Gina Michel

Community: 
Yellowknife
Sport: 
Soccer
Years Coaching: 
14
WHY DO YOU COACH:

Although I began coaching because it was part of a class I was taking, I continued to coach and began taking it seriously, because I owe a lot of my successes
in life to sports. Sports kept me on a good and healthy path in life and I want the youth of tomorrow to go down this same path. I want to give back to the community that did so much for me and supported me and my dreams. Coaching is a way for me to be able to do this. Bottom line: I coach because I love it.

COACHING PHILOSOPHY:

Let your passion drive you, it knows where to go.

WHO INSPIRES YOU:

My mom inspires me as she is a single mother who worked hard to give her children a good life. She is compassionate and loving, yet demands the best of us. I believe that I have learned a lot from her and use it when I'm coaching. I also look up to Mike Doyle for being such an amazing coach growing up. He fed the fire inside of me and pushed me to be the best player I could be. He believed in me and gave me the confidence I needed to become a better player and teammate.