Premier Division club West Ham, has been a "rousing success'' according to Lampard and club president David Kneisler.

Over 30 youngsters took advantage of the chance to train under the expert tutelage of the former England international at the camp, which will end today.

"We've had five days of camp activity so far and you can really see the progress of the young boys. They're more confident on the ball and they're doing things they weren't previous to the camp,'' said Kneisler during a Thursday afternoon reception at the Woodlands Road clubhouse.

"All that was advertised has turned out to be real and I can't say enough about how important it is -- not just for BAA, but for the BFA and all other community clubs -- to organise these type of clinics and allow young people to come and participate.

"If we don't give the time, attention and energy to soccer to develop it, we won't go anywhere.'' Particularly interesting to the boys has been the inclusion of teenagers Frank Lampard Jr., and Lee Hodges, both on the fringe of breaking into the Hammers' first team. Each have wowed with their skills while demonstrating and playing alongside their young charges, providing an ideal `bridge' for Frank Sr. to get his message across.

"It's worked out well...it was a little bit hard to get together at first as 50 percent of them, when you called them in for drills, their minds were wandering, which seems like a bit of the Bermudian attitude ... that they were a little laid back,'' commented Lampard. "But to be fair, over the last two or three days they've shown signs of coming around to our way of thinking and responding to our way of coaching. "A lot of the lads when they first came in were a bit on the individual side and wanted to do things on their own. Then all of a sudden, they get the ball, look up and if they can go by people and do things on their own they do it and if not they might play the ball easily to another person in a better position than them.'' Lampard described the boys' enthusiasm as "electric''. And comparing them to those of a similar age in England, he said that some were of the same standard and with great potential.

To that end three youngsters emerging from the camp will be sponsored to attend for one week the Coerver School of Excellence, a reputable soccer school in England. Plans are also in the works for others to travel to West Ham as guests of Lampard.