High Performance Soccer Camp in France 2021

Overview

• Location: Evian, France
• Age and Gender: Males, 12-18 years old
• Skill level: Intermediate, advanced or elite

Academy / Club history

This academy has its own professional soccer team, named Thonon Evian Grand Genève FC, which has players from the U8 level all the way up to those playing in the highest level of national competition in the FFF (French Football Federation).

For the last 20 years, this academy has been creating strong professional connections in European soccer. Their project unites Geneva's men's and women's clubs and integrates their yearly players into these teams to allow them to compete at the highest level.

Patrick Trotignon, the center's director, has taken 3 soccer clubs to the D1 professional leagues in Europe: Servette Genève FC, Châteauroux FC and Evian Thonon Gaillard.

Training

• Skill level: Intermediate, advanced or elite
• Other soccer education: Nutrition, injury prevention, video analysis, strength and recovery
• Students per training group: 12-14
• Training language: English
• Training intensity: 2.5/5

The France High Performance Academy training program provides its participants with an immersion into a professional soccer environment at the highest European level.

Players develop physical, tactical, technical, mental and emotional aspects to improve their skill set as much as possible in a short period of time.

Training is conducted in English, although there are coaches who are fluent in Spanish, Italian and French.

In addition to the training sessions on the field, there are also activities on different topics related to the health and maintenance of high-level athletes: nutrition, injury prevention, video analysis, recovery, strengthening, etc.

Athletes who want to be part of the full-time academy attend this camp to have an opportunity to get to know the day-to-day life at the academy, as well as to show they have the necessary potential to be pre-selected as an applicant for the academy's long-term program.

Training Facilities

• Training surface: The academy´s own artificial turf and natural grass fields
• Quality: 4.5/5

The France High Performance Academy has 24,000 square meters of facilities, including several professional natural grass and artificial turf fields used for training sessions. It also has a gymnasium, a spa (hydrotherapy and massage room), video analysis rooms and professional locker rooms.

Camp Schedule

*This schedule is indicative and subject to last minute changes.

Accommodation

• Name of the facilities: Academy´s on-campus residence
• Location: On the same campus as training facilities
• Type of rooms: Double rooms
• Bathrooms: Two large bathrooms with 6 private showers per floor
• Quality: 4/5

The France High Performance Camp has its own on-campus residence to accommodate its summer participants.

All rooms are doubles, have air conditioning, and high speed Wi-Fi connection. A laundry service is offered twice a week, with daily housekeeping service and weekly linen and towel change service.

There are two large bathrooms on each floor of the residence, each having 6 private showers.

As for meals, the camp offers an organic menu perfectly balanced according to the nutritional needs of young athletes. They use local organic ingredients whenever possible to create healthy and balanced dishes that are usually traditional to French gastronomy. The academy has adaptable menus for vegetarians or for individuals with gluten or lactose intolerance. It's also possible to adapt to a Halal menu as long as this need is notified well in advance.

There are also large common areas that participants can use during their free time that include:

• Foosball tables
• Ping pong tables
• Cable television
• Videogames
• Lounges
• Study rooms
• Gardens

Prices and Dates

These courses are subject to a registration fee of 150$.

Prices are shown in Dollars. Do you wish to see them in Euros? Change to EUR

The official rate of this camp is determined in EUROS, so the final amount in US DOLLARS may vary slightly due to the fluctuation of both currencies.

Starting Dates

Extra Services

You can purchase one of the extra services below at an additional cost.

Anti-Covid Insurance - New for 2021!

We have different insurance options with special anti-covid coverage, so you can insure your camp reservation according to your needs:

• Secure Booking Insurance: we offer secure booking insurance which allows you to recover the cost of your reservation if you have to cancel the camp, before its start, for any cause (including border closure, quarantine, or any situation outside of camp)
• Cancellation and Interruption Insurance: cancellation and interruption insurance allows you to recover your payment if you cancel or interrupt the camp for a justified cause (including illness from COVID-19 and 35 other causes)
• Travel/Medical Insurance: with this insurance policy, you´ll be covered for medical assistance abroad and possible expenses caused by situations resulting from COVID-19, such as needing to extend your stay up to 40 days, as well as other general situations such as loss of luggage, unforeseen ticket changes, etc.

  Download the following PDF for more information about anti-covid coverage, the general terms & conditions, and prices of each insurance policy.

  Anti-Covid Insurance
  

  Transfer Service:

  There are two types of transfer services available that we´ll detail for you below:

• Standard transfer service: the camp offers an optional transfer service for participants who request it from the nearest airport to the residence (or vice versa). Check with Ertheo for schedules and prices for this service.
• Special transfer with additional unaccompanied minor service: participants who fly to camp alone and have contracted the unaccompanied minor service with their airline must hire this special transfer with accompaniment so that the child isn´t left alone in the airport. Check with Ertheo for schedules and prices of this service.

Contact Ertheo for prices and additional information.

• Nearest airport / train station: 
• Ginebra Airport GVA

Transportation to the camp (flights/trains) is not included in the price of our programs.