The number one youth soccer company in the United States, Challenger Sports, has been invited to hold one of their nationwide British Soccer training camps right here in Orion Township.
Orion Township Parks and Recreation has teamed up to host the week-long British Soccer Camp during the week of July 17-21 and July 24-28, at Civic Center Park, 2525 Joslyn Road.
The camp will run Monday through Friday and each child will be coached by a member of Challenger’s British coaching staff, flown to the USA exclusively to work on these programs. This camp is just one of 1,500 that Challenger Sports are running throughout the US and Canada, for a record breaking 65,000 boys and girls of all ages.
Challenger has become the largest soccer camp provider in North America by combining consistently high quality, age-specific soccer instruction, along with equally important elements of character, cultural, and nutritional education.
Each day the children will practice and master new individual skills and understand small group and team tactics through Challenger’s innovative camp curriculum. Campers will also scrimmage each day in the always popular Camp World Cup.
The Challenger coaching staff believes that teaching soccer skills is only a part of the process of educating young athletes. The coaches will also take time out of the busy weekly schedule to teach lessons on respect, responsibility, integrity, sportsmanship, and leadership; and discuss how these core values relate to soccer, family and school.
The most popular part of each camp is the Camp World Cup. The coaches use this daily tournament to teach the players about life, customs and traditions of other countries.
The campers are asked to make up cheers, bring flags, dress up and learn as much as they can about the country they represent.
British Soccer camp sessions for 4-5 year olds are an hour and a half, from 9-10:30 a.m. or 10:45 a.m.- 12:15 p.m.; cost $80.
Half-day camps for ages 6-9 run from 9 a.m. -12 p.m., and for ages 10-14 and 15-18, from 1-4 p.m.; cost $110.
A full-day camp is available for ages 10-18, from 9 a.m.-12 p.m.,and 1-4 p.m.; cost $160.
Each camper will receive a free camp T-shirt, soccer ball, player evaluation and end-of-camp gift. In addition, any child who signs up online at least 45 days prior to camp (by June 2) will receive a genuine British Soccer replica jersey (valued at $30).
To sign up for the camp, visit www.challengersports.com, or contact Jennifer Rowe at 391-0304,ext. 140, or email jrowe@oriontownship.org
Challenger’s British Soccer Camps have been running in the US for over 18 years. In addition to coaching youth players throughout the country, Challenger also provides year-round club trainers, runs European Soccer Tours, holds soccer tournaments, and now manufactures and sells their own brand of soccer apparel.