Soccer Academy
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The Soccer Academy is a children’s television show
produced by Capistrano Films. The show is shown in over 23 countries around the world, including the United States
, Africa
, and the Middle East
.
Soccer Academy is a children’s television show based upon the skills needed by child
ren to participate in soccer. The demonstration of soccer skills
during the program are performed by professional soccer players participating from the country in which the show is taking place in.
Along with the soccer skills, there is also a mix or culture
, religion
, as well as interaction with the local people from whichever country the television show
is featuring for that specific episode
.
"The Soccer Academy" qualifies as children-friendly programming from an instructional and educational perspective, and has been issued the IE certificate by the United States
for the shows educational value to children.
The parent company, Capistrano Films, has offices located in both Los Angeles
, California
and Detroit, Michigan
.
Children's television series
Children's television series, are commercial television programs designed for, and marketed to children, normally scheduled for broadcast during the morning and afternoon when children are awake. They can sometimes run in the early evening, for the children that go to school...
produced by Capistrano Films. The show is shown in over 23 countries around the world, including the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, and the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
.
Soccer Academy is a children’s television show based upon the skills needed by child
Child
Biologically, a child is generally a human between the stages of birth and puberty. Some vernacular definitions of a child include the fetus, as being an unborn child. The legal definition of "child" generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority...
ren to participate in soccer. The demonstration of soccer skills
Football tactics and skills
There are various individual skills and team tactics needed to play effective association football . Football is in theory a very simple game, as illustrated by Kevin Keegan's famous assertion that his tactics for winning a match were to "score more goals than the opposition"...
during the program are performed by professional soccer players participating from the country in which the show is taking place in.
Along with the soccer skills, there is also a mix or culture
Culture
Culture is a term that has many different inter-related meanings. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions...
, religion
Religion
Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...
, as well as interaction with the local people from whichever country the television show
Television program
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is featuring for that specific episode
Episode
An episode is a part of a dramatic work such as a serial television or radio program. An episode is a part of a sequence of a body of work, akin to a chapter of a book. The term sometimes applies to works based on other forms of mass media as well, as in Star Wars...
.
"The Soccer Academy" qualifies as children-friendly programming from an instructional and educational perspective, and has been issued the IE certificate by the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
for the shows educational value to children.
The parent company, Capistrano Films, has offices located in both Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
and Detroit, Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
.