Football legends ascend to Limpopo to empower aspiring footballers
SA football legends and a surprise international guest coach will be part of this year’s Activ8 football development programme in Polokwane.
The programme is set to take place between the 14th and 18th of December 2022 at the Old Peter Mokaba Stadium.
The Activ8 football bootcamp is aimed at up-skilling and developing young footballers by legends to prepare them for professional setup.
It is aimed at assisting footballers with skills and technical training for kids ages from 12-23 years.
The first three days are normally for upskilling the players by means of sports psychology training. Football nutrition training and financial training is also prioritized.
Legends use their discretion to select teams to play in front of invited professional team scouts.
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The 5-day program is supported by SAFA and other stake holders. Former Bafana Bafana stars Andrew Rabutla, Brain Baloyi, Jerry Sikhosana, Lucky Lekgwathi and Mpho Maleka will form part of the program.
“We will also have a surprise international guest coach with us from 15-17 December,” said CEO of the Activ8 program Lucinda Fletcher.
“For the first time we have added a top eight competition. On the 16 and 17 we have professional club coaches that are going to come and look at the kids for further assessments at a professional club.
“We also have SAFA coaches from the national teams that are going to be there. There is also have an international guest coach that is arriving on the 15th of December,” she said.
“We are looking at an exchange programme so some of the kids will be selected for exchange programs, I can not give the destination as yet.
“Bafana Bafana stars Andrew Rabutla, Brain Baloyi, Jerry Sikhosana, Lucky Lekgwathi Mpho Maleka are part of the program. All of them are on a schedule for different days and a different legend.”
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