UEFA Mass Soccer Week in Ukraine: a master class by national team coaches

28.09.2019 18:37

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In all regions of the country, within the framework of the UEFA Mass Football Week in Ukraine there are various football events: competitions among boys and girls, veterans of football, amateur football players, ATO participants, as well as meetings of children with football veterans and current players, football competitions.

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On September 27, one of such events took place in the capital on the fields of NTK. V. Bannikov. The head coach of the youth national team of Ukraine U-18 Volodymyr Yezersky and one of the assistants to the head coach of the youth national team of Ukraine Ruslan Rotan Vasyl Kardash organized a master class for students of the Academy of the Ukrainian Football Association. It is interesting that the first vice-president of UAF Vadym Kostyuchenko and the vice-president of the amateur football association Oleksandr Kadenko took part in such training together with the children, disguised in sports suits.

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During this master class, the coaches, who played more than a hundred matches as players, practiced the technique of the game, showing the young players the various elements used in football, as well as the technique of driving and stopping the ball.

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During the open lesson, Volodymyr Yezersky and Vasyl Kardash fondly talked to the children, gave them valuable advice, and finally gave them T-shirts.

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov