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Top young players from the Hong Kong Coerver Coaching Soccer Academy  are looking forward to improving their skills alongside Japanese professionals next month.
They will train with J-League players for a week before taking part in a junior tournament, which starts on August 15.
The academy has been taking players to Japan for summer training for several years. Mathew Kwong Tsz-hin,  12, is one of the players heading to Japan. 'It's my second visit to Japan and I am really looking forward to the trip,' he said.
The Link Junior Soccer League 2009, organised  by the academy and sponsored the Link Reit - a real estate investment company - was  held from March to June and included more than 200 matches. Its prize presentation ceremony was held on July 5 in Lok Fu.
The league aims to boost the participants' all-around physical development and  team spirit, and help them develop a strong character in order to tackle future challenges.
A total of 65 school, community and free-combination teams took part in the league  in three categories - under-9, under-11 and under-13.
All the youngsters gave maximum effort  throughout the tournament which included a series of round-robin and elimination games.
'I really enjoyed the league. I like playing with my teammates,' said Yu Ka-wai,  the top scorer in the under-13 division. 
Academy director Raymond Kwong Hiu-ming  said: 'Soccer training is good for developing stamina, flexibility, strength and speed in young people. We hope that this league will allow more young people to experience the pleasure and benefits of soccer.' 
Mr Kwong said the academy would hold more competitions to promote the joy of playing soccer in the community.
At the prize-presentation ceremony, Anusorn Sinlapee,  a renowned freestyle football star from Thailand, performed brilliant ball tricks and played soccer with the youngsters.



Japanese goal for young footballers