wasn't planning on competing and to begin with I am not particularly good with the freestyle football.
The battles are made up of 3 x 30 second periods, with changing in between. I was up against a young bloke, Lucas Morales. He ended up winning on a 2-1 vote. It was all fun though, got to meet a lot of new people and had a really fun day. The weather was awesome over the weekend, though now it has dropped off.
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Feliz 18 a todos
Today is a celebration of Chile's Independence **kind of, that's a long story. Anyway, it is a five day long weekend and everyone gets quite drunk.
This afternoon we walked up Cerro San Cristobal, and I took this little video, including me drinking a Mote Con Huesillo, a very traditional Chilean drink. It is written into the law that you must fly the Chilean flag today and tomorrow (tomorrow is the Army Day, so there are a lot of parades etc).
I am heading south, eventually getting to Patagonia. Tonight I am on an overnight bus to Valdivia. That's about 11 or 12 hours. I don't mind the overnight haul, particularly this one, as it will get in about 9am. I am going to stay in a hostel there, and then go on to take a flight from Puerto Montt on Friday. So I have a few options, but I haven't decided exactly what to do yet. I want to take a few scenic footbag videos along the way, particularly in Patagonia. We are going to the Atacama Desert next month, so after that I want to get all of my Chilean scenic clips together and make a little video.
I didn't bring my lavers on this trip, just running shoes. However, I was just having a kick around while waiting for the lift earlier today to see if they would go ok. I hit ripwalk>spinning osis>ducking butterfly immediately, so they will do the trick.
Feliz 18 a todos
Today is a celebration of Chile's Independence **kind of, that's a long story. Anyway, it is a five day long weekend and everyone gets quite drunk.
This afternoon we walked up Cerro San Cristobal, and I took this little video, including me drinking a Mote Con Huesillo, a very traditional Chilean drink. It is written into the law that you must fly the Chilean flag today and tomorrow (tomorrow is the Army Day, so there are a lot of parades etc).
I am heading south, eventually getting to Patagonia. Tonight I am on an overnight bus to Valdivia. That's about 11 or 12 hours. I don't mind the overnight haul, particularly this one, as it will get in about 9am. I am going to stay in a hostel there, and then go on to take a flight from Puerto Montt on Friday. So I have a few options, but I haven't decided exactly what to do yet. I want to take a few scenic footbag videos along the way, particularly in Patagonia. We are going to the Atacama Desert next month, so after that I want to get all of my Chilean scenic clips together and make a little video.
I didn't bring my lavers on this trip, just running shoes. However, I was just having a kick around while waiting for the lift earlier today to see if they would go ok. I hit ripwalk>spinning osis>ducking butterfly immediately, so they will do the trick.
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Here is a quick video of some non-Laver, cold weather clothing kicking.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWONSpbh4Cw[/youtube]
Nothing special, and I didn't quite capture the scenery. I am in Valdivia at the moment. It's a pretty nice town, but it rains a lot. Francisca applied for a job here when we first arrived. I think this is a place I could live, but of course, you'd have to get used to the rain.
It would have been interesting had we moved outside of Santiago, particularly somewhere further afield. I guess I would have fallen into teaching some English, picking up some other odd jobs. Not too different to what I am currently doing.
Don't know if I mentioned it previously, but I am going to be taking my footbag program to a new school. I think this will be a good opportunity, but it is still volunteer based. I am thinking of starting a project on Kickstarter to get some funding to take this thing to another level.
I also am going to apply for the next round of Start Up Chile, which opens soon. If I was to get that, that would really take things to a whole different level for that.
I have been thinking a lot about sports funding lately. There was an interesting show in Australia a couple of days ago on the topic, and I have been talking to a few people about it here in Chile. Of course every time there is an Olympics, it is a hot topic of conversation.
Some key things that have been playing on my mind
- the key funding should go into getting people participating, at any level - this should come from the government, at all levels.
- There should be compulsory physical activity (even if it is just 10-15 mins) as part of every school day.
- Sponsorship dollars should be going to role models...not just people who are good at sports, but those who have overcome key difficulties to be competing at all.
- Not just those who are disabled, but people from different ethnic groups, people with poor backgrounds, etc, etc, etc. There are many of these, then there are many who are seen as role models going around drink driving, killing people, drug taking and so on and so forth.
- Companies should use individual athletes as part of their company and promotion strategy - when the athlete goes to a school, wins a medal, helps the community, they are doing it as a part of that company.
- Chile must qualify for the World Cup. Being involved in these kind of events is a question of national pride, particularly when they are in nearby countries.
- Chile must win a medal in Rio. (as above).
- I think both will happen, and I'm sure all of the South American nations will increase their funding of sports in the next Olympic cycle, looking to have a proud "home" games
- Government funding needs to be a mix of funding for elite sports, participation, building national pride, health, hosting events and using the athletes as role models.
- Where the money goes must be completely transparent
- Private money should not only go to individual athletes, but to helping improve sporting situations (facilities, competitions, coaching, etc)
- Sports should receive income based not only on their performance, but their engagement as a whole in the community (eg, if more people are getting active due to a sport, though the country is not good at it on a world level, that should be taken into consideration.)
These are just my initial thoughts....I am working on a story about how Chile does the funding for sports for the next issue of the I Love Chile magazine, though I think it could be a bigger story than that. I might get in touch with some magazines in Australia about it, maybe even the US.
I would like to do some more freelance work, though I guess the hardest part is getting in the door. I guess if I keep making some pitches, eventually a fish will bite.
Anyway, on the idea of the engagement of the community, that is exactly why footbag is not, and will not get funding for some years, let alone become an Olympic sport, etc. We are really not engaged with the community. Of course in some cases there are exceptions, but the general fact that most people don't know what footbag is, well that's probably the first step to engagement with the community.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWONSpbh4Cw[/youtube]
Nothing special, and I didn't quite capture the scenery. I am in Valdivia at the moment. It's a pretty nice town, but it rains a lot. Francisca applied for a job here when we first arrived. I think this is a place I could live, but of course, you'd have to get used to the rain.
It would have been interesting had we moved outside of Santiago, particularly somewhere further afield. I guess I would have fallen into teaching some English, picking up some other odd jobs. Not too different to what I am currently doing.
Don't know if I mentioned it previously, but I am going to be taking my footbag program to a new school. I think this will be a good opportunity, but it is still volunteer based. I am thinking of starting a project on Kickstarter to get some funding to take this thing to another level.
I also am going to apply for the next round of Start Up Chile, which opens soon. If I was to get that, that would really take things to a whole different level for that.
I have been thinking a lot about sports funding lately. There was an interesting show in Australia a couple of days ago on the topic, and I have been talking to a few people about it here in Chile. Of course every time there is an Olympics, it is a hot topic of conversation.
Some key things that have been playing on my mind
- the key funding should go into getting people participating, at any level - this should come from the government, at all levels.
- There should be compulsory physical activity (even if it is just 10-15 mins) as part of every school day.
- Sponsorship dollars should be going to role models...not just people who are good at sports, but those who have overcome key difficulties to be competing at all.
- Not just those who are disabled, but people from different ethnic groups, people with poor backgrounds, etc, etc, etc. There are many of these, then there are many who are seen as role models going around drink driving, killing people, drug taking and so on and so forth.
- Companies should use individual athletes as part of their company and promotion strategy - when the athlete goes to a school, wins a medal, helps the community, they are doing it as a part of that company.
- Chile must qualify for the World Cup. Being involved in these kind of events is a question of national pride, particularly when they are in nearby countries.
- Chile must win a medal in Rio. (as above).
- I think both will happen, and I'm sure all of the South American nations will increase their funding of sports in the next Olympic cycle, looking to have a proud "home" games
- Government funding needs to be a mix of funding for elite sports, participation, building national pride, health, hosting events and using the athletes as role models.
- Where the money goes must be completely transparent
- Private money should not only go to individual athletes, but to helping improve sporting situations (facilities, competitions, coaching, etc)
- Sports should receive income based not only on their performance, but their engagement as a whole in the community (eg, if more people are getting active due to a sport, though the country is not good at it on a world level, that should be taken into consideration.)
These are just my initial thoughts....I am working on a story about how Chile does the funding for sports for the next issue of the I Love Chile magazine, though I think it could be a bigger story than that. I might get in touch with some magazines in Australia about it, maybe even the US.
I would like to do some more freelance work, though I guess the hardest part is getting in the door. I guess if I keep making some pitches, eventually a fish will bite.
Anyway, on the idea of the engagement of the community, that is exactly why footbag is not, and will not get funding for some years, let alone become an Olympic sport, etc. We are really not engaged with the community. Of course in some cases there are exceptions, but the general fact that most people don't know what footbag is, well that's probably the first step to engagement with the community.
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Hello foot fiends. Haven't posted in a while. I played today, had an ok session. An old man came up to me and told me it looked like a good exercise. I agreed and said he should try. He didn't.
I hit a new trick today. Not sure on the cleanliness though. Pixie ducking paradon (is that even the right thing to say?). I went to a TV station to talk about going on TV. I have been to this place so many times with very little to show for it. I will do the filming next week. I don't really know if it will be a success. Let's see.
We're going to the Atacama Desert this weekend, that's going to be pretty awesome, especially having just come back from Patagonia.I applied for Start-Up Chile, it's a government program about entrepreneurship. I hope I get in. I have applied to extend my program about learning through sports.
Fingers crossed on that one. Always lots of things in the works, let's just hope something works...
I hit a new trick today. Not sure on the cleanliness though. Pixie ducking paradon (is that even the right thing to say?). I went to a TV station to talk about going on TV. I have been to this place so many times with very little to show for it. I will do the filming next week. I don't really know if it will be a success. Let's see.
We're going to the Atacama Desert this weekend, that's going to be pretty awesome, especially having just come back from Patagonia.I applied for Start-Up Chile, it's a government program about entrepreneurship. I hope I get in. I have applied to extend my program about learning through sports.
Fingers crossed on that one. Always lots of things in the works, let's just hope something works...
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Pixie ducking paradon is great! My alpine dexes to clipper are horrible (whirls, dods), I eternally envy people who can do them.
I've read about start-up Chile. One of my biggest fears about leaving Israel is moving away from this oasis of entrepreneurship. You can sit in any coffee shop in Tel Aviv and literally overhear a least two start up pitches going on around you. Would you say that there's a tech scene at all in Chile? Is the program helping?
I've read about start-up Chile. One of my biggest fears about leaving Israel is moving away from this oasis of entrepreneurship. You can sit in any coffee shop in Tel Aviv and literally overhear a least two start up pitches going on around you. Would you say that there's a tech scene at all in Chile? Is the program helping?
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It is helping, but it will take time. I think the program has improved since it first started, but there is a long way to go. I went to a conference about entrepreneurship today, and many of the people said that the value of the program will only be seen in 5-10 years.
I have a bit of an entrepreneur hangover from the long day today, I will write some more about this later!
After coming back from the conference, I went to play. I said to myself it was going to be a shred session, and mentally I said I was going to start out with phoenix>blurriest to prove it really was a shred session. Of course that's not a good idea, and I didn't hit it either.
After a couple of tries, I settled into the usual routine of starting with 100 kicks. Yesterday when I played I had a good run of about 32 guiltless, which I wish was my standard run length, but at the moment it's nothing like that. Today I had a lot of short runs but then hit one of 20...soon after I hit my planned opening combo. I only hit an osis as the follow up, I was hoping to get more from that.
I have a bit of an entrepreneur hangover from the long day today, I will write some more about this later!
After coming back from the conference, I went to play. I said to myself it was going to be a shred session, and mentally I said I was going to start out with phoenix>blurriest to prove it really was a shred session. Of course that's not a good idea, and I didn't hit it either.
After a couple of tries, I settled into the usual routine of starting with 100 kicks. Yesterday when I played I had a good run of about 32 guiltless, which I wish was my standard run length, but at the moment it's nothing like that. Today I had a lot of short runs but then hit one of 20...soon after I hit my planned opening combo. I only hit an osis as the follow up, I was hoping to get more from that.
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Have been playing a fair bit lately. Had a fairly long session today. Was close to void and hit terrage b2b which is something I haven't done regularly, maybe not ever. A couple of cool combos and some longish runs, though I would like to have longer runs.
20+ should be a regular thing, not something to be celebrated.
I am filming for a TV show tomorrow.
Francisca's mum just came back from the US, so I got a couple of new pairs of Lavers.
20+ should be a regular thing, not something to be celebrated.
I am filming for a TV show tomorrow.
Francisca's mum just came back from the US, so I got a couple of new pairs of Lavers.
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So finally I went to that TV program to film. Not to sign a form, not for any other crap. So hopefully no more calls. They have said maybe I can re-shoot it, but I don't really want to.
The whole idea was that the panel would bet on you - I had close to $1,000 riding on me (some millions of pesos). All I had to do was one minute dropless.
So they had given my bag some colour to highlight on the TV (in the process I think they completely screwed the bag). So I had to play with bascially a rock. I also had new Lavers and the floor was slippery. I had actually worn my old Lavers there, but they asked me if I had any other shoes (the old pair were getting to the very end of their days). Funnily enough I just got two new pairs of Lavers today, so I wore one of the new ones.
Maybe if they call me back in a week or so and I wear in this bag and the new shoes, I may go back. But for the moment, I don't think so.
Went to do my program at both schools today. I am going to be the judge at an English festival of the La Florida community also. I really have my fingers crossed for this Start-Up Chile thing to come through. That really would be a life changing moment, well a bit, as I'm already in Chile. I guess the big life change for most people doing it is they come to Chile.
Like many Chilean government programs, it has a lot of flaws, but it's doing some good things. The key problem I see with it is they are allowing too many people in each round, which allows people with pretty sub-standard ideas to get in. There is also way too much focus on apps, which may give me an advantage or disadvantage. What I need to do though is get my idea into an online platform so anybody can learn it.
So anyway, at least out of this TV appearance I got a sandwich. A Barros Luco. I love the fact that a bloke ordered a sandwich so many times that they named it after him. The sandwich just has steak and grilled cheese. Yes, healthy I know. Barros Jarpa was named for the guy with ham and cheese.
When I was eating the sandwich, someone had left 1 peso on the table. I strongly considered taking it, so as to have earned something. There are 500 pesos in a dollar, so it's not really worth so much. I actually was in the motion of taking it, until I decided I had enough 1 peso coins that I didn't know what to do with.
This weekend in Chile is a great weekend for sport. There is the final of the local rugby competition, most importantly the superclásico between U de Chile and Colo Colo, there is a game of Aussie Rules, the cricket season begins and I'm sure there are many other things.
Then the following week is the municipal elections (everywhere in the country), so finally these pictures of jerks with smiling faces and thumbs up will be torn down.
Funnily enough the movie "No", which was about the publicity campaign for the "No" vote to end the dictatorship (a really good movie, I have seen it twice actually, which probably sums up the amount of movies I have seen this year.) Actually, I saw another movie about the student protests (La Primavera de Chile).
Anyway, got to get working on a routine for the South American championships in Colombia in December. Looking forward to doing some travels. Have been around a bit now in Chile, so now it's time to step out of that zone. Think next year could be a good chance to go to Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, then maybe Brazil in 2014.
For the Copa Mundial of course.
The whole idea was that the panel would bet on you - I had close to $1,000 riding on me (some millions of pesos). All I had to do was one minute dropless.
So they had given my bag some colour to highlight on the TV (in the process I think they completely screwed the bag). So I had to play with bascially a rock. I also had new Lavers and the floor was slippery. I had actually worn my old Lavers there, but they asked me if I had any other shoes (the old pair were getting to the very end of their days). Funnily enough I just got two new pairs of Lavers today, so I wore one of the new ones.
Maybe if they call me back in a week or so and I wear in this bag and the new shoes, I may go back. But for the moment, I don't think so.
Went to do my program at both schools today. I am going to be the judge at an English festival of the La Florida community also. I really have my fingers crossed for this Start-Up Chile thing to come through. That really would be a life changing moment, well a bit, as I'm already in Chile. I guess the big life change for most people doing it is they come to Chile.
Like many Chilean government programs, it has a lot of flaws, but it's doing some good things. The key problem I see with it is they are allowing too many people in each round, which allows people with pretty sub-standard ideas to get in. There is also way too much focus on apps, which may give me an advantage or disadvantage. What I need to do though is get my idea into an online platform so anybody can learn it.
So anyway, at least out of this TV appearance I got a sandwich. A Barros Luco. I love the fact that a bloke ordered a sandwich so many times that they named it after him. The sandwich just has steak and grilled cheese. Yes, healthy I know. Barros Jarpa was named for the guy with ham and cheese.
When I was eating the sandwich, someone had left 1 peso on the table. I strongly considered taking it, so as to have earned something. There are 500 pesos in a dollar, so it's not really worth so much. I actually was in the motion of taking it, until I decided I had enough 1 peso coins that I didn't know what to do with.
This weekend in Chile is a great weekend for sport. There is the final of the local rugby competition, most importantly the superclásico between U de Chile and Colo Colo, there is a game of Aussie Rules, the cricket season begins and I'm sure there are many other things.
Then the following week is the municipal elections (everywhere in the country), so finally these pictures of jerks with smiling faces and thumbs up will be torn down.
Funnily enough the movie "No", which was about the publicity campaign for the "No" vote to end the dictatorship (a really good movie, I have seen it twice actually, which probably sums up the amount of movies I have seen this year.) Actually, I saw another movie about the student protests (La Primavera de Chile).
Anyway, got to get working on a routine for the South American championships in Colombia in December. Looking forward to doing some travels. Have been around a bit now in Chile, so now it's time to step out of that zone. Think next year could be a good chance to go to Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, then maybe Brazil in 2014.
For the Copa Mundial of course.