The club’s number one goalie helped run an all-day ‘football camp’ using coaching methods with drills and exercises for 40 boys and girls aged eight to 13.
“Sometimes the biggest excitement as a kid is to score rather than to save,” Vicario said. “But maybe this changes as time goes on, seeing so many young keepers enjoying being between the posts.
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“Their passion for football reminds me of my time as a kid playing and not thinking too much — just enjoying the game.”
The session, held in the grounds of Richard Hale School in Hertford was part of Spurs development programme that helps around 45,000 aspiring players and coaches a year, run by FA and UEFA-qualified professionals.
Tottenham landed Vicario for £16 million last year, the price tag club chairman Dan Levy wanted to pay for his new No 1 goalkeeper.