Vladivostok Sports Palace "Youth" - in the encyclopedia "Gifted children - the future of Russia"

Today, among the inmates of "Youth" - winners of the Olympic Games, the vice-world champions and European champions, winners of the championships of Russia and the Kremlin Cup winners, honored master of sports of Russia and the international master of sports of swimming, basketball, tennis.

In 2012 the "Youth" was awarded a grant of city competition additional education, introducing innovative educational programs.

- The money we spent on the purchase of new equipment needed for the improvement of the educational process - the director of the Sports Palace Irina Babakina. - Today, fully equipped with all the structural units: a large and a small swimming pool, game room, meeting rooms and common struggle of physical fitness, shooting and gymnastics town.

Sports Palace is famous for its teachers. Many of the coaches honored with state and professional awards and titles: "Honored coach of Russia", "Honored Teacher of Russia", "Excellence in Physical Education", "Excellence in Public Education" badge "Honorary Worker of General Education," Literacy and helpful committee Physical Culture and Sport of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

Classes at the complex were for many guys start major sporting achievements. Only in 2011-2012 the coaches have prepared more than 170 young athletes gaps, held competitions in basketball, badminton and sambo, volleyball, handball and futsal, which involved more than three thousand boys and girls from all over the Far East. And in March, opened the long-awaited pool: it is equipped with four tracks, there is a special "splash" for the little ones, new locker rooms and showers.