More than 150 youngsters from the UK, Guatemala, North America and Singapore arrive in Spain to train with LaLiga

Madrid, December 5 (European Press) –

More than 150 young talents from countries such as the UK, Guatemala, Singapore, USA and Canada completed intensive education courses in November this year at the ESC LaLiga & NBA Centre.

The LaLiga Training Phases Programme, a high-performance residency program developed in Spain for international teams and players, was integrated with the opening of the ESC Complex, which was positioned as a primary center for LaLiga’s grassroots football promotion projects, although there has been accumulated experience since then. . 2015 in this type of program.

Since the launch of the LaLiga Academy sports projects, more than 220,000 male and female players have received training from high-level coaches under the LaLiga methodology in various programmes, including footballers who have gone through the training stages at the ESC LaLiga Center and the NBA.

These programs are aimed at professional teams, national teams or international academies, which work to increase their competitive level by combining training, workshops and matches against LaLiga youth teams such as Atletico Madrid, Rayo Vallecano, Getafe or Leganés, and teams. Affiliated to LaLiga Madrid Academy, LaLiga International Academy in Spain.

The head of the LaLiga Academy, Francisco Javier Hernández, admitted that they were “very satisfied with the strengthening of the high-performance residency programme”. “It shows the interest that exists in these types of high-quality programs,” he said.

“In addition to helping footballers raise their competitive level through workshops and training, the stages provide a 360-degree experience of the LaLiga ecosystem, with official visits to stadiums and museums such as legends or sports cities. In addition, they have the opportunity to play matches. He continued: “With “Young teams of LaLiga clubs and with the talents of the LaLiga Academy, our long-term project at the International Academy in Madrid.”

LaLiga’s head of sports projects, Juan Floret, noted that they have been working on sports projects of this type “since 2015, thus accumulating outstanding experience, learning and know-how.” “More than 220,000 players from around the world have been trained under the LaLiga methodology, which in turn represents the philosophy and foundations of the LaLiga club quarry business models EA Sports and LaLiga Hypermotion, international standards in youth teamwork and youth player development,” he said.

“Our comprehensive vision is based on aspects such as overall player development, improving and improving individual performance, or improving cognitive abilities and understanding of the game. These types of programs help create a context of growth opportunities and improve the level of competition for these players,” he continued.

One of the stages implemented was the selection of young talents from Singapore within the agreement with LaLiga promoted by the Singapore Government, Sport Singapore and the country’s Football Association and which represents one of the pillars of the long-term project “Unleash the Roar”! (Roars).” The project is a roadmap to strengthen the local football ecosystem and unite the nation around their shared aspirations for Singaporean football. This is the ESC’s second long-term phase of the agreement, following the success of the phase held in November 2022.

Another phase is LaLiga Select, a talent discovery and development program launched in 2021 by LaLiga North America in cooperation with the ISL agency and is part of the entity’s strategy to support the growth of soccer in the United States. The United States is the second country in the world in terms of the number of association football players, with more than four million.

Completing the list of highlights is a stage for young footballers from the United Kingdom, the country where LaLiga Camps UK is located, and which has already put together two editions, and another with players from the camps program whose first stage was in Guatemala, demonstrating LaLiga Academy’s commitment to the Latin American region, It is growing with projects in countries such as Peru, Colombia or Argentina.