David Beckham Academy
The David Beckham Academy is a football (soccer) school founded by England international David Beckham in 2005. As of 2009[update], it operates in two locations: in London, United Kingdom, and in Los Angeles, California, United States, though the London location closed in early 2010 (the facility is still used for football coaching, but is run by a different organisation).
Further Academy sites are planned at Cabo São Roque near Natal, Brazil,[1] and in Asia. Consideration was also given in 2007 to opening an Academy in Manchester.[2]
History
Programmes
The London Academy provided seventeen, three or five-day programmes for boys and girls aged 8-15 years. It also ran a schools programme that consisted of a training day linked with Key Stage 2 and 3 learning (up to 2009, over 10,000 children had taken part in this programme). An after-schools programme (the 7/23 Club) was provided on Saturday mornings for children aged 3-7, and on Monday and Thursday evenings for 8-15 year-olds.[3]
The Los Angeles Academy runs a 7/23 Club on Saturday mornings for boys and girls aged 4–7 years. It also runs three- and five-day courses during school holidays.
References
- ^ Beckham in Natal
- ^ http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3101367 David Beckham academy planned next door to Man City, Building, 30 November 2007.
- ^ http://www.davidbeckhamacademy.co.uk