Hamyang-gun Recruiting Participants for 'Advanced Soccer Experience for Youth in Farming and Fishing Villages'

KFA Invited Former Coaches for Basic Skills Training, Offering Various Programs Including Soccer Uniforms, Stockings, and Certificates

Rural youth in Hamyang are experiencing a youth soccer clinic. (Photo by Hamyang-gun)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Hamyang-gun, Gyeongnam announced on the 28th that it is recruiting participants from the Hamyang area for the domestic clinic of the ‘2020 Rural Youth Advanced Soccer Experience Project,’ which discovers and supports promising soccer players in rural agricultural and fishing villages.

The county plans to recruit 100 boys and girls, from 3rd to 6th grade in elementary school and 1st to 2nd grade in middle school, on a first-come, first-served basis for the soccer clinic hosted by the Korea Sports Council and organized by the Korea Football Association to provide rural youth with an opportunity to experience advanced soccer.

The recruited participants will experience advanced soccer through a program featuring coordination and ball sense training, group basic skills training, and more, conducted by full-time KFA staff and local leaders invited to Hamyang Public Stadium over two days from September 12 to 13.

All participants will be provided with soccer uniforms, stockings, and certificates of completion, and outstanding players among the participants will have the opportunity to participate in Stage 2 and 3 domestic soccer clinics.

This rural youth advanced soccer experience will hold domestic soccer clinics for a total of 400 youths, 100 in each of the four regions, during Stage 1 from August to September.

Seo Chun-soo, the mayor of Hamyang-gun, said, “This is a great opportunity to provide young soccer players with healthy sports activities and to foster teamwork through friendships with friends,” adding, “Much support is needed for the soccer hopefuls who will lead our country.”

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