Kids taking part in the AFC U13 Festival of Football for Asean were able to showcase and assess their skills levels on Thursday.

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SABAH: Kids taking part in the AFC U13 Festival of Football for Asean were able to showcase and assess their skills levels on Thursday.

The Skills Test phase marks the end of the educational part and the start of the Festival’s on-field activities.

Laos Head Coach Venkeot said: “The Skills Test is not only good for testing the level of basic skills for players but also gives coaches the opportunity to analyse a player’s strengths and weaknesses.”

The objectives of the Skills Test include: assessing basic skills, identify talented players, produce a database for future analysis, evaluate and improve coach training education and tab a player for future assessment.

The test involved analysing seven skills – juggling, short passing accuracy, short passing speed, long passing, running with the ball, dribbling and shooting.

The skills were overseen by coaches who took part in the first week’s ‘C’ Certificate course.