LEARNING FROM THE BEST
Last season Ethan Brooks shared a dressing room with veteran midfielder Reneilwe ‘Yeye’ Letsholonyane, who had a wealth of experience to share considering he was 19 years older! The TS Galaxy player says he is still in awe to this day.
“The first time I met him [Yeye], I was shocked and went up to talk to him at training,” Brooks tells KICK OFF. “It was an honour for me to see someone like him train the way he does at his age.
“It was something that blew me away but then I absorbed a lot of what he had to give at training and off the field as well. It was just an honour and privilege to be in his presence. “I’m very different to most players because I tend to watch a player do what he does in certain situations and then absorb what he did and only later go and ask about it. So, I wouldn’t bombard him with questions.
“I know it is something that people would always want you to go and do but for me watching, learning and trying it myself before I go and ask. That is how it was with me,” adds Brooks.