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| Canadian soccer heroine Kaylyn Kyle hosted an uplifting camp in Saskatoon. |
For the young players that are heading to Kaylyn Kyle’s
soccer camp in Regina, they are in for a treat, if the camp she held in
Saskatoon is any indication.
The Saskatoon product, who is a star on Canada’s national
women’s soccer team, is hosting a skills camp on Saturday and Sunday in Regina
at Evraz Place. On the weekend of Oct. 3 and 4, the prodigal daughter returned to
her home city stomping grounds to host an extremely success event at the
SaskTel Sports Centre.
There were hundreds of youngsters filling out all the spots
at the Saskatoon camp in the under-10, under-12, under-14 and under-16 age
categories, and some traveled in from centres like Vancouver and Winnipeg. They
all wanted to see a Canadian heroine.
When you look at Kyle, you see an athlete that you feel
should be up on a high pedestal for having the complete package like a Tom
Brady. She has amazing natural athletic talent, her physical conditioning and
fitness level is off the charts, and she is the image of perfect beauty.
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| Kaylyn Kyle offers words of encouragement to a young player. |
While she has all these incredible traits, her best
characteristic is the fact she is human. The players at the Saskatoon camp
seemed to be blown away by how personable and down to earth their hero was.
Kyle took on the coaching duties first hand. She did have a
number of top rate soccer coaches out to help her, but she took the initiative
in ensuring things ran well.
The Saskatoon camp had five difference skill stations, and
Kyle went from station to station demonstrating how things should be done and
offering positive words of encouragement. Her comfort level was visibly high.
It was obvious she was home, and there was a family
atmosphere to the event. Helping out were her father, Doug, mother, Pat, and
older sister, Courtnee. Due to the fact Kaylyn literally travels and plays all
over the world, the soccer camp provided an opportunity for her to have some
family time.
Her parents and older sister were outstanding to deal with,
and it became easy to tell where Kaylyn, who turned 27 on Tuesday, got her
personable side from.
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| Kaylyn Kyle demonstrates a drill at her Saskatoon soccer camp. |
The soccer star even admitted she couldn’t believe what she
was seeing at her hometown camp. Kyle noted that she never had the chance to go
to a camp like the one she hosted, and growing up playing soccer in “the Bridge
City,” she never dreamed about hosting a skills camp let alone one that was
well attended and extremely successful.
When the sessions ended on the first day of her Saskatoon
camp, Kyle held a question and answer session with the players and was pretty charismatic
in answering some of the queries that were questions only kids would think
about asking.
She also signed autographs and took pictures with each
player, and she never seemed to tire out in continuously have positive energy.
Most people would have.
Anyone that anything to do with Kyle’s camp in Saskatoon
would have to conclude they had a great day. It is always cool when your hometown
heroes can return, give back, and make people feel genuinely special.
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