Football Clinic for kids
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By Minushi Perera
YKK Lanka (PVT) Ltd., in collaboration with the Real Madrid Foundation yet again organized a football clinic for children. This year it was organized for the children of Colombo to benefit from this Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program. The YKK ASIA GROUP Kids Football Clinic was held on August 26 – 28, 2016.
The aim of the kids’ Football Clinic was to support the healthy growth of children through sports, the target group being, underprivileged children between 8 -15 years of age. The participants were taught to play football the ‘Spanish way’, build character, and develop social skills while having great fun playing the game.
The three day clinic kicked off on the 26th with the coaches’ clinic from 3pm., at the Racecourse International Rugby Stadium (RIRS). Coaches from Real Madrid Foundation, were invited to share the club’s training methodology and techniques with the local coaches selected from the local football federation and schools.
On the 27th and 28th, local coaches were given hands on experience and assisted the Real Madrid Foundation coaches to conduct the four kids’ clinics sessions. They collectively trained the participants from SOS Villages and a school from Badulla. Each participant received a full set of YKK/Real Madrid Foundation kit inclusive of jersey, shorts, socks, football boots and a certificate of participation.
The football clinic has become YKK Asia Group’s flagship regional CSR event. Including Sri Lanka, the clinic has been held across countries like Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Vietnam.
In order to encourage the continuity in local football, YKK donated all the football and training equipment from the event to the participating communities.