Commonwealth gold-medallist Eboni Beckford-Chambers recently visited Taunton School to run a coaching session for aspiring players.
Under the organisation of JR Sports Coaching, students at the school and the wider community had three hours of coaching consisting of warm-up drills, attacking drills, defensive drills and gameplay.
Following this, pupils had a Q&A session with Eboni in which she discussed her experiences as a professional athlete.
Freya Tyler, a Year 10 pupil, commented: “Eboni was very enthusiastic and an excellent coach. She worked us hard and improved our attack and defence which we then put into game play. I learnt that if you want something badly, never to give up. And she explained that the pathway is always going to be difficult.”
Amelia Davies, Year 13, said: “Hearing Eboni’s story and words of advice inspired me to improve and peruse my love of the game.”