FAQs

LALIGA offers assistance and advice during the process of obtaining a visa, providing all of the official documents which are required.

Nevertheless, LALIGA is not responsible for the duration of the processes or the payments required to obtain a visa.

• Education and high-performance training with UEFA Pro coaches under the LALIGA methodology.
• Between 5 and 12 weekly training sessions run by LALIGA's top coaches, fitness coaches and physios, along with the most innovative technology and resources.
• Matches against LALIGA club academies and high-performance academies, as well as participation in both national and international not federated tournaments.
• Trips throughout Spain to meet and compete against the academies of LALIGA clubs and some of the top academies in the world with unique opportunities to get noticed by coaches and scouts.
• Professional fitness training, video analysis, nutrition, and sports psychology sessions.
• Monthly and quarterly individual physical assessment, physiotherapy, medical service, injury recovery, and individual performance monitoring and optimisation.
• American Middle & High School programme (grades 7-12) or Spanish programme for Middle School and Baccalaureate, at the international school within the same centre.
• Courses to prepare for American university and Spanish and other language classes.
• Residence and full board with 5 meals, with menus adapted to the personal needs of each player.
• Private medical insurance.
• Excursions, cultural activities, LALIGA stadium tours,attending matches and events, and activities with LALIGA Ambassadors.
• Training and competition kits with professional laundry service.
• Access to the gym, games room, chillout zone...
• Airport transfers, daily transport and constant personal assistance.

The daily life of a Talent is similar to that of any LALIGA youth academy player, with special care and attention given to resting and studies, healthy habits and everything involved in invisible training.

On the weekends, cultural and educational excursions and activities are organised in the city of Madrid and the surrounding areas, including tourism visits to the most iconic sites of the city, entry to museums, theme parks and tours around LALIGA stadiums, as well as attending live matches of LALIGA teams.

The relevant emergency services are contacted to assess the patient appropriately, and if necessary they will be taken to the closest hospital. The family will be contacted as soon as the patient is on the way to hospital, and constant and effective communication will be maintained.

The Talents programme includes private medical insurance for each participant, and all transport for any type of medical transfer will also be provided.

• Education and high-performance training with UEFA Pro coaches under the LALIGA methodology.
• 4 to 7 weekly training sessions run by LALIGA's top professionals, fitness coaches and physios, along with the most innovative technology and resources.
• Matches against LALIGA academies, high performance academies and other teams from the Madrid region, as well as participation in national and international tournaments.
• Professional fitness training, video analysis,nutrition, and sports psychology sessions.
• Monthly and quarterly individual physical assessment, physiotherapy, medical service, injury recovery, and individual performance monitoring and optimisation.
• American Middle & High School programme (grades 8-12) or Spanish programme for Middle School and IB, at the international school within the same centre.
• Courses to prepare for American university and Spanish and other language classes.
• Residence and full board with 5 meals, with menus adapted to the personal needs of each individual.
• Private medical insurance.
• Excursions, cultural activities, LALIGA stadium tours, attending LALIGA matches and events, and activities with LALIGA Ambassadors.
• Training and competition kits with professional laundry service.
• Access to the gym, games room, chillout zone...
• Airport transfers, daily transport and constant personal assistance.

Group leisure activities are organised on a daily basis, such as games, contests, watching films and workshops.

On the weekends, cultural and educational excursions andactivities are organised in the city of Madrid and the surrounding areas, including tourism visits to the mosticonic sites of the city, entry to museums, theme parks andtours around LALIGA stadiums, as well as attending livematches of LALIGA teams.

The relevant emergency services are contacted to assess the patient appropriately, and if necessary they will betaken to the closest hospital. The family will be contacted as soon as the patient is on the way to hospital, and constant and effective communication will be maintained.

The Academy programme includes private medical insurance for each participant, and all transport for any type of medical transfer will also be provided.

Our summer camps include:

The facilities integrate different sports spaces for children's recreation. A planning will be established with schedules in which the monitors organize games and group activities for the participants.

In their free time, voluntary recreational activities will be organized for the participants.

Besides, the times in which participants are allowed to use their mobile devices or tablets to contact their families or play will be established by our monitors.

All our monitors have the necessary training, certifications and qualifications of free time monitors. In addition to a great connection with sport, either being qualified coaches, actives or graduates in sports science.

It is not recommended, at LALIGA Camps we offer children all the essential material, products and services to make their stay as pleasant and comfortable as possible. So that participants do not have to worry about acquiring any type of product/service on their own.

Yes, as long as there is availability up to 1 month before the start of the Camps, and at no additional cost.

Participants must wear soccer boots, shin guards, goalkeeper gloves (if applicable), sneakers, underwear, swimsuit, towel, flip-flops, complementary street clothes and reusable or disposable masks.

It is not necessary, at LALIGA Camps we insure all our participants with accident insurance, and in the event of an incident, the tutor is contacted immediately.

Yes, as long as the disability does not seriously affect the mobility and integrity of the participant, and they can carry out the physical activities established within the camp.

In the event that, and as a general rule, the student having been admitted, for voluntary or involuntary reasons or for other circumstances, whether due to fortuitous cause or force majeure, wishes to unsubscribe , the amounts delivered in favor of LALIGA will not be returned without the prior evaluation and approval by its Management, and said circumstance must be communicated in writing through an online instance to the Admissions Department of this entity, and the cancellation form or dismissal established in the terms and conditions of the program.

The amount related to the reservation of a place or first payment will be refunded, exclusively, in the event that the camp will not be taught because the minimum number of students established by LALIGA has not been enrolled.

The student who, prior to the beginning of the corresponding academic year or during its course, unilaterally abandons the program due to fortuitous cause or force majeure reliably accredited and in writing, will have the right, after evaluation and approval by the admissions department of LALIGA Academy, to the return of the amounts previously paid for academic fees.

Refunds to be made due to cancellations will be paid from September 1, 2023. Cancellation must be requested in writing by sending the "CANCELLATION FORM" to the following email: laligaacademy@laliga.es. The aforementioned Form is attached at the end of this Registration Terms and Conditions Document

In the majority of cases, there is one coach for every 10-15 children.

The ESC Madrid does offer laundry service during the Camps.

The main distribution will be by year of birth in accordance with the corresponding grade, and what is considered most appropriate for the characteristics and needs of each student.

Because it is a system which is taught almost entirely in English, it will make sense to form groups within each course based on their level of English.

The academic year begins in September and continues until early June, and it is strongly recommended to study the entire course from September to June.

Nevertheless, it is possible to join at any point in the course, although it is recommended to join before the academic course begins or in January, after the Christmas holidays.

The centre requires that everyone behave respectfully and impeccably at all times, both on the pitch and off, including the players, the coaches and the centre's staff. There will be codes of conduct manuals applicable both to the players and staff.

The ESC Madrid centre reserves the right to suspend or expel anyone who does not follow the basic rules established for living together, behaviour and respect.

The airport is 42 kilometres (26 miles) away from the centre, meaning that it is a 20-minute trip by car.

Contracting the Academy or Talents programmes does include transfer services both to and from the airport.

The relevant emergency services are contacted to assess the patient appropriately, and if necessary they will be taken to the closest hospital. The family will be contacted as soon as the patient is on the way to hospital, and constant and effective communication will be maintained.

The programmes include private medical insurance for each participant, and all transport for any type of medical transfer will also be provided.