3rd Edition FCB ESCOLA SOCCER CLINIC 2016 Barcelona, Spain October 30 th to November 6 th, 2016 Boys: 8 to 16 years (U10 U12 U14 U16) Girls: 13 to 16 years (U14 U16)
Package information Soccer program This clinic includes: ü 4 training sessions with FCBEscola coaches. ü 2 training sessions with Kaptiva Sports Academy coaches. ü 1 freestyle soccer workshop with Jose Ferreras. ü 2 friendly games against local teams. Teams & Categories o Boys: 8 to 16 years (born 2008 2000) Categories*: U10 U12 U14 U16 o Girls: 13 to 16 years (born 2003 2000) Categories*: U14 U16 *Boys & girls will train separately. If we do not have enough participants per each category, players from similar ages will play together in the same team. Coaches Each team will have a Kaptiva Sports Academy coach (holding the UEFA Pro license), who will be accompanying the team to all training sessions: FCBEscola and Kapti va Sports Academy trainings, freestyle soccer workshop, and friendly games. Friendly games will be played either 7v7 or 11v11 depending on the age group and/or friendly games availability. The decission of who plays where during the friendly games will be solely made by our UEFA Pro coaches. Training facilities Due to renovations in both the Camp Nou Stadium & Mini Estadi, FCBEscola training sessions will take place in adjacent fields. The training facilities used for the FCBEscola Clinic 2016 will be confirmed closer to the date. For the Kaptiva Sports Academy training sessions and freestyle soccer workshop we will use a soccer field close to the Hotel.
Package Information Relatives All players must travel with a parent / guardian who will be responsible of the child during all trip. In case you have any problem to come with your son/daughter, please ask customer service for advice. 24-hour assistance You will have a Kaptiva Sports Travel Representative during the trip who will be coordinating the group. This person will be available to assist and support you and your family at any time during the trip. Hotel rooms & accommodation This tour offers the following accommodation types: o Single room: One queen size bed. o Double room: One queen size or two single beds. o Triple room: One queen size and one single bed. o Quadruple Familiar Room: Two adjoining rooms connected. This room is reserved for families of 4 people. Limited rooms available. First come first served basis. Important Remarks 5% off registrations received before July 31 st, 2016 and each player will receive an official FC Barcelona jersey* with their on it. *The jersey willbe given only toplayers If players are selected to participate in the FCBEscola International Tou rnament 2017 or in any other Kapti va Sports Events, the deposit payment will be transferred to the selected tour. Form more Information & Registration: www.fcbarcelonasoccercamps.com Customer Service within the US, Canada and Latin: +1 954 652 2100 Customer Service within Europe, Middle East and Asia: +34 931 597 265
DAILY SCHEDULE* DAY MORNING LUNCH AFTERNOON DINNER NIGHT SUNDAY 30-Oct-16 ARRIVAL HOTEL WELCOME MEETING & TRAINING UNIFORMS + LA LIGA GAME HOTEL HOTEL MONDAY 31-Oct-16 FCBESCOLA ELITE TRAINING FIFTEEN RESTAURANT FC BARCELONA EXPERIENCE (MUSEUM & TOUR) HOTEL HOTEL TUESDAY 1-Nov-16 FCBESCOLA ELITE TRAINING HOTEL FRIENDLY GAME HOTEL HOTEL WEDNESDAY 2-Nov-16 FCBESCOLA ELITE TRAINING HOTEL KAPTIVA SPORTS ELITE TRAINING HOTEL / or / POBLE ESPANYOL TOUR & FLAMENCO SHOW DINNER HOTEL THURSDAY 3-Nov-16 FCBESCOLA ELITE TRAINING HOTEL FRIENDLY GAME HOTEL HOTEL FRIDAY 4-Nov-16 KAPTIVA SPORTS ELITE TRAINING & FREE STYLE SOCCER WORKSHOP HOTEL Optional activity: PARK GÜELL & SAGRADA FAMILIA TOUR / or / FREE TIME DINNER ON YOUR OWN HOTEL SATURDAY 5-Nov-16 OPEN CAMP TOUR LUNCH ON YOUR OWN OPEN CAMP TOUR FAREWELL DINNER AT HOTEL HOTEL SUNDAY 6-Nov-16 DEPARTURES *NOTE: the schedule may change according to La Liga game schedule, amongst others.
DETAILED DAILY SCHEDULE Sunday, October 30 th During the morning Arrivals at Barcelona Airport. At the arrivals gate, meet the Kaptiva Sports representative who will show you where your private transfer is. Transfer to Catalonia Plaza Hotel and check in (when possible). *Please, note that regular check-in hours are after 3pm. Rooms will be given as soon as they are ready. 13 14h30 [1pm to 2:30pm] Buffet lunch at Hotel 16-17h30 [4pm to 5:30pm] Welcome meeting at hotel + uniforms for training sessions will be given. 17h30 20h30 [5:30pm to 8:30pm] Welcome meeting at hotel + uniforms for training sessions will be given. 20h30-21h30 [8:30pm to 9:30pm] Buffet dinner at Hotel NOTE: According to La Liga schedule, some may go to Camp Nou Stadium that night to enjoy a match. TBC
DETAILED DAILY SCHEDULE Monday, October 31 st 8 to 9h Buffet breakfast at the Hotel 9:15h Transfer from Hotel to FCBEscola training facilities 10 to 11h30 Training session with FCBEscola coaches 11h45 12 to 13:30h [12pm to 1:30pm] Walk to Fifteen Restaurant Buffet lunch at Fifteen Restaurant 13:30h [1pm] Walk to FC Barcelona Experience (Museum and Tour) 14h to 17:30h [2pm to 5:30pm] FC Barcelona Experience (Museum and Tour) + time for shopping Discover Camp Nou on a tour through the most emblematic corners of the stadium, museum, Messi space and multimedia exhibitions. You will also have the opportunity to contemplate all trophies that FC Barcelona has won along the history. 17:30h [5:30pm] Transfer to Hotel 20 to 21:30h [8pm to 9:30pm] Dinner buffet at the Hotel
DETAILED DAILY SCHEDULE Tuesday, November 1 st 8 to 9h Buffet breakfast at the Hotel 9:15h Transfer from Hotel to FCBEscola training facilities 10 to 11h30 Training session with FCBEscola coaches 11h45 Transfer back to Hotel 13h to 14:30h [1pm to 2:30pm] Buffet lunch at Hotel 16:30h [4:30pm] Transfer to friendly game 18h to 20h [6pm to 8pm] Friendly game against local Spanish team 20:15h [8:15pm] Transfer to Hotel 21 to 22h [9pm to 10pm] Dinner buffet at the Hotel
DETAILED DAILY SCHEDULE Wednesday, November 2 nd 8 to 9h Buffet breakfast at the Hotel 9:15h Transfer from Hotel to FCBEscola training facilities 10 to 11h30 Training session with FCBEscola coaches 11h45 12h30 to 14h [1pm to 2:30pm] Transfer back to Hotel Buffet lunch at Hotel 15:15h [3:15pm] Transfer to training facilities 15h30 to 17h30 [3:30pm to 5:30pm] Kaptiva Sports Academy Training session 17:45h [5:45pm] Transfer to Hotel 18h30 [6:30pm] 20:30 to 22h [8:30pm to 10pm] Transfer to Poble Espanyol for tour + Flamenco Show + Dinner *Only applies to those who contracted this excursion Buffet dinner at Hotel
DETAILED DAILY SCHEDULE Thursday, November 3 rd 8 to 9h Buffet breakfast at the Hotel 9:15h Transfer from Hotel to FCBEscola training facilities 10 to 11h30 Training session with FCBEscola coaches 11h45 Transfer back to Hotel 13h to 14:30h [1pm to 2:30pm] Buffet lunch at Hotel 16:30h [4:30pm] Transfer to friendly game 18h to 20h [6pm to 8pm] Friendly game against local Spanish team 20:15h [8:15pm] Transfer to Hotel 21 to 22h [9pm to 10pm] Dinner buffet at the Hotel
DETAILED DAILY SCHEDULE Friday, November 4 th 8 to 9h Buffet breakfast at the Hotel 9:15h Transfer from Hotel to FCBEscola training facilities 10 to 11h30 Kaptiva Sports Academy Training session Freestyle soccer workshop with Jose Ferreras 11h30 to 13h Jose Ferreras, an Spanish freestyler champion and within the Top 50 of freestylers of the world, will be conducting a freestyle soccer workshop with the players. 13:15h [1:15pm] Transfer back to Hotel 13h30 to 14h30 [1:30pm to 2:30pm] Buffet lunch at Hotel 15 to 19h [3pm to 7pm] Park Güell & Sagrada Familia Guided Tour *Only applies to those who contracted this excursion 15 to 23h [3pm to 11pm] Free time + dinner on your own
DETAILED DAILY SCHEDULE Saturday, November 5 th 8 to 9h30 Buffet breakfast at the Hotel 9:45h Transfer from Hotel to Open Camp sport theme park Open Camp sport theme park + lunch on your own 10 to 18h OPEN CAMP is the first park in the world dedicated to the universe of sport, where you will be able to live real sport experiences, until now reserved for professional athletes, and at the same time, share them with your family or friends. 18h Transfer back to hotel 19h30 Farewell dinner at hotel Sunday, November 6 th During the morning Departures
ELITE TRAINING SESSIONS
FCBESCOLA TRAINING SESSIONS BARCELONA
FC Barcelona was founded in 1899 by a group of Swiss, English and Catalan soccer players led by Joan Gamper, the club has become a symbol of Catalan culture and Catalanism, hence the motto "Més que un club" (More than a club). TRAINING SESSIONS FCBEscola elite training sessions will be led by professional FCBEscola coaches. Every session lasts 90 minutes and groups will be formed by approximately 12 players per each FCBEscola coach. Players will be divided into groups according to their categories.
The FCBEscola Clinic is open to any player interested in learning and improving its soccer skills. GOALS OF THE TRAINING SESSIONS ü To teach the basic concepts of soccer and FCBarcelona methodology. ü To improve technically and tactically through specific exercises ü To learn and put into practice the FCBarcelona core values: effort, respect, teamwork, humbleness and ambition. TRAINING FACILITIES Players regularly train in either Joan Gamper facilities or the annex fields next to Mini Estadi, both official facilities. Due to renovations in Mini Stadium, training sessions may be moved to adjacent fields. The training facilities used for the FCBEscola Clinic will be confirmed closer to the date.
KAPTIVA SPORTS ACADEMY ELITE TRAINING BARCELONA
Kaptiva Sports Academy Elite Training The goal of our elite training sessions is to improve all technical and tactical aspects by applying our methodology working tactics, technique, strategy and pressure in both defence and attack. Team trainings main objective is to develop team cohesiveness and tactics. Training sessions are designed to improve both technically & tactically as an individual player as well as part of the team. OUR COACHES All our coaches have the highest degree in soccer training (UEFA Pro license), and they apply a very similar methodology to FCBarcelona since our Tec hnical Director, Joan Dellà, participated in different FCBarcelona summer camps all over the world as a coach, and also was a Technical Director of the FCB Escola in Dubai. TRAINING FACILITIES Kaptiva Sports Academy has its training facilities in the city of Sant Cugat (25-minute drive from Barcelona). However, for the 2016 Clinic week, we will use a soccer field based in Barcelona. VALUES Respect, solidarity, discipline and generosity.
Friendly games In order to have a better soccer experience, we will organize two friendly games per team so the players can have the opportunity to put into practice all that has been learned during the training sessions. Friendly games will be played against local teams. FIRST LEVEL TEAMS Youth Categories SECOND LEVEL TEAMS
Freestyle Soccer Workshop Jose Ferreras, an Spanish freestyler champion and within the Top 50 of freestylers of the world, will be conducting a freestyle soccer workshop with the players. He will teach the players how to use some technical skills to pass through and control some situations within a match. Messi, Neymar, Ronaldinho and many other great players have used these technical skills to become better soccer players.
ABOUT BARCELONA Barcelona is the capital of Catalonia, and about five million people live in its metropolitan area. This city is also Europe's largest metropolis on the Mediterranean coast. Barcelona is today one of the world's leading tourist, economic, trade fair/exhibitions and cultural-sports centres, and its influence in commerce, education, entertainment, media, fashion, science, and arts contribute to its status as one of the world's major global cities. The city is well known for hosting the 1992 Summer Olympics as well as world-class conferences and exhibitions, including the 1888 Exposición Universal de Barcelona, the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition (Expo) or the 2004 Universal Forum.
ACTIVITIES INCLUDED FC BARCELONA EXPERIENCE (3-hour activity) OPEN CAMP (all-day activity) Discover Camp Nou on a tour through the most emblematic corners of the stadium, museum, Messi space and multimedia exhibitions. You will also have the opportunity to contemplate all trophies that FC Barcelona has won along the history. OPEN CAMP is the first park in the world dedicated to the universe of sport, where you will be able to live real sport experiences, until now reserved for professional athletes, and at the same time, share them with your family or friends. In the sports park OPEN CAMP you will experience minutes of glory in real scenarios such as the Olympic Stadium, the Olympic Museum, the Telefónica tower or the Olympic baseball and hockey fields that will make you feel a star for a day. The cameras, flashes and the eyes of the fans will be focused only on you, because you are the protagonist. You will have the chance to score the last minute goal, the winning triple, the decisive point Fun for all ages is guaranteed.
OFFERED ACTIVITIES POBLE ESPANYOL TOUR + FLAMENCO SHOW + DINNER (4-hour activity) Poble Espanyol was designed as a showcase of the wealth and variety of Spanish architecture, with replicas of the most representative buildings of each Spanish autonomous communities. Tablao de Carmen is located inside Poble Espanyol, within its Andalusian quarter (Barrio Andaluz), on a typical Andalusian street which enables the visitor to get a feel for the authentic flamenco atmosphere. We offer you the possibility to enjoy a real Flamenco Show inspired with Carmen Amaya and to eat a typical Spanish menu. You will never forget this experience. PARK GÜELL & SAGRADA FAMILIA TOUR (4-hour activity) While we walk through Park Güell, which it was designed by Gaudí, we will be able to enjoy a great view of the city. Afterwards, we will discover the secrets of Sagrada Familia and all architecture details of one of the most important modernism buildings in the world.
OFFERED ACTIVITIES LA LIGA GAME (3h activity) As soon as we have the 2016/17 La Liga schedule, we will offer you the opportunity to buy tickets for a FC Barcelona or RCD Espanyol match.
ACCOMMODATION CATALONIA PLAZA HOTEL 4*, BARCELONA This imposing hotel is located in Plaza España, next to the Fira de Barcelona facilities, Montjuïc and the Arenas Shopping Centre. Guests can enjoy excellent connections with every means of public transport. Catalonia Plaza Hotel has its own parking facilities and offers ideal accommodation for business trips or short breaks. The panoramic terrace and most of the rooms have unbeatable views. The gardened marquee, which is located in the central courtyard, creates an ideal atmosphere for cocktails and dinner parties. We also offer you our 20 meeting rooms, where you can organise business meetings, conventions and family celebrations, free Wi-Fi and the new Japanese Restaurant.
LOCATION DOWNTOWN AREA CAMP NOU CATALONIA PLAZA HOTEL FROM CATALONIA PLAZA TO: FC Barcelona Facilities / Camp Nou: 5,5 km (15 minutes by bus) Barcelona Airport: 10 km (15 minutes by bus) Barcelona downtown area: 4 km (10 minutes by bus or 20-minute walk)
PRICE & CONDITIONS
FOR PLAYERS FCBEscola Clinic SERVICES INCLUDED The FCBEscola Soccer Clinic includes the following services: ü 7 nights in a double, single, triple or quadruple roomin the 4-star Hotel Catalonia Plaza located in Barcelona. ü Breakfast, lunch and dinner included according to the schedule (two meals at your own expenses) - half/full board in the hotel only includes mineral water. Other drinks are not included. ü Touristic taxes for 7 nights. ü Transfers included according to schedule/activities in the program. ü Transfer in/out from the airport. ü 1 group and individual photography set. ü 4 elite training sessions with FCBEscola coaches. ü 2 elite training sessions with Kaptiva Sports Academy coaches. ü 2 friendly games against local Spanish teams. ü 2 Nike uniforms per player (2 jerseis, 2 shorts, 2 pair of socks). ü 1 UEFA Pro coach per each team, acompayning players to all training sessions and friendly games. ü 1 freestyle soccer workshop with Jose Ferreras. ü 1 FC Barcelona Museum & Tour ticket. ü 1 Open Camp ticket. ü Welcome Pack by Kaptiva Sports. ü 24-hour assistance by Kaptiva Sports Travel Representatives. ü Medical insurance during the trip. PRICE PER PLAYER Quad Familiar room US $1.650,00 Triple room US $1.650,00 Double room US $1.695,00 Single room US $2.140,00 *Drinks from the Minibar of the room are not included in the price. **Flights, visas or other items not listed above are not included.
SERVICES INCLUDED FOR RELATIVES The FCBEscola Soccer Clinic includes the following services: ü 7 nights in a double, single, triple or quadruple roomin the 4-star Hotel Catalonia Plaza located in Barcelona. ü Breakfast, lunch and dinner included according to the schedule (two meals at your own expenses) - half/full board in the hotel only includes mineral water. Other drinks are not included. ü Touristic taxes for 7 nights. ü Transfers included according to schedule/activities in the program. ü Transfer in/out from the airport. ü 1 FC Barcelona Museum & Tour ticket. ü 1 Open Camp ticket. ü Welcome Pack by Kaptiva Sports. ü 24-hour assistance by Kaptiva Sports Travel Representatives. ü Medical insurance during the trip. PRICE PER RELATIVE Quad Familiar room US $1.100,00 Triple Room US $1.100,00 Double Room US $1.150,00 Single Room US $1.585,00 *Drinks from the Minibar of the room are not included in the price. **Flights, visas or other items not listed above are not included.
A) Private guided tour: PARK GÜELL & SAGRADA FAMILIA Includes: ü Private guide ü Private bus ü Entrance to Park Güell ü Entrance to Sagrada Familia FCBEscola Clinic OPTIONAL ACTIVITIES We offer 3 optional activities during your stay in Barcelona: ** Minimum of 20 people needed to keep this special rate PRICE PER PERSON US $70,00 B) Private guided tour: POBLE ESPANYOL, FLAMENCO SHOW & DINNER Includes: ü Private guide & private bus ü Entrance to Poble Espanyol and private guided visit ü Dinner in Tablao de Carmen Restaurant: 5 tapas + main course + dessert + drinks ü Flamenco show ** Minimum of 35 people needed to keep this special rate PRICE PER PERSON US $120,00 C) La Liga game (TBD - waiting for 2016-17 schedule) Includes: ü Private bus ü Tickets for La Liga game PRICE PER PERSON US $TBD