A FOOTBALL course aimed at reducing anti-social behaviour kicked off on Saturday.

Police have drafted in UEFA qualified coaches to give bored youngsters a sporting pass time.

Sessions are being held every Saturday at Colchester Academy Sports Centre in Hawthorne avenue.

The professional standard sessions will focus on team work, fitness, discipline and individual skills in a bid to reduce youth crime.

UEFA Coaches Dean Smith and Robert Waller put the kids through there paces.

For more information contact 01206 500917.