Mabaruma girls love playing football but lack coaching

The Mabaruma female football team. Rhona Douglas is standing second from left, Minerva Fitzpatrick is stooping second from right and Keifica James is stooping third from right.

By Iva Wharton

Without knowing the fundamentals of playing football, all that the females in Mabaruma, Region One, are doing is ‘kicking ball’ since they lack the technical and tactical knowledge of the game.

This was very evident in their game on Sunday which was facilitated by cell phone giant, Digicel, as one of the