Bank of Montreal has brought its fifth annual girls' soccer coaching clinic to Kingston, Ont., for the first time, in hopes of growing the women's game.
has expanded its “Girls Play On” soccer clinic to Kingston.
The event teaches girls, from 15 to 17 years old, how to coach and after a morning of learning, they got the chance to apply their new skills with groups of younger girls. “I think it’s really important to start that passion really young because that was me when I was younger. I want to show younger players kind of what it’s like at my age,” said Marra Stanistreet, a participant in the camp.Story continues below advertisement“I would love to be a role model for, like, eight-year-olds, that would be pretty cool. I’m like the youngest in my age, I’m born in December, so I always even looked up to people my own age,” she added.
Part of the battle with building up women’s soccer in Canada is keeping girls engaged in the game past their youth.
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