International Soccer Academy Provides Summer Opportunity Throughout the summer, Jordina Rovira, are rooted in Christian beliefs and ethics. Through a member of the Shorter women’s soccer team, such, they could share the love of Christ with the volunteered her time with Barça Academy Camps, athletes alongside their athletic teachings. Rovira teaching soccer in six major United States cities over loved this aspect, especially as she noted the region in the course of six weeks. Rovira is a senior psychology which Barça is located is not strongly religious. major from Catalonia, Spain. She has played soccer In addition to the values, teachings, and her whole life and has been on a team since she was methods the camp strived to instill in the next seven years old. Because of this, she has developed a generation of soccer players, Rovira was able to utilize deep love and appreciation for the sport. the skills she has acquired through her major. As a Over the course of many years, Rovira has psychology student, Rovira noted a time when she honed her athletic abilities to practically applied what she a point that has allowed her had learned when two athletes the opportunity to volunteer playing on opposing teams “In the game, we are with Barça, a major European became incredibly competitive eleven players. So, soccer club. She said that the amongst themselves. During primary goal of the camps this time, they were pushing everyone plays a role. If we is to “guide the learning of each other and saying things score, it’s not just the one players through F.C. Barcelona that they were not supposed who finishes it in the net. It methodology [which is a] to be saying. As an assistant proactive, collective and coach, Rovira was limited in is for the whole team.” creative style rooted in the the actions she could take as the context of the game.” It also head coaches were supposed to Jordina Rovira includes “values such as be the ones to handle conflict senior, psychology major humility, effort, ambition, and various other complex respect, and teamwork.” While situations. However, the head not explicitly Christian due to coaches were busy and unable the club’s nature, such values to diffuse the situation at the
The staff of Barça Academy Camps have fun with athletes as they pose for a photo following one of the camps in Salt Lake City, Utah. Photo by: Alexis Serpas Com Studies | 6
