The ongoing five-day camp of FCB Escola camp run by David Jaray Moncunill, Coordinator (Delhi region) at Sreenidhi International School might well present two different stories — of young kids’ fascination for changing trends in soccer and the dearth of similar camps for other less-privileged footballers in the twin cities. The 28-year-old David Jaray insists that the whole objective is to spread the famous FC Barcelona football culture – the methodology, the philosophy and the training methods – which makes it such a household name even in India. “About 100 trainees in different batches are trained for five days with the focus not just on basics but also on tactics,” says the man who had coached aspiring footballers the age group of eight to 12 years for seven years, back in Barcelona sometime back.
“This is a beautiful ground with lovely ambience. The boys too are really enjoying training and have very good grasping power too which is a key element if they aim to move up in the game,” says Jaray. Yet the onus is on the young enthusiasts to sustain their interest in the sport. “You have to constantly keep working hard, set new goals and achieve them with all sincerity,” he says, stressing that he’d love to be back if there is an opportunity.
Jaray and Jordi Arasa Salomon (also from Barcelona) have been running the FC Barcelona football schools in Delhi and Gurgaon for close to one year now. For young kids like Jay Aditya, a fifth standard student, it has been “a different and very useful coaching camp I wish to have these camps frequently,” Aditya echoes sentiments of his fellow players
“What lessons these young kids learnt and how much they improved can be known only when they continue their passion and compete in different tournaments. “You cannot have a Messi coming every year. It takes amazing talent, hours of hard work and little bit of luck too,” signs off Jaray.
