Samsung-Chelsea FC Youth Football Camp was held for the first time in Singapore today. 173 children aged from nine to 13 years old were trained by youth football coaches of Chelsea FC.
Chelsea FC youth coach explaining to aspiring young footballers in Singapore.
Held at Sports Planet East Coast, the Football Camp was led by Chelsea FC youth football coaches Robert Udberg, Andy Ottley, Steve Shipp and James Lambdon.
Words of football wisdom and experience.
Under the renowned “Chelsea Way” football programme, the children were put through their paces with skill stations and circuits designed to help refine control, shooting, dribbling, heading and passing skills.
Started in 2007, the ‘Samsung-Chelsea FC Youth Football Camp’ is part of Samsung’s support for developing football at the grassroots level.
It is an important component of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme to give back to the communities, and provide sporting initiatives that encourage youth to pursue their dreams and nurture their sporting talents.
The football camp is open to the public, but 40 underprivileged children from the Salvation Army and Methodist Welfare Services’ Daybreak Student Care Centre were specially given the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to join the camp.
Avid young footballers giving it a go.
Singapore is one of nine countries that the Samsung – Chelsea FC Youth Football Camp will visit this year.
The other participating countries are Australia, Ghana, India, Ivory Coast, Malaysia, Qatar, UAE and Vietnam.
Singapore’s participants will join the family of over 1,650 children from around the world who have undergone the football camp.
