Home in Focus: Get kicks for free

The Straits Times looks at how some kids are learning to master football basics, thanks to a scheme that is doing good in the community

While Ronaldo makes football look like child's play, it is not as easy as it seems, which is where keen coach Malcolm Lau comes into play.

Mr Lau, 30, is happy to give up his precious Saturday afternoons to head from his Bedok home to a field in Woodlands where he volunteers with three other coaches to teach children on the finer points of how to pass and control a ball.

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