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Tottenham announce new Chinese grassroots coaching scheme set to reach 8,000 students in Guangzhou

Tottenham have become the latest club to join the football drive in China as they announced a year-long initiative to develop the game at grassroots level in the Asian country.

Spurs' global coaching team will use the same techniques as at the club's north London academy to provide 42 physical education teachers an insight into coaching at the elite level.

In turn those newly-trained teachers will work with 8,000 primary and middle school students in Guangzhou.

Tottenham haveu00a0announced a year-long initiative to develop the grassroots game in China
Tottenham have announced a year-long initiative to develop the grassroots game in China
Spurs' global coaching team will be teaching the same techniques used at the club's academy
Spurs' global coaching team will be teaching the same techniques used at the club's academy
Spurs Lodge will also play host to 40 children to undergo a week of training in November
Spurs Lodge will also play host to 40 children to undergo a week of training in November

'We understand the importance of football development in China and, given our track record,' Tottenham's head of global coaching, Grant Cornwell, told the club's website.