More than 40 local coaches and 100 young footballers will benefit from this year's ESPN/Flow Football Clinic at the Trelawny Multi-purpose Stadium over the next two days, with a number of the US-based sports network's on-screen personalities expected to take part.
This marks the second time that the multi-platform media outlet Flow is partnering with the globally recognised sports broadcasting giants in a football clinic, and everything is said to be in place for what is expected to be another successful staging.
Robbie Earle, the man who scored Jamaica's first goal at the FIFA World Cup Finals, when he rose highest to head a Ricardo Gardner cross in a 1-3 loss against Croatia during the 1998 finals in France; former Trinidad and Tobago goalkeeper Shaka Hislop and fellow ESPN commentator and Super Bowl champion Verron Hayes, will all be on hand to lend their expertise to the group today and tomorrow.
This year, the coaches and ballers will have the added benefit of the latest in I-Football technology - an Internet-based assessment tool used to measure a player's overall technical ability and identify areas of improvement.
Support Development
The clinics, presented for the first time last year by Flow and ESPN in association with Whole Life Ministries, are designed to support the development of football in Jamaica. Some of the 40 coaches and 100 young footballers who participated in 2010 will also be involved in this year's programme, as Flow and ESPN seek to build on the foundation laid in year one.
Today's clinic will focus on the coaches and will run for some five and a half hours. Also on the slate today is a demonstration of the I-Football platform, while the youngsters, age 12-15 years, will bring the weekend activities to a close tomorrow with a two-hour session.
Source: http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20111104/sports/sports6.html
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