Blog for Parents of Young Athletes

Child nutrition is one of the most important factors parents should consider, since the future health of our kids has a lot to do with what we teach them at an early age. Trying to instill in them healthy habits such as eating vegetables, fish or practicing a sport are objectives that we must accomplish even though we know they are sometimes difficult. Because of our…

Being the parent of a sports-mad child is not always easy! You want to do everything you can to support them and help them to succeed but there always seems to be another obstacle in the way. Sound familiar? Your child feeds off your own positivity so it is important that you keep motivated in order to motivate them. So what steps…

Many golf academies offer high-performance golf camps during the summer months which feature professional, advanced training. These camps are specially designed for dedicated young golfers who are serious about improving their skills. High-performance golf camps differ from standard golf camps in terms of the average skill level at the camp and the amount of time the students spend training. At…

It’s important for serious athletes to train year round. That’s why Ertheo offers both summer and winter soccer camps for high-performance soccer players.  Check out our selection of winter soccer camps for high-performance athletes for the scholastic year.  Ertheo Winter Soccer Camps – Overview Our winter soccer camps take place at high-performance soccer academies where full-time students train, live, and study during…

Alberto Ruiz is the coach of the Atlético de Madrid (cadets) and has extensive experience as a soccer coach, mainly in Spain, although he has also worked three years in Puerto Rico. After working for the Guadalajara CD, he was hired by the Atleti, his beloved club, where he began his passion for soccer and has been coaching for a year and a half.…

At Ertheo we believe that education and sports are two fundamental pillars that a child must use in order to grow healthy, happy and prepared for the future. We are aware that unfortunately, not all children have access to education or the means in which to practice sports and that is something that concerns us. As we tried to improve the…

In our previous interviews, we have talked about many aspects of sports training with psychologists and coaches. Each role within the game brings a different perspective on training and coaching, and it is the combination of these viewpoints that has helped to create the modern coaching methods employed today. For our latest interview, we wanted to get the perspective of someone who has…

Carlos Barea is from Cadiz and has a degree in Psychology from the University of Malaga. He is an expert in Reciprocal Interaction Therapy, a model created by Roberto Aguado ( http://robertoaguado.com/ ). He is also a specialist in clinical hypnosis, in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), he’s a neurolinguistic programming ( http://www.nlpu.com/NewDesign/NLPU_WhatIsNLP.html )(NLP) practitioner as well as an expert in sports coaching. He practises in Malaga,…

In this article we present 32 football drills, which are suitable for players of all ages, to develop mastery of the four basic aspects of football: passing, shooting, defending, and dribbling. Any dream pursued in life has its complications, its challenges, its difficulties. In fact, without them, dreams would probably be a little less of a dream. Some are achieved…

The largest stadiums in the world The largest stadium in the world is probably the one that few of you will know, since it is not in Europe, but in North Korea and it is the Pyongyang May Day Memorial Stadium. It has a capacity of 150,000 spectators and was inaugurated in 1989. The North Korean national team plays its…