I was lucky enough and privileged to land a work experience job at Football West the governing body of football (Soccer) in Western Australia. It was the field and opportunity I was hoping for, I've been playing soccer for just about 12 years now so I know the game like the back of my hand really. Working at Football West gives me the opportunity to see what goes on behind the scenes, I’ve all ways known of Football West but now is my chance to really be a part of it.
Initially after get accepted to do work experience at Football West I was thrilled, after all Sports PR is where I want to head towards. It was my birthday that day which made it all the sweeter.
Slowly the days crept by and it was the eve of my first day of work experience with Football West and to be honest I was crapping myself. The thoughts of I can't do this and what am I going to do, started to flood my brain implanting the seeds of anxiety. Other were, am I going to let Football West down, am I going to let Keith down, will they take one look at me tell me to leave?
In the end I decided to rally myself with the SAS motto of "who dares wins" and made up my mind to tackle it head on, come what may.
After a slight delay of getting my bearings lost i managed to arrive at Football West, where I was greeted by my boss and mentor, Chris Correia. He's a pretty laid back guy but he knows his stuff, if I only had half the editing skills he has it would make my life so much easier.
My first day consisted of being shown around the place, meeting everyone and doing some real hands on work. It's just like in those war movies were they say, "don't worry your training will kick in," and that's basically what happened.
At the conclusion of the day I had written up two very different media releases and done so major investigation work into a breakaway Indonesian Football League. Which I would find out later be the center piece of next month’s Beyond 90, Football West very own E-magazine.
I am looking forward to round two.
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