Two groups of girls — a total of 30 young participants — took part in the program. The training was conducted by coaches Maria Sas-Batrak and Oksana Plakhova. The classes combined football exercises with game plots from Disney cartoons, which helped make the training process more interesting and contributed to the active involvement of girls in football.

Volunteers also joined the classes. They helped the coaches work with the participants and noted that such projects motivate girls to be more active in football and show their abilities.

Parents of the participants also positively evaluate the program, emphasizing that the combination of football with elements of favorite cartoons makes training interesting for children and helps to form team spirit and a love of the game.

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The goals of the UEFA Playmakers program, which is implemented by the Ukrainian Football Association:

• introduce girls to football by creating an environment for them that focuses on fun, friends and football;
• implement a new individual coaching approach that uses imagination (inspired by Disney stories and characters) as a tool for training and acquiring soccer skills;
• improve girls' life skills, basic movement skills and teach the fundamentals of soccer to foster a lifelong commitment to soccer.