Camp Info
| Ages: | 5–18 |
| Type: | Day |
| Gender: | Co-Ed |
| Setting: | City |
| Sports: | Sports, Team Sports, Soccer |
| Time: | 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
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Carlsbad, CA, USA
Soccer is the center of the experience at IYSACamp Carlsbad, with City SC camps run by International Youth Soccer Academy for recreational and competitive players. The camp lineup spans introductory skill-building, specialized goalkeeper training, and a finishing-focused option for competitive players. Across the listed summer programs, ages range from 5 through 18, and boys and girls participate. Sessions are coached by professional licensed soccer coaches and are held at Carlsbad venues including Aviara Community Park, Poinsettia Community Park, and Aviara Oaks Middle School.
Recreational camps focus on basic technical development through warm-ups, daily themes, small-sided games, shooting and finishing work, and a World Cup-style tournament. Total Keeper Academy camps concentrate on goalkeeper technique and game situations, covering areas such as setting, diving, crosses, distribution, breakaways, and pressure training. Goal-Getters is designed for players already on competitive teams and centers on final-third play, including ball striking, crossing and finishing, overloads, and receiving to shoot.
The listed camps use a four-day format and morning hours. Players are asked to arrive early for check-in and bring a soccer ball, snacks, plenty of water, and proper soccer attire. This mix makes the program most relevant for children who want focused soccer practice in a structured day-camp setting, with options ranging from recreational fundamentals to position-specific and competitive technical work.
| Ages: | 5–18 |
| Type: | Day |
| Gender: | Co-Ed |
| Setting: | City |
| Sports: | Sports, Team Sports, Soccer |
| Time: | 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
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The camp lineup is organized into distinct soccer tracks rather than one identical program for every player. Recreational Summer Camps are four-day morning camps for ages 5–12. Their daily flow starts with a group warm-up, moves into a topic of the day and related small-sided games, and adds shooting and finishing work plus a World Cup-style tournament. Training emphasizes dribbling, shielding, passing, receiving, first touch, crossing, and shooting.
Total Keeper Academy offers four-day goalkeeper camps for ages 8–18. The daily schedule includes a 30-minute warm-up, 90 minutes of technical development, a 15-minute snack and hydration break, and 45 minutes of game-related exercises and cool-down. Topics can include crosses, setting, diving, 1v1 situations, distribution, breakaways, goal kicks, and pressure training, with game-like work in front of full-size goals.
Goal-Getters is a four-day option for players who already compete on a team. It focuses on final-third play through ball striking, crossing and finishing, counterattacking overloads, and receiving to shoot. Across these tracks, professional coaching staff guide the sessions, while each subprogram keeps its own age range, player-fit requirements, and technical emphasis.
Campers are instructed to bring snacks and plenty of water for hydration. The goalkeeper schedule includes a dedicated snack and hydration break. The available camp information does not describe provided meals or a lunch service, so no broader meal provision is stated here.
Players are instructed to wear proper soccer attire, including a T-shirt, shorts, long socks, shin guards, and cleats. Campers are also told to bring plenty of water so they can stay hydrated during training. For the recreational camps, parents are instructed to apply sunscreen before arrival and send extra sunscreen so players can reapply it themselves. These are the specific published participation and safety-related requirements available for the current camp pages.
Camp sessions are led by professional licensed soccer coaches. The camp pages state that programs are overseen by City SC Directors of Coaching and use professional coaching staff. Total Keeper Academy is run under the guidance of Director of Goalkeeping Guillermo Rodriguez, with staff coaches demonstrating exercises and supporting technical development.
Campers are asked to arrive 15–20 minutes early for check-in. Players should bring a soccer ball labeled with their name, snacks, and plenty of water, and they should arrive in proper soccer attire with long socks, shin guards, and cleats. Recreational camp families are also instructed to apply sunscreen before camp and pack extra sunscreen for the player to reapply.
