There are many football training centres around but if you want to take it seriously, your kid will have to join a club which trains to take part in tournaments. Kuala Lumpur Youth Soccer (KLYS) is a high-performance football academy for kids aged six to 19 and is known for participating at the annual Gothia Cup in Sweden (World Youth Cup), one of the most competitive youth tournaments on the football sporting calendar. And, yes there’s a girls team too that regularly compete.
Fitness, gamesmanship, discipline and motivation – these are what a kid needs to succeed in any sport. For parents, having a kid competing in sports is a great source of pride. However, it also requires serious commitment (time, finances, nerves of steel) and the acknowledgment that the chances of reaching world standard is a long, difficult journey and only a few succeed. So, succeeding at a school, club or state level can sometimes be good enough!