Japan school celebrates first season

09.07.2010 13:33

Japan school celebrates first season

Jaume Marcet

The FCB School in Fukuoka, Japan is celebrating the end of its first season which has proven to be a great success as 250 youngsters have benefitted from the education and sporting activities.

To mark the occasion the school has produced a video that shows all the work that has been done at the complex since the opening on September 1, 2009.

Barça philosophy

Following the same line as the FCB School itself, the director of the Fukuoka centre, Ivan Palanco, has worked hard to bond the children and help them to learn at several levels through football. With psychological, physical, technical and tactical training the aim is to educate the kids in such areas as friendship, solidarity, hard work and respect.

Three ages

The children at the school are divided into three groups by age with those up to eight being in one, eight to ten year olds in another and kids from ten to 12 in the other. All three groups train for 75 minutes twice a week on the artificial pitch at the centre.

Barça for all

As well as the actual training sessions, the students at the FCB School also have access to physiotherapy, a library, audiovisual things where they can learn both Spanish and Catalan. A Barça For All day is held every fortnight too when parents, children and coaches can all meet.