Oweh empowers over 100 Nigerian youth through American Football Camp
Baltimore Ravens linebacker, Odafe Oweh, has empowered over 100 Nigerian formative years through his American Football Camp initiative for the 2nd consecutive year.
In a two-day soccer camp for over 100 youths, organised by the Oweh’s Foundation for Opportunity (OFFO), the NFL massive title says the imaginative and prescient goals to promote American soccer in Nigeria and inspire a recent generation of athletes.
Speaking all the design through his formative years working against camp held at the Elegbata Sports Complex. Lagos Island at the weekend, Oweh hinted that his motivation stems from a deep want to provide assist to the other folks and present existence-changing alternatives for formative years — ethical as soccer remodeled his bear existence.
“Football got me to university with out cost. It got me drafted within the most valuable round and adjusted my existence. Now, I must give Nigerian formative years a possibility to interchange theirs,” Oweh acknowledged
The soccer camp, which after a outdated edition in Ajegunle, his father’s space of foundation, per him.
Oweh added that he plans to introduce young Nigerians to American soccer and flag soccer, which became recently licensed as an Olympic sport.
The initiative catered to each boys and girls between frail 8 to 18, with over 120 formative years made up of first-timers and kids with prior publicity to the game.
Oweh highlighted the bodily and psychological attributes of Nigerians as key reasons for his belief within the country’s doable to thrive in American soccer.
“Nigerians are bodily dominant. We're vital, posthaste, and tidy. That’s why after I became drafted, my team started selecting extra Nigerians,” he acknowledged. adding that loads of his NFL teammates are also of Nigerian heritage.
Even despite the proven reality that American soccer stays a largely routine sport in Nigeria, Oweh is optimistic about its rising acceptance, noting the fascinating response from formative years and communities.
He opined that the game would perchance presumably assist as a transformative tool, now not ethical for athletic success, but for building self-discipline, aim, and world publicity.
Oweh posited that the most up-to-date edition of the camp has been extra structured than final year’s, with plans in space to protect contact with participants all year long, providing working against regimens and presumably sponsoring take care of shut skills to reduction NFL video games within the U.S.
The NFL massive title became joined by two of his teammates from the Baltimore Ravens—David Ojabo and Nnamdi Madubuike—each of whom portion Nigerian heritage.
Ojabo, a Nigerian-Scottish linebacker, expressed excitement about the extent of raw skill on ticket, praising Oweh for creating a platform that empowers formative years to pursue their dreams, whereas Madubuike lauded participant’s eagerness to be taught and their skill to take care of shut advanced ideas.
“We have taught them some intricacies of the game and the formative years are very responsive and attentive. They asked appropriate questions and I'm here ethical to coach them how they can also be better from what I became taught,” he acknowledged.
Madubuike acknowledged American soccer can in point of fact develop in Nigeria, noting that the participants can be taught as they components to the camps having an curiosity within the game and as they develop in self belief, the curiosity will develop.
Coach Jordan Collins from the US counseled the participants’ work ethic asserting, “The whole formative years are working so laborious, you might perchance presumably repeat that they enjoy it and they’re embracing the coaching. It’s been an absolute pleasure.”
