T.E.A.M. Girls Soccer Camp

Granada, Nicaragua

T.E.A.M. stands for Trabajando en Equipo Aprendemos Mas, or working in a team we learn more. The T.E.A.M. camp brings together underserved girls from the Granada area and current female college players and coaches from the U.S. for a week of soccer learning and team-building activities. The camp also incorporates coaching education, targeting different populations and skills depending on the audience and incorporating the Team Up for Youth  curriculum.
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Background Information: Recognizing a need for female-athlete role models and coaches, the T.E.A.M. Camp began in 2008 and has since become an annual event in January during US colleges' winter break. Past schools represented by coaches and players include: Boston College, Bowdoin College, Colorado College, Dartmouth College, Lehigh Univ., Messiah College, Univ. of Nebraska, Penn State Univ., Princeton Univ. Tufts Univ., William and Mary, Williams College.


Staff at the first camp in 2008The T.E.A.M Camp: Since the initial camp in 2008, the T.E.A.M. Camp has formalized and expanded. Resembling Habitat for Humanity’s spring break volunteer model, college student-athletes can volunteer to serve as camp staff for a week during their university's winter break. Their responsibilities include acting as coaches for the youth camp, planning and implementing team-building activities, and demonstrating at the coaches’ clinics. Each volunteer brings at least 50 lbs of gently used equipment, providing an influx of gear for the Granada office as well as resources for the camp activities. 

Camp curriculum maintains a balance between basic soccer instruction and incorporating the overall theme of teamwork as well as the four rules of T.E.A.M. Granada: Respect yourself, respect each other; Dream big; Challenge yourself, challenge each other; Have fun. 

We hope that by encouraging a young generation of women to take pride in themselves, their talents, their bodies, their surroundings, and their friendships, and providing positive examples of confident female athletes, the girls of Granada will go on to lead their lives with the confidence to shape their own futures. 

Logistics:
The 4th annual T.E.A.M Camp and Coaches’ Clinic will take place from January 8-16, 2011. Apply here!

If you are a college player, recent graduate, or college coach interested in more information, please contact us at granada@soccerwithoutborders.org.