Football Camp in York - Full Residential - Football Camps

• Company Village Camps

• York, England - Yorks & Humber

• Ages 10 years - 17 years

An outstanding, well established and popular Football Camp setting the highest standards – available to boys and girls!

Learn to play better football on this ‘serious but fun’ Camp designed to improve individual skill and awareness levels and make every participant a better team player.

Village Camps was a pioneer in the organization of top class football camps in the early 70s. The high standards continue through to today. For the past 5 years our Football Director, Neil O'Donnell, has devised an exciting modern coaching programme that is really enjoyed by our young footballers and admired by other coaching organizations. Neil, who directs the programme on-site, is one of the highest qualified coaches working with young players in football camps. He is already qualified as a UEFA 'B' coach and is working towards his UEFA 'A' grade.

Coaching takes place every morning on the excellent training area and football pitches close to the accommodation, using the new state-of-the-art ‘all-weather’ artificial surface in the event of wet weather conditions. Players are divided into age and ability groups and the dedicated coaching team work hard and enthusiastically to develop individual skills and techniques, as well as teaching tactics and team moves. At the end of most sessions there is a short competitive game for each age group, usually on a 5-a-side pitch, with time taken out to analyze tactics. Points that require individual attention are identified, discussed and improved.

Our comprehensive course covers:

corners, free kicks and penalty-taking

short and long passes

dribbling, ball control and individual skills

heading

phases of play

special goal-keeping session

short 5 or 6 a-side sessions

fitness and diet

tactical sessions using DVD

viewing and analysing great games of the past

studying outstanding players and performances

sportsmanship

One of the highlights of the session is the last-day, competitive and hard fought game where the results of the intensive work of the past two weeks are clearly demonstrated. Later in the evening, at the Awards Ceremony, performances and effort are rewarded with prizes for the best, most improved and most sporting player in each age group.

All Village Camps footballers eagerly look forward to the full day excursion to Old Trafford, the home of the world famous Manchester United. The visit includes the Museum, Trophy Room, Club Shop, dressing rooms and a chance to walk down the players’ tunnel and step on to this famous pitch. Alternatively, in certain circumstances, we may substitute Old Trafford with a visit to the home of the current Premiership Champions, Manchester City, at their impressive Ethiad Stadium with the same exciting on-site programme.

This very special day concludes with a visit to the superb new National Football Museum in Manchester – the world’s biggest and best football museum! Visit the Hall of Fame, see some historic football memorabilia and test your skills, speed, reactions and accuracy. Take a penalty and see if you can score a goal!

Finally, each camper will take home, his or her own attractively designed and much-prized Village Camps kit – football shorts and a football shirt.

The Village Camps site, Queen Ethelburga's College, provides an exceptional standard of state-of-the-art accommodation. The Camp has an impressive range of leisure and sports facilities all in the glorious 'parkland' setting of the green Yorkshire countryside. Highlights include a full day excursion to Manchester with time for shopping and planned leisure activities in the impressive Trafford Centre and a half-day excursion to the historic, walled city of York with time to visit the famous York Minster and other major points of interest. In the afternoons and evenings, campers at York enjoy an exciting range of activities. Highlights are the fun team competitions on BIG Night, International Night and the Talent Show.

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