Chelsea HK coach Dave Stewart to grace Chelsea Soccer School Philippines Opening
by rick olivares
The anticipation of the opening of The Chelsea FC Soccer School in Philippines is
reaching a fever pitch. The school will
kick off with
a special Summer Camp that will be operated under a special arrangement between
Chelsea FC and The Younghusband Football Academy.
This is indeed a special and unique
event with the Younghusband Football
Academy as its directors and principal coaches, brothers James and Phil
Younghusband were once Chelsea Youth Academy standouts.
Helping
out in the first few sessions will be Dave Stewart, Football Program
Development Manager of the Chelsea FC Soccer School in Hong Kong. Stewart has
been teaching football from the grassroots to elite level for the past 10 years
in 20 different countries. He holds an English FA Level 2 Coaching Certificate
and a UEFA Level 3 Coaching Certificate.
Stewart
will be joining the Younghusband Brothers when they kick off the Chelsea FC
Soccer School with a press conference on Monday, April 16, 2012 at the GroupM
offices at the 23rd Floor, Picadilly Star building at the Fort.
“For me,
teaching kids is a different satisfaction to playing football but it’s on the
same level. Just a different satisfaction,” said Phil of the brothers’ foray
into coaching.
“Seeing
these kids with joy in their faces reminds us of ourselves when we were
younger. For us to play a part in their development makes us happy. Because one
thing we noticed at the young level -- maybe under the age of 12 -- kids are
very similar in the abilities of those youngsters in England and Europe. The
problem is when they move up to the high school and college level where the
lack of opportunities and the lack of quality games hinders their development
of players. For us to work with Chelsea in these kids’ development makes us
excited.”
Added
James, who is team captain for the Loyola Meralco Sparks, “During our younger
years, Phil was playing as a defender and I was playing as a striker. That’s
why it is important to help them develop and discover their talents.”
“Plans are being made for the official launch of
the Chelsea FC Soccer School Philippines and we will be releasing more details
very soon. Both Phil and I are excited about this project but first thing
first, let’s enjoy this upcoming Summer Camp together!”
The
Chelsea FC Soccer School summer camp powered by The Younghusband Football
Academy and will have a limited number of slots for
intermediate and advanced football training that will also be overseen by some
of the club’s coaches. The age groups will be divided as follows Under-8, U-10,
U-12, and U-16 for boys and girls.
The summer
camp will be held at the Evia Football Field in Las Piñas on April 17, 19, 24,
26 as well as on May 3, 8, and10. The culminating activity and the Official
Launch of the Chelsea Soccer School, will be held on May 15 at the SM Mall of
Asia.
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