Student Athlete Bio Form

In Savannakhet I gave the team a questionnaire to fill out so I could create a database of athletes.  I put some questions such as name, sex, age, hometown, grade, and career goals.  Only 15 of the athletes filled out forms but here is some breakdown for your viewing pleasure.

Of respondants:
4 males, 11 female
Ages ranged from 1 fifteen year old to 9 nineteen year old
Graduation years were 2011-2014
Only 3 people came from the same village
Nurses and Teachers were the most popular career goal with 3 a piece then policeman, coach, national runner all had 2 with doctor and employee rounding out the goals

For me this was an interesting looking and probably one of the few times they had to think about what they wanted to do.  It would be very interesting to do a random sample of high school student athletes in the states.  I would assume that it would actually be pretty similar with more doctors and lawyers thrown in the mix.  You will notice that a majority of the kids were over 17 and for the few who were 15, and 16 they might have the chance to compete again at the next high school games 3 years from now.  The older students now have a chance to be selected for the South East Asia games team which will travel to Indonesia.  This is a great honor and I would love to find my way onto that team as an assistant coach.  Many of the high school coaches will be training themselves to make the team.  Its hard to coach yourself so maybe an opportunity will present itself.  If that does not pan out a large portion of the athletes who dont make the team will be training for the National Games held here in Luang Prabang.  Coach No will be competing in the half marathon.  I would hope to be a coach for those games.  Since it is in LP they may bring in someone they feel is more qualified. 

Just to recap we won roughly 12% of the total medals available.  Which considering they were stuck with my rumblings as a coach I would say we did all right.  I am not sure if that will be enough to sway the government officials but I will keep you all updated. 

Luang Prabang feels like a sleep ghost town now that Pi Mai is over.  It is a weird feeling not seeing the hoards of people hang around.  I would love to answer any questions any of you might have.  If you are having commenting problems or would like to see more of something or less let me know.  My email is david.m.berman02@gmail.com.  I would love to have a weekly mailbag post where I respond to questions or get to post all of your musings.  I hope to hear from you.  I really appreciate that you all find time to read the blog.