Dutch soccer expertise shows on campus

More Chinese youngsters look set to benefit from Dutch soccer's renowned youth program, which has produced an abundant supply of top players for clubs worldwide.

The ball was set rolling at Beijing Sangao Football Training Center on Wednesday when Jan Olde Riekerink and Edmond Claus, two former coaches at legendary Dutch club Ajax, held a training session with 44 players from primary and secondary schools.

Riekerink, the former mentor of star Dutch national players Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben, demonstrated the drills and tactics that he used to train the star duo when they began their careers at the Ajax youth camp in the 1990s.