Wednesday, February 21, 2018

.@kickstartfc2016 ties-up with #Dutch club FC SBC for promotion of #football

Kickstart FC, a state of the art football facility located in JP Nagar Bengaluru has tie-up with Dutch club FC SBC (Son en Breugel Combinatie) for the promotion of football at the grassroots level.
FC SBC will share its knowledge and human resource to set up a full-time Dutch coach at the Kickstart FC campus. The club has agreed to send a coach holding a UEFA Pro License to Kickstart FC.


Additionally, the Dutch side will conduct train-the-trainer programme in Netherlands and Bengaluru. It also will support Kickstart Foundation's grassroots programmes and provide access to international facilities for the underprivileged kids from the Foundation. The Kickstart FC Foundation supports more than 200 children in the football hot-beds of Gautamapura, Lingarajapuram and Murphy Town.
More than 300 children across different age groups currently train at the Kickstart FC Academy in JP Nagar. The Academy adopts a scientific approach to training. The Academy also imbibes life skills to its players by conducting regular workshops for its children. The workshops are aimed at making the child a leader, mentally stronger and confident outside the pitch as well. More importantly, the kids are shown how to strike a balance between academics and sports.