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Under Armour are looking to provide young athletes with a platform to fulfil their goals of becoming professionals in their sports. As such they have set up the UA Next programme in the UK, whereby three youngsters will receive a year’s contract with the brand. Replicating an elite performance programme, there’s potential Under Armour could unearth the next big talent - and it’s available to anyone aged 16-20…

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00:00UA is kind of perfect for getting you linked up to the right people, especially as we're all young

00:03here. Like it's good that we're all here together actually trying to work and push each other to do

00:07something productive with our lives. I think it would be a really good ambition because it'll

00:11kind of get your name out there because it's kind of difficult to spread awareness about yourself

00:15as a player regardless of what sport you play if you're not in the right context. The support they

00:20will give me to making it pro, like all the facilities and everything, I want to work hard for it.

00:25For me you know like especially being young you know this is something that you always dream about

00:30you know one day to be sponsored or get a contract from you know a big brand like Under Armour or any

00:35brand in general. It will change my life, it will build my profile you know even more as an American

00:39footballer, bring that unique story of you know American footballers can also do this and kind of

00:44bring more awareness around the sport and just to be able to motivate the young generation to show them

00:48if I can do it and so can they and you know whatever you set your mind to you can achieve.

00:52When you're here in like 18, 19, 20 you want to grab every opportunity you have so like

00:57if you finish in top three and you see us up in a big world that's it's crazy yeah that's insane.

01:06This is new Under Armour coming you know to London and everything they just open a store there in

01:10backseat. It's a great opportunity you know to be one of the first ones to be put out of there and

01:15like full support you know because you know they're new but of course don't invest in me you know

01:19I need to do great so it will be a real delight in you know. Being around a good group of boys

01:23all similar ages like if we're all able to approve each other even if there's only three people able

01:27to get the contract the rest of the seven still have the links and that gives the opportunities

01:31for you know the rest of the seven to keep working and actually bring other people in so

01:35it can become like a growing community rather than everyone against each other. If I wasn't you know

01:40to get a contract I would definitely come back because you know I'm more experienced now I mean

01:46I'll be my second time knowing exactly what I need to do and well I came here with little knowledge

01:52of knowing exactly what's going to happen so coming back again I'll prepare I'll know exactly what to

01:57work on my strength my weaknesses capitalize on them and yeah I'll definitely be back because this is just

02:03a great opportunity. Elite athletes they say like failure is steps to success so even if I fail

02:12I'm just building blocks to becoming better I'll go again and again and again and again until I actually

02:17get what I need so if you say you wouldn't come back then that's well to me so I'm not thinking

02:22better right now because I do feel like I'll make that top three and I think it's a mindset thing.

02:29I feel there's not really much pressure because everyone's here for a reason so there's no real need

02:35to feel pressure like everyone's good in like their own domain like some people are really strong some

02:39people are really fit like everyone has that little bit about them. I feel like I was just in my own

02:44zone I've always been a person where you know obviously similar to what the other guys were saying

02:47in that interview like I'm happy and I'm here for everyone as well but then it's kind of it's unique

02:52to me to know that my story is separate from everyone else like when they hear there's one guy that does

02:55American football they're going to be intrigued to think you know let's see how this guy does like

02:59he has a whole different sport to everyone else so it kind of gives me that unique story in a way like

03:04you know what you do American football all right cool let's see what these guys can do and then it kind of brings that

03:08awareness to you know American football guys can actually compete and then that brings in the

03:12other American footballers all over the world in the UK to say you know what if Tashane can do it

03:16let me give it a goal zone. We're all different here we both play different school we're all built

03:21different so your best might be different to someone else's best you know and in terms of pressure

03:26we all came here but then we all support each other. You can still feel that support from everyone

03:36so it didn't really feel like a competition it just felt like you know we're just taking a test

03:41and the best one's just going to get signed we really feel like competition but yeah you have

03:45to give your best because everyone else is going to give their best. I think everyone struggled with

03:49the bike the bike was tough like really really tough but I feel like with that it's just all mental

03:54like if you believe you can do it mentally and you just keep pushing through then obviously

03:58in the end it's just you know how bad would you want it do you want it to get the best or do you want

04:02it to just keep going or just to give up so I think definitely the first minute is like cool

04:08hits a minute and a half you're starting to feel it then when it gets like a minute 45 it's just

04:13like hell but like holding on for dear life and then when it gets the last 30 seconds you know you

04:18have to push it but at the same time you kind of value your life so it's like you have to you have to

04:23even it out just a little bit you know

04:24I do content creating like I basically tell my story out there help other athletes help other

04:33footballers so I have like a high profile on their socials and then one of the undone agent

04:39Scott messaged me like what I was doing got me involved as one of the first seven athletes to

04:44get onto this program since then I haven't looked back I just want to show everyone that they should

04:48come and get this opportunity because it's crazy like I still haven't processed it myself I'm getting

04:53flown out to Amsterdam at the HQ and all these facilities and everything kind of like it's

04:59crazy so just like I want to show everyone that can't like you have a chance it's free why not

05:03take it even though I'm competing like these guys are like they're still my guys at the end of the day

05:09I wish the best for all of them as a I'm a very competitive person I want to be the best and

05:13they would like everyone is we're also trying to be the best so why not you want to be the best you have to

05:17compete against the best at the end of the day even if you don't like somebody you tearing them down

05:22it's not going to make you do any better for me it's like um even if I don't get high school seeing

05:27other people get high schools around me it's just like it's crazy because that seeing doctor go on

05:32the bike and actually smashing it it seems shame going to get 20 years just like I might not be

05:36getting those schools I might be as well but just like seeing them going from nothing to something now

05:41and actually like seeing the enjoyment that they're actually smashing it is just like kind of like

05:45I don't really see this as a competition yeah but at the end of the day it is but I'm just enjoying it

05:50and I'm enjoying it with them as well because even like I didn't yesterday I wasn't with other

05:54athletes I feel like I was with my family all talking about some condo so I'm enjoying it

06:00I love being able to connect with the athletes you know even just them as a person their minds and

06:06what they've achieved so being able to kind of relate to them and just learn from them like what

06:10they did to get successful how to keep going how they do with adversity like all those things that

06:14you can learn from these athletes to just make yourself better as an athlete even me as a fullback

06:19watching Trent at such a high level at such a young age he's playing at such a high level and he's

06:24like I like to play around his playing style but like I play like him type of thing so watching

06:30him getting the support from Under Armour that no other players are getting and I'm not going to

06:34pro yet it's going to be life-changing and I know all the other man athletes could stay the same

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