Soccer Training Camp in France

EduKick France, Cannes:
EduKick France is proud to partner with the renowned former French National Team Coach, Michel Hidalgo, to offer the "Edukick France - HIFA" academic year programs for qualified student-footballers from around the world. Situated in the famous city of Cannes on the French Riviera in the south of France, we offer youth soccer players (boys & girls) the opportunity to combine high-quality football coaching from professional and accredited technical football staff coaches with academic studies in a French school.

Academic Year/ Half-Year Football Programs:
Our year-long or half-year football programs aim to allow all participants to acquire a technical, tactical, physical and mental ability to compete at national and international level.

Football Training Sessions:
Taught by professional and accredited French football technicians from Michel Hidalgo Football Academy Training, our training sessions follow a program that is adapted to groups and to the level of play of the players. They feature:

- Individual analysis to detect the strong and weak points of each player
- Optimizing the essential aptitudes for the highest technical level
- Teaching players how to develop the perfect moves
- Daily training sessions of 2 hours on technical exercises (4 days per week minimum)
- Pass, Shoot, Dribble, Control of the ball
- Middle/High School students have 2 trainings, physical and technical, per week
- High School students have 3 additional training sessions per week with a local French club (Cannet Rocheville 4th Division, Cannes 3rd Division or other local clubs youth sector squads).
- Each player is provided with full sports equipment.

Play with a Local French Club Team:
Players will also be registered (if eligible) in a local club and train twice a week with their French youth club team. 
They are trained under the instructions of the club coaches, educators, and technical coordinators and play in the local French Championships (league) according to their skills (if eligible and chosen to play by French club personnel).

EduKick France - Professional Trials:
- Players are scouted principally on observation during specific oriented course activities: open training sessions, matches or tournaments.
- For players who have a high ability of play, pre-engagements (trials) may be set with some professional clubs. EduKick Inc., though it's partner, “Sport International Organization”, will follow-up and make arrangements on behalf of the player.


Senior Players (High School) - Study at “International College of Cannes":
Our Senior players (male and female players aged 16+ in separate programs) will be enrolled at the EduKick France affiliated French school, “International College of Cannes” in Downtown Cannes, 500m from the academy.

There, they will follow an adapted academic curriculum, based on the curriculum set up for the French youth academy. The school timetable is adapted to harmonize studies and sport.

The faculty provide a whole set of French language courses ranging from elementary to proficiency levels. The players will be tested through a French Language Exam on arrival. Players attend French class from 9am to 12pm.

The classes they will attend will be determined by the school headmaster and teachers.

Junior Academy - Study at a French Public School:
Our co-educational Junior academy players (boys & girls ages 13 to 15) attend our affiliated public French school Les Campelieres, following the full-time academic French National Curriculum.

The aim of our academic program is to follow a regular school curriculum to guarantee professional perspectives for the future.