All high-performance summer football camps feature intensive training for advanced players who want to take their skills to the next level. Read more about high-performance camps and compare your options below:
- Barcelona High-performance Academy – High-performance summer football camp
- Valencia High-performance Academy – FC Porto High-performance summer football camp
- England High-performance Academy – High-performance summer football camp
- FC Barcelona USA High-performance Academy – High-performance summer football camp
- Help choosing a camp and Parent Guides
Help Choosing - Compare your options PDF What’s the difference between a high-performance camp and a standard camp?
Participant skill level
One of the greatest differences bteween high-performance summer football camps and standard camps is the students’ skills on the pitch. In high-performance summer football camps, all participates are federated players who have extensive knowledge of the football and play at an intermediate to advanced level.
Intensity
Training level
Download PDF The Barcelona High-performance Academy is a distinguished soccer academy with more than 30 years preparing their full-time students to play professionally. Players like Keylor Navas and Jackson Martínez (ex-offensive player for Atlético de Madrid) have attended the Barcelona High-performance Academy to develop their talent before signing their professional contracts. The camp offers intensive training only suitable for advanced soccer players who are used to training for many hours a week.
The Barcelona High-performance summer football camps accept both boys and girls from 6 to 21 years old. Younger students (U13) train for 30 hours per week, and older students (14+) train for 40 hours per week. The program has a strong focus on improving game intelligence and game speed.
All students find accommodation in the Ágora student residence just 10 minutes walking from the academy’s training facilities. They stay in quadruple rooms with private bathrooms. Extra residence facilities include a game room (Ping-Pong, billiards), a lounge with a TV, a swimming pool, and a gym.
| Duration (Weeks) | Barcelona - High Performance |
|---|---|
| High Technification (6-13 years old) |
High Technification (6-13 years old)
09 June
23 June
07 July
21 July
04 August
18 August
| Duration (Weeks) | Barcelona - High Performance |
|---|---|
| High Performance (14 -21 years old) |
High Performance (14 -21 years old)
09 June
23 June
07 July
21 July
04 August
18 August
The Valencia Academy FC Porto High-performance summer football camp is hosted by the world-famous football club, FC Porto. FC Porto sends their official coaches to the High-performance Academy in Enguera, Spain (about an hour drive from Valencia) each summer to train the camp participants. The best footballer at the summer camps are invited to Porto in Portugal to try out for FC Porto’s reserve team.
The camp accepts boy and girls from 12 to 21 years old who play at an intermediate or advanced level. Students train for 27 hours per week. Training is intensive and highly personalized. During the camp, coaches design a unique training plan for each and every one of their students based on their particular strengths and weaknesses.
The facilities and accommodation at the Valencia Academy FC Porto High-performance summer football camp are top-of-the-line. In fact, FC Porto players often stay and train at the same training facilities and student residence as the campers. The student residence is exceptionally comfortable. Students stay in double rooms complete with air-conditioning and a private bathroom. During their free time, campers can enjoy the residence’s game room, TV room, or swimming pool.
In addition to training, students attend English or Spanish classes for 1.5 hours per day.
| Duration (Weeks) | Valencia High Performance Academy |
|---|---|
| Valencia High Performance (12-21 years old) | |
| 1 Week | 1405 € $ 1622 £ 1275 |
| 2 Weeks | 2380 € $ 2747 £ 2160 |
Valencia High Performance (12-21 years old)
23 June
30 June
07 July
14 July
21 July
28 July
04 August
The High-performance Football Academy in England stands out for their UEFA-licensed coaches and intensive training sessions that imitate real match situations. Training focuses on complete football education including players’ technical skills, physical fitness, and game intelligence.
The academy accepts boys from 14 to 19 years old. Students train for 25 hours per week and attend seminars on nutrition, motivation, etc.
The academy offers two unique programs for their summer camp students to choose from.
1. Students can combine their football training with an English course where they attend English classes for 10 hours a week.
2. Or students with an advanced level of English can take a Sports Leadership course where they attend classes and workshops for 15 hours per week. Themes include:
- How to guide and unite your team to achieve better results
- How to be an example for your team
- How to mold other leaders
Students find accommodation at The Garden House, a quaint 17th century antique hotel with 19 double rooms (with private bathrooms). The hotel is located 5 minutes by bus from the training facilities.
| Duration (Weeks) | High Performance UK + Clinic | |
|---|---|---|
| High Performance | High Performance | |
| 1 Week | £ 1399 1864 € $ 1957 | - |
| 2 Weeks | £ 2249 2997 € $ 3146 | 0 € $ 0 £ 0 |
| 4 Weeks | £ 4395 5858 € $ 6149 | - |
High Performance
30 June
07 July
14 July
28 July
12 August
The FC Barcelona High-performance Football Academy is FC Barcelona’s only official academy outside of Barcelona. Participants train at the state of the art sports complex of the Casa Grande Academy under the instruction of experienced official coaches of FC Barcelona.
The academy accepts boys and girls from 10 to 17 years old. Students train for 20 hours a week. The training sessions are meticulously planned and include technical, tactical, and physical exercises both with and without the ball. Despite the 10,000 kilometers between Barcelona and Arizona, FC Barcelona’s philosophy is present at the academy. Participants are taught to follow FC Barcelona’s style of play characterized by short passing, constant support, and consistent pressure in all parts of the pitch.
Students find accommodation at the academy’s own student residence located just three minutes by foot from the training facilities. The students stay in double rooms with private bathrooms.
| Duration (Weeks) | F.C. Barcelona USA camp |
|---|---|
| Summer Soccer Camp | |
| 1 Week | $ 3109 3258 € £ 2688 |
| 2 Weeks | $ 5269 5522 € £ 4556 |
| 3 Weeks | $ 7685 8054 € £ 6646 |
| 4 Weeks | $ 9919 10395 € £ 8578 |
Summer Soccer Camp
01 June
08 June
15 June
22 June
29 June
06 July
13 July
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