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2006 Soccer Travel Camps Abroad: EduKick Soccer TravelCamps are the ultimate in study abroad, soccer travel programs.Our soccer schools provide professional soccer training combinedwith quality foreign language instruction and chaperonedcultural excursions in order to maximize the young player'sexperience abroad. EduKick is an international soccer academycommitted to delivering the highest level of language and soccerinstruction...in secure, safe, and nurturing environments. International Soccer Tours: Europe,Brazil, Mexico, Canada, USA, Israel APPLYNOW Cultural Immersion: The experience of living in anotherculture is dramatic. EduKick believes that exposing young peopleto foreign cultures will accelerate personal growth and inspirethem to reach their full potential. Players live the day-to-dayexperience of the foreign culture; from the language spoken, tofoods they eat, music they listen to, and programs they watch onTV. The EduKick youth will have each of their six senses onalert; everything will be new and exciting, like nothing theyhave ever seen before. Language Immersion Program: EduKick players will attend 2hours of language instruction each day. Classes are held at anaffiliated Language Academy in the host city. Languagecurriculum concentrates on conversational skill-building andsituational learning. The academic language element of theEduKick experience is not limited to the classroom...the reallanguage lesson will be the experience of living in a foreigncountry, eating, drinking, sleeping, and playing in the chosencountry's culture. The afternoon soccer training sessions will also be conducted inthe native language. Although bilingual coaches are being used,the focus of the entire trip is language immersion, therefore,the native language will be used whenever possible. EduKick Abroad: In the program, it is the time abroad,being independent and away from family that brings aboutindividual growth. Most EduKick youth will not have traveledabroad before, while others will have traveled but only withtheir parents. And, of course, some will be seasoned travelers.Those of us who have traveled out of our native countryunderstand that the experience somehow gives us a broaderoutlook on life. Time spent in


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environments abroad enlightensus, and inspires us to try other new things (like learning newlanguages). This is especially true for teenagers. Theexperience of flying alone to JFK Airport in New York City tomeet the rest of the EduKick Team will be a bit of a cultureshock in itself. Landing in a foreign country for the first timeis an amazing thing, inherently exciting, especially when yourarrival to the foreign city is as part of a TEAM...The EduKickTeam! Professional Soccer Training: Players attend 2-3 hourtraining sessions daily. EduKick is affiliated with professionalsoccer clubs, schools and academies. Foreign coaches are FIFA(Federation International Futbol Association) licensed and areformer professional players. EduKick youth are exposed tohigh-level international soccer training that is designed to beintense but fun and educational. Scrimmages are organized dailyand when possible "friendly matches" are arranged betweenEduKick youth and their foreign peers. EduKick has arranged forseveral professional players to make special appearances and tospeak with the EduKick youth. Again, the daily soccer trainingis conducted in the native language so that the opportunity forEduKick youth to learn through immersion is maximized. EduKick Education: EduKick is associated withinternational partners, both in language and soccer, whounderstand the EduKick philosophy and who are established,qualified professionals with extensive experience in educationand youth programs. EduKick is committed to providing thehighest level of cultural, language, and soccer education andservice possible to make this time abroad an unforgettableexperience for the participating youth. In the end, therelationships that the EduKick youth create with their foreignfriends and their fellow EduKick team members from around theworld, will be the most rewarding and educational aspect oftheir trip. Call EduKick toll-free at 1-866-338-5425 (EduKick) or APPLYNOW! About the author: EduKick Vice-President & Director of Programs, Joey Bilotta,played Division 1 college soccer at St. Mary's College ofCalifornia (graduating in Psychology, 1986) and then went on toplay professionally in Spain and in the U.S. (in the formerAmerican Professional Soccer League, A.P.S.L.) during histwenties.

Written by: Joey Bilotta

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