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EduKick England programs are a complete package of international travel, English cultural exposure, English language study & immersion, academic study and professional soccer training.

EduKick is proud to partner with Manchester England FC International Soccer Schools and IJ Tours Ltd to ensure that participating players have “the English language & culture football experience of a lifetime!”

The cornerstone of all EduKick England programs is our “Year Long” Football Studies Course.

EduKick, BWFC ISS and IJ Tours believe that living, studying and training in a foreign country is an invaluable experience that a player will never forget and the benefits of such an experience will be embedded positively into that individual for the rest of his or her life.

EduKick England staff, keenly aware of the challenges that our boarding school presents to our players, are fully committed to our players’ overall education through our soccer development and language immersion program.

Living, playing soccer and studying in England as a teenager or young adult represents an enormous challenge for both the participant and the educators and host families (who are responsible for the player’s education and general welfare).

From the participant courage, effort and character are required to succeed. From the EduKick England staff, it demands professional guidance, supervision, mentorship and expertise in order to provide the required level of service to our young players.

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Manchester's social history has roots back to 1251, with an industrial history commencing in 1337. Today it's a major town with diverse industry. It is twined with Le Mans, France and Paderborn, Germany. Manchester is linked with the cotton industry that was the commercial powerhouse of the industrial revolution. Nowadays, Manchester is a large and busy commercial centre surrounded by beautiful countryside and country parks. The locals are understandably proud of the Premiership football club, Manchester, based at the recently constructed Man Stadium next to the wonderful sports facilities provided by the Manchester Arena.

Manchester Arena

Home base for EduKick England - a magnificent 14.3 million GBP sports and leisure complex sited in the Middlebrook leisure and retail park, Man Arena opened to the public in April 2001. Since then not only has the Arena demonstrated to the world it can host international events of the highest calibre, staging the Badminton competition of the 2002 Commonwealth Games but has become a major sporting facility for the local community.

A typical day in the life of an EduKick England player:

• Check-in & registration (with Course Leader/Coaches)
• English Lessons or BTEC Study (Inlingua Manchester - at Man Arena)
• Personal Fitness Plan Tutorials & Lunch Break (12.30 to 13.00)
• BWFCISS football training session - 2 hour session (14.00 - 16.00)

Season Ticket to all BWFC Home Premiership Matches

As part of the course all students are guests of BWFC International academy at all home Premiership matches.
Attendance to these games is mandatory.

Evening Activity

Team cohesion and spirit is important when playing football or any team sport, therefore on a regular basis the group will be brought together under the leadership for various social activities.

These may include:

• 10 pin bowling
• Film nights
• Evening countryside walks
• Cycling
• Quiz Nights
• Sports nights (other than football)

These social activities will be conducted a minimum of once per term.

Cultural Excursions

As part of the course we endeavour to introduce the students to all places of historic and social importance in the northwest of England, the spiritual home of English football. Once each term students will take part in a full day or half day excursion/activity.

These activities may include:

• Countryside walks in the Lake District
• Blackpool Pleasure Beach Trip
• The History of Football Museum at Preston North End
• Professional Football Stadium Tours
• Premiership/Football League Fixture
• Manchester City Centre Shopping

Through the duration of the course these trips will vary to give the students a variety of experiences.

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EduKick students are accommodated with local host families in the surrounding area. All EduKick host families are carefully selected and experienced with long term international student care. Please note that students are expected to share a room with fellow students at host families. Students are expected to travel independently from host families to the Man Arena each day using public transport. Whilst settling in at the new host families, students will be advised on the best and safest way to travel. The cost per week of travel to the students can ranged from £20 - £35 per week dependant upon location of the selected host family.

Meals provided by Host Family

Monday to Friday – Breakfast & Dinner
Saturday & Sunday – Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

These meals may be provided as a family meal or provided for the students for prepare themselves, each situation differs dependant upon the family’s and the students.

At EduKick England we are very proud of our standard of host families. We have taken time to find the best possible families to welcome you and look after you during your stay. We hope that you will have a happy and memorable time with your host family. They have a responsibility to try and make you feel welcome. You also have a responsibility to be a good guest!

What to expect from your host family accommodation

• It is very polite and useful to telephone your host family before travelling to England
• The house will be kept clean at all times
• Bed linen and towels will be changed every week
• Breakfast will be provided
• Evening meal will be provided and eaten together with the family at the table unless otherwise stated.

Note: Every family is different and so each family will have different food on offer. However, please feel free to tell the family if you have any preferences. Please remember, if you are going to miss, or be late for mealtimes unexpectedly please inform your host family.

• Your family will do your laundry once a week (you will be shown how to wash your sports clothes yourself more frequently)
• You will be given a key to allow you to enter and leave the house when you want to. (Please do not keep this with your host’s address in case it gets lost)
• Your family will give you their day time telephone number in case of emergency
• Your bedroom will contain a desk on which you can study or there will be an area in the home where you can study
• Your family will negotiate the best times to use the bathroom with you on your arrival

Making the Most of the Host Family Experience - EduKick England

Your local host family has been carefully selected to ensure that you get the maximum benefit from this unique English language and football experience. However, please remember that you are going to be living as a guest in another family’s home. You will meet all members of the family and will be living along side them for the duration of your visit.

The information below is designed to help you integrate as easily and quickly as possible, make you into a super guest and so make the most of this experience. Remember, most host families and their students form a genuine friendship that can last for the rest of their lives!

• Take some photos from home to introduce you and the rest of your family to your new guest family. They'll be delighted to learn where you are from.
• Maps, photos and brochures of your neighborhood and home town are also really useful to break the ice at the start of your stay.
• Make an effort to ask about your new family, their interests and hobbies.
• Find out when you are allowed to use the bathroom in the mornings and evenings and when are the regular family mealtimes.
• Volunteer to take your turn helping with family chores e.g. washing up, setting and clearing the table etc.
• Always use a pre-paid international telephone card (available from local shops) to phone home.
• Always remember to ask your host father or mother before using the phone.
• Try and keep your room and bed as tidy as possible.
• Your host family will make sure you get your breakfast and dinner everyday (lunch too on Sundays).
• Your host family will also either do your washing for you or show you how to do this yourself. Remember! You’re not living in a hotel!

Finally, you must remember that English people may do things differently to what you are accustomed. It’s also easier to misunderstand a situation when communicating in a foreign language. If you are unsure about something, ask your host family.

NB – Your Course Coordinator at EduKick England is named Mick Brennan. Mick is always there to listen to any questions or problems you might have whilst you’re staying with us this year. Don’t hesitate to speak to him! He’s a friendly guy and he’s there to help you and look after you! I have read, understand and agree to abide by these rules set out by EduKick England, along with any supplementary rules that may be added during the course for student safety and benefit.

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Each student will have access, 7 days a week, to the Manchester Arena Health & Fitness Centre. The centre is fully equipped with state of the art training and weight machines, along with a steam room, sauna and an athletics track.

Each student, after initial assessment in week one, will be set a Personal Fitness Program to develop their aerobic fitness and stamina along with strength and endurance. This will be compiled with the fully qualified gym staff on site at the Man arena and will provide a general fitness program for the players.

Throughout the course there are many elements of fitness that the coaches work on to deal with the demanding physical side to the English game. Those players wishing to push themselves to reach their physical peak for the game can also be provided with a football/position specific fitness and strength based training program to work on in the timetabled gym sessions.

English football is a very physical and demanding game and we at EduKick England expect all students to be fully focused and self driven regarding personal improvement in fitness and all aspects of the game. Each week students will receive regular feedback on their own fitness to help individually shape personal needs, setting weekly and monthly targets to develop the players’ fitness.

Throughout the week students will have several opportunities to work on their personal fitness plan. These will be monitored by EduKick England staff to ensure efficient use of time.

Football Fitness Training/Speed, Agility, Quickness

Each week the students will be put through their paces in the early week fitness sessions. These sessions will vary from endurance, strength, conditioning and technical movements associated with the game. All students are expected to use these sessions to improve fitness for the game and to provide ideas along with them being a learning tool for the personal fitness sessions.

The sessions will include footwork and developing quick feet without the ball, co-ordination and awareness, anaerobic speed burst movements of the game and general aerobic fitness.

During these sessions students will be taught the safe practices of training to assist in injury prevention.

Football Coaching (Technical)

Practice makes perfect with every individual player. Each week the students will be coached not only in the complexities of the game but also the simple elements of the game to ensure individual improvement and performance. Simple repetitive practices such as the professionals in the English game take part in; will be introduced to ensure the players are focused on all aspects of the game.

Football Coaching (Tactical)

Following on from the lectures regarding the English game, the group will be coached as a team. Each week they will prepare for the following game and work on the tactical side of their game together, looking at shape, movement, set plays, defending and attacking as a team and phase of play, using examples from games they have been involved in and the professional game in England.

Football Coaching with BWFC international Youth Academy

EduKick England has a strong partnership with many football clubs throughout the UK, from grass roots to the Premiership. One of these links is with Manchester from the English Premiership. Each week the students will receive these coaching sessions by BWFCISS technical football coaches. These sessions will expose the students to the highest level of football coaching available in the country (http://www.bwfciss.co.uk).

Football Stamina & Endurance Coaching

With the physical game in England the students will be coaching weekly to build on their stamina and endurance to maintain a high level of aerobic fitness. During these sessions and linking to the personal training plan, the students should develop fitness and strength to allow them to compete and increase their physical presence of the field.

Competitive Fixtures

EduKick students will be involved in high tempo sessions and match play at the Man arena, or where possible fixtures against college teams and local teams of appropriate standard. These fixtures will be dependant upon numbers of students and availability of players, therefore games or training sessions may be full 11-a-side, 7-a-side or 5-a-side. Each week these may vary to give a range of experiences to the students.

Football Cool Down Sessions

Following competitive fixtures and high tempo match play activity we believe a thorough cool down session is important to assist in injury prevention. These sessions will involve light training sessions or activities. During these sessions analysis of previous match play and coaching to look at improvement will be incorporated where necessary.

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Football Course

Michael Brennan (Mick) is our Course Director. Mick is a UEFA “B’ licensed qualified football coach and has a degree in Sports Science & Management from the University of Central Lancashire, as well as many years experience managing youth sports coaching programs.

Mick has been actively involved in such programs over the past two years working in the football year long sports studies program. Now with the expansion of such sports program he takes on the task of working with and ensuring quality and an enjoyable experience across the entire program.

Having a background in sports and football development and coaching, Mick began his career in the sports industry in 1996 as apprentice coach with premiership football team Blackburn Rovers. Over his thirteen years at Blackburn he grew through various roles to becoming the Senior Community Development Officer, managing an indoor facility and a host of sports coaches which makes him well placed to work with the sports students and pass on his experience.

General Manager
Peter Hayes

Peter Hayes is the General Manager of the programs in England and ensures that the welfare and packages on offer to all students are of a high standard. Peter’s background in Education enables us to ensure and ascertain the correct academic levels for all of our students and ensure they can obtain the highest possible benefits from all courses.

Peter is a law graduate from the University of Westminster and worked as the Manager of a Business English Training Centre for seven and a half years from May 1999 until he left in November 2006 to concentrate full time on work with sports and Education packages.

BWFC International Soccer Schools Manager
Dave Bailey

Dave is the Manchester International soccer school manger and head coach of international academy YLP development program with Edukick. Dave has been with Manchesters 9 seasons, working with a variety of different age groups from under 9’s upwards. Dave is also head of Reebok football academy which hosts courses in different countries all over the world. Prior to joining Mans 9 seasons ago Dave worked for Blackpool FC and has lived, worked and played in the USA. In the UK his playing career was non league with over several hundred games. He has coached all over the world with BWFC Inc Australia, Cyprus, USA, Canada, Norway and Africa to name a few.

Dave, a UEFA B qualified football coach is fully committed to the development of the year long students on and off the pitch:
“The International academy is committed to helping young footballers raise there technical, Physical, Mental and tactical skills to the highest possible standards. We provide an enjoyable, exciting and stimulating environment with quality provision. We strive to develop the players sense of self esteem, motivation and desire to learn through via coaching and education.”

James Ward – Course Leader/BWFCISS Coaching Staff

James Ward is the Edukick England course leader and a Manchesters staff coach. James works closely with each participant on a daily basis on and off the pitch.

James communicates and works together daily with Mick and Dave to develop each student to reach their full potential and achieve the goals that are set for them and the goals they set for themselves during the program.

Shaun Couch – BWFCISS Coaching Staff

Shaun has several years of coaching experience having previously coached at Blackburn Rovers FC and Blackpool FC. Shaun is a UEFA B licensed coach having graduated from University with a BA (Honors) in Sports Coaching and is currently working towards his UEFA A license.

Matt Burn-Fraser – BWFCISS Physiotherapist

Matt Burn-Fraser is the program therapist and attends the Arena once a week to treat injured players and provide health, fitness advice and injury prevention instruction to all participants. Matt is a graduate of Edge Hill University and holds a Bsc (Honors) in sports therapy.

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Staff

• Manchester England “Weekly” English/Football Course (10/05/11 - 6/17/12) - $1,599 USD
• EduKick England “Monthly” Football Course (throughout the year) – $5,199 USD
• EduKick England Manchester Academic Year Football Academy – ID Camp (6/19/11 - 7/03/11) - $2,599 USD
• EduKick England Academic Year Football Studies - (9/05/11 - 5/25/12) - $39,990 USD
• EduKick England 1/2 Year Football Studies (1/09/11 - 5/25/11) - $28,990 USD

Manchester England International Football Academy Program Fees

• Manchester England “Weekly” English/Football Course - $1,599 USD
• EduKick England “Monthly” Football Course – $5,199 USD
• EduKick England Manchester Academic Year Football Academy - $2,599 USD
• EduKick England Academic Year Football Studies - $39,990 USD
• EduKick England 1/2 Year Football Studies - $28,990 USD

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