{"id":281643,"date":"2018-08-06T06:02:39","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T22:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=281643"},"modified":"2018-08-06T06:02:39","modified_gmt":"2018-08-05T22:02:39","slug":"saipan-soccer-school-concludes-summer-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/saipan-soccer-school-concludes-summer-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"Saipan Soccer School concludes summer camp"},"content":{"rendered":"
Participants in the 2018 Saipan Soccer School Summer Camp play in a scrimmage last Friday at the TSL Sports Complex\u2019s artificial turf. (Roselyn B. Monroyo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 2018 Saipan Soccer School Summer Camp wrapped up last Friday at the TSL Sports Complex with around 70 completing the nearly month-long event.<\/p>\n

The camp, which started last July 9 and attended by boys and girls in the 4 to 13 age group, had participants learning individual soccer skills and team plays, doing warm-up and stretching drills, and playing fun games.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom Monday to Thursday, we did drills to teach them soccer skills and have them mingle with their co-campers. Fridays were reserved for scrimmages by age group so they can apply what they have learned from our previous sessions,\u201d SSS coach Cristy Villaflor said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe averaged between 60 and 70 campers every day, \u201c she added.<\/p>\n

Matty Angeles was among the participants in the camp and a repeat costumer, as she had her first when she was just 5.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love to join to camp because I get to play with kids of my age and have fun with them. I also get to know new friends,\u201d Angeles said.<\/p>\n

While Angeles has been a regular in the camp, Maliya Benson was a first-timer and was glad to have joined this year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had so much fun, especially when we play games. I enjoyed every bit of my time here,\u201d Benson said.<\/p>\n

Players from various soccer clubs assisted SSS in working with the participants, making it easier for organizers to facilitate the camp.<\/p>\n

\u201cI worked with the kids for a few weeks and it\u2019s nice to see them learn the techniques we taught them,\u201d said Vicente Reyes, who plays goalie for Kanoa Football Club.<\/p>\n

Reyes\u2019 teammate Jim Kurt Maniago also lent his time to SSS to coach the participants and remembered how he was just like them.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I was at their game, I was also excited to play and learn. It\u2019s so fun to coach them and share with them what I have learned from my former coaches,\u201d Maniago said.<\/p>\n

For MP United Football Club\u2019s Kristopher Pascual, spending summer by coaching young children was worth it.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of doing nothing at home or just playing video games, it\u2019s way much better to come out here and teach the kids and encourage them to be active,\u201d the MPU goalie said.<\/p>\n

At the conclusion of the camp, each participants received certificate of participation and loot bags from SSS and its sponsors.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, SSS would like to thank the volunteer-coaches, the Tan Siu Lin Foundation, and the Public School System\u2019s Food and Nutrition Services Program for their support to the camp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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