Adaptive Soccer Clinic at St. Michael's College

On August 26th, the Saint Michael's College Women's Soccer Team hosted an adaptive soccer clinic for athletes. We had 10 participants who were paired up with a player from St. Mike’s. Together, we worked on dribbling, passing, shooting, and goalie skills at different stations lead by other St. Mike’s soccer players. We ended the clinic with a scrimmage with athletes and St. Mike’s players on both teams. We gave out medals and signed soccer balls for the athletes and they got to run through a tunnel made by the college players while everyone was cheering them on. ​

The Saint Michael’s Women’s Soccer head coach, Wendy Elles, was recently interviewed about the soccer clinics and when asked what she loves most about them, she explains “the smiles, the laughter, the joy, and the high fives and the hugs at the end, those are the moments that I love.” Both the participants and the college players get so much enjoyment out of these clinics; it is such a wonderful atmosphere where everyone can play the game they love together while laughing, smiling and scoring lots of goals! We are looking forward to the next adaptive soccer clinic!