Village Camps was a pioneer in the organisation of top-class football camps in the early 70s. The high standards set then have continued to improve, football programme better than ever.
The success of this programme is due to the excellence of the coaching standards in place. The highly qualified Neil O’Donnell, has been part of our team for the past 10 years. Neil has devised an exciting modern coaching programme that is enjoyed by our young footballers and admired by other coaching organisations. Neil is a UEFA ‘B’ coach and became the Executive Director of the programme in 2018. He directs our experienced and qualified coaching team. Our shared commitment is to bring out the very best in the young footballers in our care.
Coaching takes place for 3-hours every weekday morning on the state-of-art training and playing facilities throughout the village. The players are divided into age and ability groups. The dedicated coaching team works hard and enthusiastically to develop individual skills and techniques. Towards the end of the morning session there are usually short competitive games where players, their skills and team tactics are assessed and discussed.
One of the highlights of the football camp is the much anticipated ‘Big Match’ which happens in the last days of the Camp session and is attended by all campers. Our young footballers play against the Coaches & Counsellors team, for the much-prized ‘Village Camps Cup’.
Our comprehensive course covers:
corners, free kicks and penalty-taking short and long passes dribbling, ball control and individual skills heading phases of play special goal-keeping session short 5 or 6 a-side sessions fitness and diet tactical sessions using DVD viewing and analysing great games of the past studying outstanding players and performances sportsmanship end-of-course ‘Awards Ceremony’ a take-home present of the smart Village Camps team-kit
Accommodation, Excursions & Activities
Campers stay at the Village Camps owned and managed Swiss Alpine Centre. The centre has spacious, mainly en-suite bedrooms for 3-4 campers as well as lounges and recreational areas and impressive dining facilities. The campus is well situated just above the main village and close to its excellent sport and leisure facilities.
There are exciting excursions to Geneva, the lakeside town of Lausanne, a chocolate factory and the Water-Park in nearby Aigle.
There is a variety of afternoon and evening activities both in Camp and outdoors, which campers from all programmes participate together. These all camp activities are organised and supervised by Village Camp counsellors.
Further details on the excursions and on the activities available at the Leysin camp can be found on the Switzerland Overview Page.
Tennis Add-on CHF 650.-
*Not available during 1st session, and not available at all for campers booking the Adventure Camp or LTC
Choose from the available specialty programme and combine it with professional tennis instruction from VC’s top coach, Christine Suard! This additional option allows those that are passionate for tennis to combine their language, art, or multi-sports morning programme with qualified afternoon tennis instruction.
Our highly qualified head-coach has developed a fantastic and innovative tennis programme which has three different categories from beginners to highly trained club players. We wanted to give the opportunity to all campers regardless of programme (Adventure excluded) to opt for an additional 3 hours of tennis instruction in the afternoons!
In the evenings, campers join their peers who have been on afternoon activities for engaging evening programmes which will, at times incorporate the whole camp and other times be age group dependent.
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