Football for Schools strengthens formative role of sport among Ecuador youth
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- 28 Apr 2023
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During the launch festival for the Football for Schools Programme in Ecuador, a ten-year-old boy approached the instructor, Orly Salas, and told him he was tired. He had just participated in six of the nine on-pitch activity stations and explained that, because he rarely exercised, he was feeling the pace a little. “No problem, but I'm going to ask you to help me with something,” a smiling Salas replied. “From this moment on, you’re the ‘assistant teacher’, and I need you to sit here and tell me the names of your team-mates, so that I can call their names out and throw them the ball.” Salas subsequently told FIFA.com: “I did that because no child should ever be excluded. The aim is always to include them in some way, be it that boy or any child who has a problem or a different ability, really. That’s part of our job as teachers, coaches or educators.”
Salas is one of the 50 instructors trained by FIFA during the recent seminar held on 7 and 8 February at the traditional Vicente Rocafuerte school in Guayaquil. It was there, where so many Ecuadorian sporting figures and celebrities have emerged over the years, that the festival – which brought together more than 100 children from the area – was also held. Read More…
