The Third Talent Discovery Festival was concluded in Najran

2023-05-10
22:41:55

Today, Wednesday, the Third Talent Discovery Festival was concluded in Najran, as it was held by the Saudi Arabian Football Federation represented by the Technical Department, with the aim of discovering football talents in schools and giving them the opportunity to join sports clubs and regional training centers.

The festival, which was held at Al-Okhdood Club stadium in Najran, witnessed the participation of more than 260 male and female players under the supervision of 35 male and female coaches, as the stadium was divided into 8 squares and the participants were divided into groups, each group participated for 15 minutes to discover the strengths of each player according to specific technical criteria, bringing the total program to 5 hours.

At the end of the festival, the participants were honored with souvenirs, while the talents who passed the tests will be sorted to join the regional training center in Najran in order to increase their talents through professional programs that have been developed in line with the talent development path, which represents one of the pillars of the Saudi football transformation strategy.

The next festival is scheduled to be held in Al-Ahsa region on May 15 at Prince Abdullah Bin Jalawi Reserve Stadium, to be followed by 12 festivals in Hafar Al-Batin, Arar, Abha, Al-Baha, Hail, Taif, Tabuk, Al-Jawf, Dammam, Jeddah, Medina and Riyadh.

It is noteworthy that the technical department in the Saudi Arabian Football Federation set the ages of the participants for male students from 6 to 9 years, and the ages of female participants from 9 to 12 years.

For his part, the technical director of the youth Department, Captain Khaled Al-Farhan, expressed his thanks and appreciation to the Education Department in Najran for its fruitful cooperation in making the festival a success.