Who is this girl?

Who?

Hey, my people.
If you have any curiosity to know who I am feel free to read this awesome bomb I will throw to you. If you do not care to know who is writing this blog, just skip to the next paragraph (I promise I will not take this personal). My name is Nadima Skeff, but I would rather be called "Skeff" or "Skeffy". Although I believe my last name is pretty legit, the only reason why I am asking you to refer to me as Skeff is because 7 years ago when I moved to United State of America from Brazil, no one could say my first name. Skeff sounds like Steff, so Skeff it is forever! As I mentioned, I am originally from Brasil, moved here when I was 20 years old after getting a full ride to play soccer in a University in Georgia. Back in the days, soccer pretty much meant everything in my life. I spent my whole life playing soccer. It was my priority and nothing could keep me away form the ball. I battled against prejudice and any type of obstacles you can imagine. I was fortunate to play in the Womens National Team and even more fortunate to come play in America, where women soccer is a big deal. I played 3 years in School, as athlete I become an All America player and recently inducted to Armstrong State University Hall of Fame. As student, well.. not as exciting, I graduated in Health Sciences (boring, I know!). Once I was out of school, no idea what to do besides soccer. I decided to start coaching. Eventually, I got a Master in Kinesiology in Sports Nutrition which it has helped me tremendously in my work.


What are you up to?

Currently and for the last four years, I have been lucky enough to coach soccer for living. I find it fascinating and one of the best jobs in the world (if you dont agree, please, dont kill my vibe). Spend pretty much everyday of my week (including holidays) teaching , mentoring, and learning from tiny human beings. If I could I would only spend the time of my life with animals and kids. Summarizing, what am I up to? having the best time of my life in a daily basis.

"Learning is the only thing that the mind never exhaust, never fears, and never regrets" Leonardo da Vinci

After spending beautiful days down in Savannah, Georgia, I ended up in the cold snowy oystery Newport, RI. My style of coaching start changing. Although I am very intrigued about the physiology part of the game, I started to be more curious about the educational/psycological/leadership part of coaching. Dealing with so many different personalities, and NEVER giving up in any of my crazy creatures that I called "players", I realized I needed more than just physiology to make them the best they could be. Coaching goes beyond the four white lines, I am very happy to find a school with education background that has also focus in youth development. I am very passionate about coaching and helping "my kids" as much as I can. I believe these kids teach me so much, and I just hope I can reciprocate the same to them.



Cool... Do you do anything else though?

YES!!! Since I stopped playing, I decided to get out of this grass bubble that I lived from so long. I do yoga in daily basis, and I am super into exercising, wall climb, read, and eat like a pig. When I am not busy with any of these things, I spend all my free time with my MVP Ronaldo- my cat, my life, the reason of my existence (yes, he has a soccer player's name).