Vadim Kostyuchenko: “Innovative project“ Open football lessons ”attracted thousands of children to favorite game”

On the queue five more regions of Ukraine, where the festival of champions "Open football lessons" visited.

Chernivtsi region

How often after open classes do teachers hear from students, “When is the next one? We want more! » But a few hours of special football lessons, which were held at the stadium in Khotyn, the students were not enough.

How zealously they performed the exercises, how loudly they shouted command slogans, and how their eyes shone! No other open lesson has been so fun and dynamic. Moreover, both boys and girls chased the ball across the field with the same passion.

The children owe their impressions and emotions to the social project "Festival of Champions" Open Football Lessons ", which was held recently in Khotyn.

About two hundred schoolchildren aged 6-13 from 12 educational institutions of the district went to the green lawn of the stadium, conditionally divided into the same number of sectors. Changing from sector to sector, the teams were always involved in new interesting games, relay races. In short, it was a huge master class, during which the coaches taught the children the intricacies of handling a leather ball, as well as tolerance, athletic behavior. In one of the sectors, law enforcement officers, juvenile prevention police officers, talked to and gave advice to schoolchildren.

As the executive director of the Chernivtsi Regional Football Federation Oleksandr Plakhov noted, "Open Football Lessons" is the idea of ​​the Football Federation of Ukraine with the participation of the Ministry of Education and the National Police. In the Khotyn region, the initiative was supported by the district football federation and the youth and sports department of the RSA education department.

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- This event does not focus exclusively on playing football, the main thing is to encourage students to play sports in general, to tear them away from computers and gadgets. It is also important that the lessons do not have a competitive stage, and this does not create additional stress, but on the contrary, gives participants the opportunity to focus on mastering sports skills. After all, among them, perhaps, are those who practice with a soccer ball for the first time. The main thing here is that children play moving games in the fresh air, that they feel like a team and that everyone is in a good mood. The organizers of the social project "Open Football Lessons" pay special attention to the participation of displaced children, children of ATO participants and children of socially vulnerable categories, - said Alexander Plakhov.

The brightness and solemnity of the holiday was added by the award ceremony, during which the young participants received T-shirts from the Football Federation of Ukraine, coaches - sports suits, and schools - new balls and other sports equipment.

Vinnytsya region

From September 24 to 28, the festival of champions took place at the Kolos Stadium in Yampil. About 200 Yampil residents took part in the event, including girls aged five to 12. Classes were conducted by experienced coaches and football instructors.

- The children received the basics of the game №1. Specialists showed the simplest exercises they learned. And not only football, but also other sports. For example, athletics, - said the head of the Yampil district football federation, director of the local CYSS Gennady Grechkovsky. - After these lessons, the number of children wishing to attend CYSS is growing significantly.

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The coaches and teachers who conducted the lessons received costumes as a gift from the Football Federation of Ukraine, and the young participants of the event received T-shirts. Also, the Yampil organizers received free balls, chips, game cuffs and other necessary equipment for football lessons.

Cherkasy region

Then the festival moved to Horodyshche, Cherkasy region. The event was attended by representatives of many stakeholders: Deputy Chairman of Horodyshche Regional State Administration Vasyl Skrynnyk, Deputy Chairman of Horodyshche District Council Mykola Panchyshyn, Deputy Chairman of the Regional Football Federation Petro Yevych, Head of Cherkasy Regional Branch of the Committee for Physical Education and Sports Antonina Saprykunna prevention of the Main Directorate of the National Police in Cherkasy region Yulia Sudenko, head of the education department of Horodyshche Regional State Administration Mykola Kyrpaty, head of the Football Federation of Horodyshche district Oleksandr Yaremchuk.

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After the welcoming speeches, the participants began an interesting warm-up and the passage of 12 sports stations. Students performed interesting exercises, participated in relay races and games, as well as talked to a psychologist and National Police officers. Young participants received a lot of positive emotions, inspiration and good mood, and some got acquainted with a new sport for them - football!

All participating schools received sets of soccer balls and equipment needed for football lessons, and each participant received a branded T-shirt.

Poltava

Poltava region did not miss the project either, where local children gathered at the Jubilee Stadium on September 28 in Pyriatyn.

The holiday began with the raising of the State Flag of Ukraine by the child of the dead ATO participant Dmitry Aranchiy, the child of the ATO member Evgeny Kishechuk and the internally displaced child from the ATO area Alexander Skryabin.

The festival was attended by the Executive Director of the Football Federation of Poltava, Honored Coach of Ukraine, longtime leader of the Poltava "Vorskla" Victor Pozhechevsky. He congratulated everyone on the beginning of the festival, wished the students to continue to lead a healthy and active lifestyle, play sports, including football.

In turn, the head of the district state administration Oleh Kucha wished everyone to get good emotions and impressions from the festival. In memory of the event, he presented memorable gifts to Dmytro Aranchiy, Yevhen Kishenchuk and Oleksandr Scriabin.

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Pupils of secondary schools of the city and the district, which are 192 children, were divided into 12 sectors, in which volunteers from among physical education teachers and public activists, psychologists, as well as representatives of the Pyriatyn police department worked with them. The children had the opportunity to play football, perform various physical exercises and emotionally unload in the psychological care sector.

All participants of the event really liked the atmosphere that prevailed on this football holiday. The children were satisfied and happy to participate in the festival.

Finally, Oleg Kucha thanked all the initiators of the holiday and noted that such measures are an important step for shaping the values ​​of a healthy lifestyle in the younger generation, conflict prevention and even child crime. He wished that such events would take place as often as possible. After the festival, sports equipment was distributed among the educators of the city and the district.

Khmelnytsky region

From September 25 to 29, "Open Football Lessons" were held in Kamianets-Podilskyi.

The event was attended by 192 students (including 45 girls), who for five days at the Central Stadium named after G. Tonkocheev, divided into 12 grounds, engaged in the principle of "football for all". They were assisted by 12 volunteers and their assistants. At one of the football fields, conversations were held with children with the participation of a representative of the National Police, at another, a psychologist tried to unite the children through football.

At the end of the festival, participants received equipment and equipment provided by the Football Federation of Ukraine.

Describing the holding of Open Football Lessons Champions Festivals in the regions of Ukraine, Vadym Kostyuchenko, First Vice President of the Football Federation of Ukraine, said: who may not have football talent, play their favorite sport and use it to develop the best qualities. I am convinced that most of the participants in the project will enroll in football sections and, even if they do not become professional footballers, they will be active fans and volunteers in the future. "

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