"It's like we're very good, true friends!" A coach and teacher Olga Zorkina talks about the training camp of children with special needs

Coach and teacher from St. Petersburg, Olga Zorkina, came to the Academy for a training camp together with children with special needs from Kazan.

The specialist told how she met the young athletes two years ago and how they have changed since that time.

"I met them in the summer of 2023. There was a training camp here, I saw these kids for the first time. They ran away, they didn't listen, we got used to each other for some time. Then the training process began, the process went well. We trained very productively. This year when I arrived, I saw them, it’s such a big difference. The kids have grown up, they have become stronger, they are more disciplined, respectful."

She shared with what attitude they attend trainings now.

"So joyful, so warm. Hugs, as if we were such very good, kind friends. And now the children's attitude is very friendly, they are all very motivated, especially when they succeed in some elements, they are very happy, but any child is happy, and here it is doubly and even triply such moments happen."

All expenses for the training camp have been covered by the Alina Kabaeva Sky Grace Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy.