Youngsters attending the week long soccer clinic being put on by local club BAA, starting today, are in for a special treat.

Not only will they have the privilege of being instructed by the decorated former West Ham and England international full back Frank Lampard, who presently coaches the London club, but they will also get chance to work with two of England's most promising young professionals Frank Lampard Jr., and team-mate Lee Hodges.

The younger Lampard and Hodges are two players who have come up through the youth programme at West Ham and will be called on to provide demonstrations for the other youngsters as well as offer a bridge in the generation gap between them and the older Lampard.

"They're probably two of the best players in England at their age and have come over with me to help deal with lads between 10 and 16. Our idea is to emphasise skills such as dribbling. They can demonstrate in full detail what is required in all parts of the game,'' explained Lampard, who played left back for West Ham from 1968-88 in a team that included the legendary Bobby Moore. Lampard was capped twice for England.

Of his two young assistants, Lampard noted: "They aren't playing in the full first team as yet, they've just turned 17, but they've been playing in our reserves and that really is a feat in itself.

"Hopefully next year they can both come through to the first team. At West Ham over the years the tradition has been to bring players through from a youth policy and these would be two who have and it would be a great boost for the club. Bearing in mind the transfer fees being paid in England, with like eight million pounds for people, you've got to try and bring players through from the grass roots.'' Lampard has long had a love affair with coaching the youth. During his days as a member of the first team at West Ham he would leave his own training sessions only to be later found at a nearby club giving instruction to a group of youngsters.

He says what he enjoys most about coaching children is their eagerness to absorb knowledge and then go out and put it to practical use, or at least try.

His main aim, he says, is to get them to be able to perform under a team setting, but at the same time allowing for individual flair.

"Hopefully they'll come away from the clinic with some new ideas,'' continued Lampard, who at 46 and married with two children, still bears the scars of 20 years among the top flight. "We want to leave things in their mind as they grow up that they can work on to progress, because football is a thing that although when young it comes naturally, as you get older you have to play within a team structure and not be an individual.

"I think that when you work with the younger lads like we're doing here, or back home where I often go and get involved with our young boys, I think they take more on board than the senior players. They just have to be taught to be organised.

"The young ones you can coach and see things coming back more prominently than you can with the seniors and I get a lot of enjoyment out of that.'' BAA president David Kneisler was similarly enthused about the prospect of having the trio available for the clinic.

"We're particularly interested in our young people being motivated by two 17-year-olds who are signing on as professionals. It should inspire them to achieve that same success as those two youngsters,'' said Kneisler, whose club will have another former England star Frank Worthington returning as their guest later in the year to conduct a similar clinic.

"We need to raise the standard of our game here in Bermuda and I know no better way than by bringing in coaches of Frank Lampard's standing to convey that to our young people here in Bermuda.

"With Frank, his experience, expertise and knowledge of the game it can only assist these young people in preparation for the upcoming season. So combining all those parts together I think it's going to be a great camp for those who can make it.''