British Soccer Camps Coming To U.P. This Summer

MANISTIQUE---The British are coming, the British are coming!

They're coming to teach our kids how to play soccer this summer.

Challenger Sports holds summer soccer camps in all 50 states, and will come to four Upper Peninsula cities this year.  This is a week full of drills, where kids learn foot skills as well as other technical and tactical practices. But also, a lot of fun.
 

A.J. Nwosu is the regional director for camps being held in Michigan. He says it's more than just soccer being taught at these camps.

"It's more of a cultural experience in terms of teaching life skills," he said. "We teach stuff like respect and responsibility. Integrity. Teaching them stuff they can use outside of soccer."

Nwosu says the style of soccer is different in England than it is here in the U.S.

"It's an attacking soccer here, where in England, it's more of a possession soccer," Nwosu said. "In England, which just keep the ball and pass it around and wait for a scoring opportunity. Out here, you guys just attack every opportunity you get. I think that comes from other sports like baseball or basketball, which are high-scoring games."

Listen to comments from Nwosu in the ARTICLE HIGHLIGHTS box on top.

The camps will be held June 11th through the 15th at Pines Park in Manistique. The camps will also be offered in Munising June 18th through the 22nd, in Iron Mountain June 25th through 29th, and in St. Ignace July 9th through the 13th.
 

You can register on-line at www.challengersports.com.

Or you can check with the Recreation Departments in Manistique, St. Ignace, or Munising, or with the Northern Lights YMCA in Dickinson County.

In Manistique, the prices range from $72 for the real young kids to $117 for the older teenagers. In Iron Mountain, the prices for all four age groups are $125. In Munising, prices range from $80 to $125. And in St. Ignace, prices range from $74 to $115.