Korea Sports Council opens Jinchun National Training Center to youth, offering sports exploration programs... Chairman Yoo Seung-min: "I hope it becomes an opportunity for them to discover their own potential"

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The Korea Sports Council opened the Jinchun National Training Center to provide youth and adolescents with opportunities to experience various sports disciplines.

On the 28th, the Korea Sports Council operated a "Youth and Adolescent Sports Exploration Program" for elementary school students at the Jinchun National Training Center.

This program was established as part of education conducted by the Korea Sports Council's Korea Sports Talent Development Institute, targeting fifth- and sixth-grade students who are members of school sports teams or participate in school sports club activities. The aim is to support participants in discovering their potential and growing into healthy, promising young athletes through diverse sports experiences and interactions with professional teams.

In particular, the Seoul City Hall handball team participated in this education session. Head Coach Chung Yeon-ho, who currently serves as a coach for the national handball team, along with Coach Jo Eun-hee, Trainer Im Ha-neul, and players Jung Jin-hee, Woo Bit-na, Jo Eun-bin, Lee Jae-young, and Lee Gyu-hee, directly served as instructors, teaching students the basic rules and techniques of handball.

After learning fundamental handball movements such as passing and shooting, the students participated in mini-games with the Seoul City Hall handball players. Through this process, they deepened their understanding of handball through guidance and advice from professional athletes and gained a unique experience by playing matches alongside them.

For the ice hockey experience session, Head Coach An Geun-young and Coaches Yoo Tae-woong, Kim Min-seok, and Dima from the Puffins Ice Hockey Academy participated. The students learned the basic rules of ice hockey and how to use the equipment, and practiced fundamental techniques using skates and sticks. Subsequently, through mini-games, they directly experienced ice hockey, a sport rarely accessible to them, thereby broadening their interest in new sports.

In addition, participating students toured major training facilities at the National Training Center to observe the training environment of national team athletes. In the subsequent "My Sports Growth and Commitment" program, they shared their impressions from the sports experiences and set future athletic goals and action plans based on their physical capabilities and strengths.

Chairman Yoo Seung-min stated, "I hope that directly interacting with professional athletes and experiencing new sports disciplines has been a valuable opportunity for youth and adolescents to discover their own potential." He added, "Going forward, we will continue to collaborate with various sports teams and sports organizations to support youth and adolescents in gaining broad sports experiences and exploring career paths."

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