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FINAL DAYS to register for CHELSEA SOCCER SCHOOL. Camp Days: Jun 22-26th. Call today: 410-73-BLAST
Jun 12 2009 - FA

CHELSEA FC SOCCER SCHOOL
Comes to Maryland for the First Time!

Chelsea Football Club has called London, England home for over 100 years. Their history is rich in tradition with player development serving as a major key to their storied success. Chelsea FC is one of the most popular Clubs in the world on and off the field. The team challenges each year for the English Premiership title and is a fixture in UEFA’s Champions League, which includes only the very best teams from Europe. The Club continues to promote the “Chelsea Way” across the globe primarily through player education. For the very first time, Chelsea FC will expose its world renowned brand of football to the youth of Maryland through a week long camp in June.

Chelsea Soccer School Information:

• Monday, June 22nd through Friday, June 26th. 9AM – 3PM.

• Cedar Lane Regional Park: 1100 Cedar Lane, Bel Air, MD 21015

• Camp is open to players 6-18 years of age. While all are welcomed, players should be prepared for a very challenging week of soccer instruction. Campers will be motivated to increase their work rate and speed of play while being encouraged to express themselves through creative play on the field. This week long soccer experience is designed to be different than most. Certainly, players will have fun participating in this camp. Learning in a competitive environment, however, is at the core and it’ll take a commitment from each camper to be ready for challenge each day.

• Cost = $300. Ball and Camp Shirt Provided.

• Campers need to prepare for full day of activity: guards, change of gear (especially socks), plenty of water, lunch, light snack, sunscreen, spikes, tennis or running shoes.

• Format:
o Players will be assigned a team and coach. Players will train with their assigned team for the first part of the day.
o Later, campers will be divided into groups to focus on positional training. Forwards will be paired with forwards, middies with middies, defenders with defenders, keepers with keepers. Campers will choose which position they’d like to focus on for that particular day.
o A topic of the day will be covered by the Chelsea staff where campers will be given an in depth perspective on the Chelsea philosophy. All players will assemble, relax and learn from the Directors of the Chelsea School and gain an understanding of what it takes to be a Chelsea player. Campers will hear about the many challenges facing not only the youngest players within the Academy system, but also those of the very best on Chelsea’s first side including: Frank Lampard, John Terry, Petr Cech, Michael Essien, Michael Ballack, Didier Drogba.
o Players will reassemble with their assigned team and coach and play formal matches to conclude each day.

• Some of the very best youth players/ teams in the State, Region and Country have already committed to participating in the Chelsea Soccer School and will attend at Cedar Lane. No matter your child’s age, they’ll be grouped with some of the very best at that particular age making for a quality level of training and an optimal environment for teaching/learning.

• The Baltimore Blast, who has a working relationship with Chelsea FC, will handle all administration for the Chelsea Soccer School. To have your son/daughter enrolled, please download the application under "Chelsea Soccer School"on website and send with payment via fax: 410-732-1737 or mail to: Baltimore Blast, 1301 South Ellwood Avenue, Balto, MD 21224, Ref: Chelsea Soccer School. Contact Blast Office @ 410-73-BLAST or email: info@baltimoreblast.com with any questions.