RON LA FOREST, head of the Ron La Forest Soccer Academy, is pleased with the fact that his institute has been contracted by Atlantic LNG Company of Trinidad and Tobago to be involved with the Atlantic Real Madrid Foundation Social Sports School.
La Forest, the former Trinidad and Tobago striker and youth team coach, was speaking after the Social Sports School’s launch at Jaffa at the Oval, Queen’s Park Oval, Port-of-Spain on Saturday.
Asked about his feelings of being involved with the arrangement, La Forest replied, “the feeling is unbelievable.
“This is something that the country needed, this is something that I needed, this is something that the kids needed ,” he added. “I can’t express how I felt but it’s a warmness coming from deep inside.”
La Forest noted that there may be an exchange of talent in the near future.
“What we will do, after a couple years in sync with Real Madrid, is (send some) of the kids up to Spain as well as they’ll be sending their scouts down here to take a look at how the programme is being ran,” he explained.
La Forest stated that the project will run for “a lengthy period of time” but the children at his school have warmly accepted Real Madrid’s involvement in the venture.
There may also be the chance that national youth players can benefit from this initiative.
“With the connection that we’ve built here, I think it should open some doors for our national youth players also,” La Forest said.
Source: www.newsday.co.tt