Real Madrid Foundation to launch football clinics The Real Madrid Foundation and the Swakopmund Dome will launch football clinics in Namibia next month.The first clinic will take place at The Dome in Swakopmund from 10 December for coaches and then 12 to 16 December for children.
A maximum of 30 coaches and 200 children will be allowed to benefit from the foundation''s knowledge.
The five-day clinics are set to train young players in U-9, U-11, U-13 and U-15, as well as mentor local coaches.
Professional coaches selected by the Real Madrid Foundation and Real Madrid''s youth academy headquarters in Madrid, Spain, will be conducting the clinics.
The objective of the clinic is to export the values of Real Madrid by teaching the methodology used in the club''s youth academy. In return, part of the revenue from the clinics will go to support social charity activity projects by the Real Madrid Foundation in Swakopmund.
Real Madrid Foundation project manager for Africa and the Middle East Iñigo Arenillase explained that the objective of the foundation is “to be nearer to those who need it the most in order to build a fairer world, using sport to transmit values.”
“Real Madrid has more than 114 years of history and during all this time they have received love and affection from the fans, which has allowed us to be who we are today, the most important club in football.
“We are currently developing programmes in 73 countries, with 419 socio-sporting programmes and almost 50 000 people benefitting,” he said.
The head of new projects at Real Madrid Andrés Muntaner said, “We are absolutely thrilled to announce the launch of Real Madrid''s Foundation clinics here in Swakopmund.
“We believe that it''s important young people appreciate the values and self-discipline that football teaches all of us. It''s the perfect sport to instil team-building and respect from an early age.”
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