Camp encourages soccer dreams

School holidays provide opportunity to build skills, teamwork and confidence

More than 100 children enthusiastically chasing soccer balls earlier this month in Beijing highlighted a fun and healthy way to spend school holidays - signing up for winter soccer camps that unleashed their vigorous energy on the pitch.

The winter soccer camp at Zhongke Sunshine Sports City, organized by the Beijing Municipal Commission of Education and the Beijing Sports Bureau, was the first of its kind to provide selected students advanced soccer training as well as science, art and English lessons.