Blog for parents of young athletes

As we continue our series of interviews with coaching professionals, we thought it only right that we should take a look at YOUTH GOALKEEPER TRAINING. Goalkeeper coaching is a subject that is sometimes overlooked and often undervalued but it is area of football that has changed significantly in recent years. As the role of the goalkeeper has changed, so has the…

It’s a big decision to send your kid abroad to a summer camp, but it’s one of the best decisions you can make for your child. Your child will learn how to be independent, responsible, and resilient. Not to mention, they’ll make lifelong friends and memories while having a blast. And, summer soccer camps are the perfect way to encourage your child to live a…

As part of our never-ending quest to inspire the next generation of young football players and coaches, we often seek out the wisdom of those already making a difference to the lives of players at all ages and levels within the game. Previously we have spoken to the likes of former Barcelona player and current Kas Eupen Assistant Coach MANEL EXPOSITO,…

Not every professional footballer follows the same path to success. Some pros, such as Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard, are spotted by scouts at a young age and work their way through the youth ranks of a top club; while others, such as Everton’s Yannick Bolasie, start out at non-league level and climb their way up the ladder. In the United States of America,…

Maybe you don´t know why we are called Ertheo, a strange name to pronounce but with an understandable name. Before we explain this, if you still don´t know us very well, our main job is to offer educational and sporting experiences, camps and academies where boys and girls learn for the future. Youngsters are important to Ertheo, and we bet on them to have…

“The limits of my language are the limits of my world” – Ludwig Wittgenstein (1922). In a world where opportunities are increasingly less limited by physical borders and where travel between countries is easier than ever before, it makes sense that language now represents the final barrier to total global freedom. The essence of this fact was captured in the quote (above) from Austrian philosopher Ludwig…

High Performance Academy Last year we were delighted to have the opportunity to visit the Christmas camp at Barcelona Proficiency Academy, where we were able to see at first hand how the camp works, as well as talk to some of the camp staff who work with the young fooballers on a day to day basis. In this article you…

To reach their maximum potential, footballers spend many hours training to improve their technique (dribbling, passing, shooting, game strategy, field visualization, etc). They might even attend a football training camp or program in the off-season to practice these tecniques. However, individual players cannot reach their maximum potential without the support of a great cohesive team, and teams cannot accomplish cohesion and greatness without practicing…

Summer camps in France provide international students with a great opportunity to improve their sports skills while experiencing French culture and, of course, learning French. Sports play and important role in French society and French culture. The most popular sport in France is football or soccer, and the French are pretty successful footballers. In fact, France won the most recent…