YOUNGSTERS will have the opportunity to brush up on their soccer skills at a special series of coaching courses taking place in the Gravesend area during next week's half-term holiday.

Grass Roots Soccer Schools, in association with Arsenal Football Club, is running the courses for five to 14-year-olds in Cobham and New Ash Green.

Passing, shooting and ball control are practised in the morning with mini-tournaments in the afternoon. Courses are being held at Cobham Recreation Ground, The Street Cobham and Milestone School, Ash Road, New Ash Green from Monday to Thursday, October 27 to 30. The cost of each course is £38.

For further details telephone 01474 897108, email grsoccer@btopenworld.com or log on to www.grassrootssoccerschools.co.uk