Kicking Off Success: How One Primary School in Gongliu County is Turning Teenagers’ Football Dreams into Reality

One in six students joins a football club. This primary school in Gongliu County weaves “football dreams” for teenagers

2024-11-01 11:39:49 CCTV News Client

Muhamati Abushatar is a student at the Central Primary School of Aktubeke Town, Gongliu County, Ili, Xinjiang. In this school, football is a common hobby of the students, and the school has also helped the children create a football “paradise”.

In the Central Primary School of Aktubeke Town, Gongliu County, Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, children are doing physical exercises in an orderly manner during the school break. Students in the lower grades are running and doing exercises, and students in the upper grades are participating in a short football match.

In March this year, Aktubeke Town Central Primary School was designated as a national pilot school for youth football talent cultivation and reform. According to the school’s newly formulated plan, there is one hour of physical training every morning, 30 minutes of practicing basic movements such as running with the ball and passing the ball at noon, and two hours of extended service after class for group activities such as passing, shooting, dribbling, and stopping the ball. Training with movements.

Among the 29 clubs created by the school’s after-school extended service, there are 6 class football clubs. There are more than 1,300 students in the school, and one-sixth of the students have signed up to participate. With more children playing football, the school began to strengthen the design of in-school teams and competitions, creating three echelons of football teams: class football team, grade football team, and school-level football team. Under the leadership of professional football teachers, there are targeted football teams. Regular training, regular participation in invitational competitions, competitions and other competition and exchange activities at all levels.

Since the beginning of this year, Aktubeke Town Central Primary School has won championships, runner-ups and other good results in multiple competitions at the autonomous region level, and the children have also gone to Jiangsu for football exchanges. Before every game, Abu Shatar, the captain of the school team, would arrange the formations for the young players to boost their morale.