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VIVA to Hold a Briefing Session for Players Selected to Attend Real Madrids Training Program

VIVA, Kuwaits fastest-growing and most developed telecom operator, to hold a briefing session, today, for the ten players who will be participating in Real Madrids training program. Players were chosen earlier in March and have gathered to be briefed about the academys rules and regulations before travelling to Madrid, Spain between 1 and 8 August.

Players were selected from over 400 participants who joined the Real Madrid try outs, which were held in March 2015, and will get the opportunity to travel to Madrid, Spain to join a training camp to be educated and trained by the famous football team coaches. Real Madrid Academy is one of the leading football training institutions located in middle of the Spanish City, Madrid. Selected players will be accompanied by a team from VIVA who will surround them with care and attention throughout the trip.

Commenting on this initiative, Abdulrazzaq Bader Al Essa , Director of Corporate Communications at VIVA said: We look forward to a successful and productive trip for those 10 participants, they are so talented and have proven to be skilled players therefore we are happy to support them and bring their dreams to be professional football players to reality. We have always been committed to supporting youth of Kuwait and this program is one of the initiatives that support our big goal which contributing to the development of the Kuwait sports sector locally and internationally.

The top 10 players will be chosen by a joint judging committee consisting of Real Madrid coaches and Kuwait National Football team leaders. Each of the players were judged on the basis of their foot-balling capability and talent, physical fitness, discipline, their communication skills amongst each other as players and their general conduct on and off the field. The training program focused on different technical areas, such as dribbling, short passing, turning and finishing. The programs were also designed to develop young players in other fields, such as tactical understanding, and mental, physical and social growth.

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