"As part of a training event for working with a group of students of our children's academy, we attracted trainers-students of the Licensing Center of the National Federation. Borrowing the experience of leading football powers, FFU has already invited professional mentors to practice with children.. Future specialists have just started training at the Licensing Center to get a diploma of the highest coaching category - PRO ", said Kostyuchenko.

Classes with kids were held on artificial fields of the NTK them. Bannikova, which are the basis for training young athletes. A master class with future footballers was conducted by students of the courses - Gleb Platov, who worked at the coaching staff of Dynamo Sergei Rebrov, and now gains experience at the Qatar Football Academy, and Andrei Uschapovsky, who after the end of his playing career (in the teams of Borisfen masters) and "Dniester") was a children's coach in Ovidiopolsky Youth School, and now part of the coaching staff of FC Arsenal-Kiev.

"Attracting professional mentors is an important stage in the application of advanced approaches in the training process of the Academy of Football Federation of Ukraine. FFU Children's Football Academy is a complex project with a great future.. The main task in the work of the federation and the academy is to popularize youth football.. To this end, we invite young professional football players to train already professional coaches who are also interested in getting experience working with children, "Vadim Kostyuchenko told the agency.

Master class lasted more than an hour. Young football players with diligence did exercises, played on equipment, carried out "parties" and even carried out some serious tactical tasks, as in adult football. In a word, everybody received a positive charge from the master class - both children and coaches, because the classes at the FFU Children's Football Academy are aimed only at the positive, the development of children's abilities and the promotion of football.