MYFA, Borussia Dortmund hit the ground running with football training camp in Chennai

AMM Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Indian business conglomerate, the Murugappa Group, and German soccer large Borussia Dortmund (BVB) kicked off their partnership with a coaching camp right here not too long ago.

The four-day coaching camp was for the gamers and coaches of the Murugappa Group’s Murugappa Youth Football Academy (MYFA).

In May, AMM Foundation introduced their affiliation with BVB because the latter’s official Youth Development Partner in India, beginning July.

The two establishments have hit the bottom operating with a coaching camp for the MYFA gamers and coaches, with the endeavour of instilling a long-term system of communication, studying and improvement by means of soccer.

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Christian Diercks, head of BVB Evonik Football Academy, together with Verena Leidinger, Manager International and New Business BVB APAC, and Jerome Kwang, junior supervisor International & New Business BVB APAC, comprised the group from BVB for the coaching camp.

“Honestly, it feels like one big family doing what we love in trying to impact the lives of these youngsters in the best way possible. We’re delighted BVB shares our vision in putting people before products and profits, with community welfare taking priority over commercial success,” Veeru Murugappan, head of sport at AMM Foundation, was quoted as saying.

“Our kids and coaches have already benefited a great deal and while there’s so much more we plan to do, we’re glad things are moving in the right direction,” Murugappan added.

The BVB group engaged the MYFA gamers and coaches in attention-grabbing drills and periods that focussed on essential features like on-pitch communication and coordination with an emphasis on getting the fundamentals proper, each on and off the ball.

The personnel carried out hands-on classroom periods with the MYFA coaches, set to proceed as periodic digital periods within the coming weeks and months of the partnership.

With constant enchancment and progress whereas figuring out budding expertise among the many MYFA ranks, there’s additionally a definite risk within the close to future for a group from MYFA to take part in BVB’s regional age-group and youth tournaments in Asia and around the globe.