With many La Liga games being shown on TV, and the attraction of the beach and beautiful weather, Spain is a huge attraction for many teams. This month we have four college teams in the Barcelona region and I wanted to highlight the reasons why they chose this destination and why they chose this time of year.
1. Games - as it is the end of the Spanish season teams are still available for good quality games. The options are great as there are so many teams at each level; pro, semi pro, top amateur, youth and girls.
2. Weather - the climate at this time of year is wonderful.
3. Pro game - some of our teams who visited at the end of May managed to catch an end of season FCB game at Camp Nou Stadium, a once in a liftime experience!
4. Sightseeing - on top of the usual sightseeing options, one of our college soccer teams recently spent a day of mountain biking where the whole group (39 people) rented mountain bikes and explored various towns in the Costa Brava region....it was a very, very popular activity to break up the trip.
The most popular timefrane for US youth teams to travel to Europe is the last two weeks of July thru the first ten days of August. However, Spain is nearly impossible as a soccer destination at that time due to this being the soccer off-season. So, if Spain is your preference please look at traveling in April, May or June.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Try-Out Time....
It is that time of year again when many teams are choosing their teams for the 2009/2010 season. As a coach this is THE most important time to set the expectations and plan accordingly for the year ahead. Now is the time to set the ball rolling on a 2010 European soccer trip. Why:
1. Time to fundraise.
2. Establish your roster and bring in any possible guest players needed to supplement your roster.
3. Create trip committees; i.e. fundraising, planning, etc.
4. Lock in exact dates and destination.
5. Lock in flights and preferential early booking rates.
6. Families can firm the trip up on their calendar to avoid soccer, family and professional conflicts.
1. Time to fundraise.
2. Establish your roster and bring in any possible guest players needed to supplement your roster.
3. Create trip committees; i.e. fundraising, planning, etc.
4. Lock in exact dates and destination.
5. Lock in flights and preferential early booking rates.
6. Families can firm the trip up on their calendar to avoid soccer, family and professional conflicts.
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