Soccer Clinic with the TFSC kids (20 March 2015)

For this round of Soccer Clinics with the TFSC kids, we booked a different venue from our usual (Safra Tampines). We went to the UberSports futsal venue at East Coast Park! Two other volunteers, Felix Lam and Joshua Tan, from our Youth Ministry had a great time at this session too. So far, i've been with the kids for 4 sessions and it's a real joy to conduct these sessions for them. They probably know my style already; the session usually runs in this order: warm-ups and jogging > dribbling practice > shooting practice (right leg and left leg) > tournament which consists of 7-minute matches > the occasional short talk about good values > photo-taking > lunch.

The good values are always taught on the pitch during training and during the matches if we see any undesirable behaviour being displayed. I also shared with Felix and Joshua to be big brothers to these kids. Encouraging the kids during these sessions is also very important as that builds them up as a person. Teaching of good values is also done off the pitch while we wait for our next match during the tournament or also while we walk to lunch and talk during lunch. The kids were treated to Burger King after 2 hours of soccer. They thoroughly enjoyed it!

It's great when we get to see each other again after 2 months (since it's held during all the major school holidays). Working with Alvin from TFSC to plan these sessions for the kids has been a blessing to me and will continue to be a blessing as I spend more time running around with the kids. When I see familiar faces, it continues to help us form closer bonds. I was really happy to see some of them at the Good Friday Banquet (You're Special Banquet) which we recently planned for many guests. I told them that I'll see them at the next soccer clinic session in June.