AS SOON AS I DISCOVERED SOCCER
Vision
As soon as I discovered soccer, I knew I wanted to get involved. It’s a job that’s not for everyone, it takes a crazy love of sports. Dedicating our body and soul, getting up early in the morning and constantly worrying about the evolution of our players, implies countless hours of planning and maximum preparation.
I am Louis Bédard, founder of EuroClass. Here we work with future champions! Today’s high caliber players are extremely impressive technically and I felt that often the training sessions did not emphasize enough the consistency and intensity that is needed to achieve perfect ball control. This is one of the reasons why I founded EuroClass.
Here, the focus is mainly on the first touch of the ball and information gathering. It’s so crucial in soccer. Mastering the first touch is, in my opinion, one of the most important skills of high caliber players. We need to recognize and understand that this is the catalyst for the next step. It doesn’t matter what you have planned as a sequence; centering, passing, controlling or faking everything starts with the first touch.
If one day I had the honor to see players I worked with reach the Champion League, it would be without a doubt one of the greatest prides of my life. That’s one of the primary motivations of everyone who does what we do; the hope that one day we’ll see one of our players make it to the top.
Louis Bédard, founder of EuroClass