Footfire Soccer Camp (Berkeley, CA)
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Footfire camp for 6-year-old?
Feb 2012
Looking for recent reviews of Footfire soccer camp. My 6-year old is a soccer
enthusiast with boundless energy. The camp sounds good but I want to make sure
it's well organized with a balance of good instruction and lots of fun.
anon
Footfire is a great camp for a soccer enthusiast. The owners (Carlos and
Caroline) are nice and capable people. It is a multi-age camp, so not
the best choice for an immature or timid 6-year-old. It's soccer in the
AM, and crafts or soccer (free choice) in the afternoon. The food (hot
lunches) is outstanding and included in the price. Carlos is inspiring
and connects well with kids. My son has attended for the past 3-4 years.
anon
May 2009
Last year my child went to Soccer Basics and Footfire soccer camps. I recommend
both camps highly.
Footfire is a fast-paced, well-run camp with an inspirational director, Carlos
Hill,
which is good for high-energy kids, and kids who want a challenge. It offers
more
of a total package for parents, with organic snack and lunch offered and crafts
in
the afternoon. The staff is very nice. Footfire has a new website:
http://web.me.com/footfire/Site/2009_Camp.html
anon
Re: Summer soccer camp for 7 yo boy (Feb 2007)
You could check out Footfire. It is held at codornices park (on
the softball field). It is ususally held in the beginning of
the summer. They provide snacks and lunch in the price.
Probably not a good choice for kids with nut allergies at peanut
butter is served. The couple who runs the camp are great. And,
yes, they do have aftercare (yay!) which is the thing that makes
a day coamp possible for those of us who work full days and/or
work in SF.
Mom
Re: One-week soccer camp for 6-year-old (Feb 2006)
My son attended Footfire for three weeks last summer at the age
of almost 6 and loved it. It was his first experience with
soccer and he learned a lot that he applied playing on his first
team last fall. He'll be going back this summer.
I liked that it was very balanced gender-wise, that they have
arts and crafts projects, and that they use lots of teenage
CITs.
rachel
Re: One-week soccer camp for 6-year-old (Feb 2006)
My daughters loved Footfire Soccer Camp! It took some coaxing from me
to
talk them into trying it for a week last summer. They had tried the
camps at
Strawberry Canyon but for the most part had found them exhausting and
not
that much fun. They are both fairly athletic, but had not been into
team
sports. However, I'd heard good things about Footfire, and we live
just a few
blocks away from Codornices Park, so I really wanted them to give it a
try. I
had a good talk with Carlos, the coach, to find out if this would
really work for
girls who had ony played some soccer in school but not on a team. He
assured
me there was a wide range of experience and my girls would be fine. He
was
right. The following fall my oldest surprised me by signing up for her
middle
school soccer team! (My youngest, who was 9 at the time, was also
more
eager to try new sports after this.)
So my kids are clamoring to do it again this summer. And let me tell
you, half
the reason they want to do it again and came home happy every day was
the
great food at the camp! The catered lunch is incredible. Whether your
kid is a
Berkeley food snob or an ''I only eat white bread and potato chips''
kid, they will
be delighted by the delicious, healthy food and snacks (if you have a
junk food
junkie, just don't tell them about the ''healthy food'' part and
prepare yourself
to be amazed but what they'll eat). Kudos to the caterer, Carlos'
wife, for her
inventive, tempting array of nourishment for growing, active bodies!
Natasha
Feb 2003
I'm looking into soccer camps, and stumbled upon the Footfire
day camp in Berkeley. Can anyone recommend this camp based on
their experience? Anyone know any reason why I shouldn't enroll
my 8-year old son? Thanks.
stephanie
Footfire is a terrific camp. My son (now 13) has been there
several years in a row and loves it. He prefers it over all
other soccer camps he has attended. Carlos makes it really fun
for all of the kids -- he emphasizes the fun of soccer, not the
competition, and the kids really learn a lot of new skills. They
also serve lunch to the kids -- a really nice lunch, pasta,
sandwiches, etc. A great camp.
Kerry
My son attended Footfire for a week last summer. He thoroughly
enjoyed himself, and I thought the camp was run by nice people.
The camp has a large range of ages, so it is looser than a camp
run for young children, but an 8 year old should be fine. The
camp also seemed better for kids like my boy who enjoy running
around playing soccer all day.
Sima
The Footfire folks are fabulous! We enrolled our 5 y.o. son
for a two week session last summer and for him it may have been
too much running around outside with not enough ''down time''...
he came home really exhausted. But I found the camp people to
be wonderful, informed, spirited, kind... great with the kids!
And the snacks were healthy! For your son's age it should be a
super time.
Sooz
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