Follow your Talent #2:
Academy Details and How to join.
Article by: Minna Ibrahim.
Spain Soccer School is an international high performance Football Academy located in Seville, in Spain. It welcomes international students who are looking to play football and study abroad at the same time.
It offers football practice alongside high school, Spanish lessons or university courses; it unites studies and sports.
It's a complete student exchange program that was founded 10 years ago, in 2013, by professional Coaches and Trainers from La Liga who have been playing and coaching for years in Premier league teams, specifically, Real Betis and Sevilla FC.
Academy Achievements
The first players that were trained by SSA are now professional football players, playing in top teams all over the world.
For example “Joaquín” whose a current Real Betis and Spain team player, “Adrián” the goal keeper of Liverpool, “Pozuelo” the attacking midfielder of Konyaspor -in the Süper Lig- and many other players playing at top teams like Liverpool , Spanish National Team, AC Milan, Atlético Madrid, Español de Barcelona, etc.
Furthermore, there are footballers who were trained by the academy’s coaches, such as “Juanito” and “Dani Martín Alexandre”- who played for Spain National Team and Real Betis-, are part of the Coaching Team nowadays.
The Teams Of The Academy
The academy has 3 categories in their team: Cadetes (14-15 years of age), Juveniles (16, 17 and 18), and Seniors (19 - 23). The academy is currently training boys, but they call all girls over the world to come and try one of the academy’s programs.
Academy Programs:
Besides offering professional training for young players, the academy provides in its programs support in every aspect that an athlete may need.
This can include nutritional education and monitoring, psychology lectures applied, support with university or high-school studies, Spanish lessons, gym sessions, personal physiotherapist, etc.
Also, they take care of every issue regarding housekeeping, meals, private medical insurance and sports kits.
Registration Process
In order to join the academy, anyone who wants to join has to send an email to the academy at this address “spainsoccerschool@gmail.com ” asking for the type of program he’s interested in and the academy will provide the detailed information and guide him through the registration process.
Programs Details:
The dates of registration are available all year long, knowing that the Football season lasts from September 1st till the mid of June. Moreover, the academy closes 2 weeks during Christmas holidays and 2 months (July and August) as summer holidays.
Types of Programs
The academy offers several programs, such as “Full-Year Football program” (the most requested one and many of the players, after coming for 1 season, they stay with us for 2 or 3 more years).
The “Showcase-Tryout Week”, the “Short Stay program”, the “Goalkeeper program”, the “Coaches Internship Program”, the “Football Teams program”, and the prestigious “Sevilla FC Tour program” and you can dig deep in each program through the academy’s website.
SSA and the Academic Field:
At SSA, education is as important as football, and since the academy has athletes ranging between 14 and 23 they offer educational support for these athletes according to their need and age. They have a Spanish teacher that provides Spanish classes (10 hours a week) to players who are on sabbatical and need to learn or improve their Spanish.
They also offer football programs in addition to courses within the state education system. They also have programs that include courses at international schools, such as the International School, which has fully bilingual classes (in English and Spanish) and follows the British curriculum, or the Licée Français for students who speak French.
Besides, they have a private teacher for those who need assistance with any scholastic topic. Furthermore, they provide online classes with one of the most prominent American online academies for American students who seek to continue their education in the United States.
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