Spanish & Basketball Camp for Juniors in Spain

Spanish language & Basketball Camp is the result of a partnership between ZadorSpain Spanish language Schools and Baskonia Basketball and Sport Foundation.

ZadorSpain, operating in Vitoria since 1990 and in Alicante since 2004, organizes study abroad programs for foreigners looking for learning and improving their Spanish language skills and having a rewarding language immersion program in Spain.

Caja Laboral Baskonia Basketball Club has a long history, reaching this year 2009 its 50th Anniversary. Baskonia, through its Basketball School, has been organizing Summer Basketball Camps for more than 30 years and Basketball Tech Camp in the last 10 years.

First, you can read the Basketball Camp Enrolment Process.We hope it will help you.

You can enrol your child on-line, you can download the Enrolment form and send us by email or fax or we can send the enrolment by email. You have to fill in all the information.

You have to send us also a photograph of your child by email.

In addition, you have to send us a Parental Permission Form signed, a Questionnaire about Basketball and a Medical Certificate, and that is all.

Absolutely! Your child's safety is our first priority. Premises for the Summer Camp are in the suburbs of the city in a very quiet and safe area.

If Basketball Camp participants have residence accommodation, are highly supervised. Only during their free time (and they do not have a lot) or during the time to rest they could be in the common rooms or watching TV without camp counselors, although they are in the building.

Teens have to participate in all the scheduled on-campus and off-campus activities and in all the activities are adults with them.

Only campers with 16 or 17 years old can go out of the camp or of the host family alone if you send us a Signed Consent. However, if campers go to Vitoria city centre, you have to take into account that they are no buses runing after 22:00 and youngsters will have to take a taxi.

Baskonia Basketball Club is a Sport Club with a long history: 2009 is the year of the 50th Anniversary of the Club!!!

The institution have gained special reputation among the Basketball Clubs in Spain and in Europe, thanks its professional organization and thanks the triumphs of TAU Baskonia Basketball Team -now Caja Laboral Baskonia-, being considered as one of the best teams in Europe.

Baskonia Club supports a Basketball School for children and teens for more than 40 years, organizing camps in summer time for all levels.

Ten years ago Baskonia started to organize a special Tech Basketball Camp for intermediate and advanced youth basketball players: Well qualified trainers, professional basketball coaches with experienced assistants, trainers who understand individual capacity of the youngsters joining the camp and work with them to gain knowledge regarding basketball, team work, language and education.

The camp is designed for teenagers and parents are not encouraged to participate. For parents who want to visit Spain while their children are in the summer camp, we can suggest different hotels and activities or we can arrange necessary lodging and activities for them to enjoy their stay for a fee. They also can attend a Spanish course for adults. Please feel free to enquire for further information.

Temperatures are moderate and usually there is no rain. The average temperature in July 2007 was 19°C the average of the maximum temperature was 27ºC and the average of the minumum, 11ºC.

Whith these temperatures it is always recommendable to take a jacket or a thin pullover in the evening, just because it can get cooler from 8 or 9 pm. This also happens in the early morning, but at noon, you will need to take the pullover out since it will be hot.

As they are playing hard, the meals provided are apropriated for people doing sport activities, with 3 meals —breakfast at 8:00/8:30; lunch at 14:00 and dinner at 20:30— and 3 dietary supplements —juice, fruit, yougurth, snaks or sandwichs at midday, afternoon and before going to sleep and a plenty of water to keep campers from dehydration.

Meals are healthy and abundant and thus we do not think it would be necessary to buy more food, but if one camper thinks that it is "impossible to survive without "?"", we recommend him to bring it, because once in the Camp it would be difficult to go to the supermarket.

You can consult the list menu for the camp.

A piece of advice: Begin packing several weeks in advance to avoid last-minute shopping or at least check this list.

Workout gear
10 T-Shirts and 6/10 gym shorts
10 pairs of socks
2 pairs of basketball shoes (It is NOT a good idea to bring new shoes)
2 sweatshirts and tracksuit

Daily Clothes: casual clothing
Shorts, pants, T-Shirts
Fleece jacket or sweaters and thin raincoat
Plenty of socks and underwear
Pijamas/nightdress
Beach towel, 2 bathing suits, bathing cap (compulsory for the swimming pool), hat for the sun
Shoes or sandals and flip-flops for the shower and the swimming pool
Sunglasses
Small toiletries kit or basket so your child can carry and keep track of essentials such as soap, shampoo, toothpaste, toothbrush, floss, deodorant, comb and brush. Bath Robe .
Sunscreen
Fun
Towels for the shower
. * Electricity supply in Spain is AC 220 Volts, 50 Hertz. Sockets meet European regulations and use the round pin system. Bring adaptors and make sure that the electrical appliances you are going to use (computer, mobile phone charger, shavers, fun…) work at this voltage.
* Put your child's name or initials on everything —clothes, hat, swim suit, towels— with either a laundry marker or iron- or sew-on labels.
* Laundry bag for wet or dirty clothing with your child's name

Documents, medicines
— Passport (Original and three copies)
— 2 photos
— Medication if needed. Send medication in its original container, along with explicit dosage instructions to the camp nurse or healthcare facility. A signed medical-release form should accompany all prescription medication (in English or Spanish).
— Parental Permission form.
— Please be sure to bring a health statement form to camp with you which has been signed by a physician and dated within 12 months of the first day of camp indicating your son or daughter is in good physical condition to play basketball.
* If camper has glasses or contact lents, bring 2 glasses and contact lens cleaner.

For the Spanish lessons
Pocket dictionnary.
Some material for the lessons (notebook, pens…)

Other items
BackPack or something similar for off-campus activities and excursions.
Camera and batteries
Cell phone (and charger) /calling card

Could be a good idea to download and print the items to bring tho the Basketball Camp and check them because probably we forgot something that your child consider important.

Please, do not bring unnecessary and/or valuable articles, such as expensive watches, radios, rings or other jewels, etc. We cannot be liable for damage or loss.

Yes to both questions.

—There is a Physiotherapist 24-hours on Basketball Camp.
—The camper's medical insurance will cover any injuries or illnesses that occur while at camp. In addition, all the participants have an insurance for travel, accidents and general medical insurance to cover them not only when playing basketball but on their stay in Spain. If needed, participants will be treated at Private Hospital in Vitoria City Center.

For more information, you can read the general Insurance cover information or send us an email to ask for the Insurance Cover.

—If your child flight to Barcelona, it is possible to arrive on Friday 2th July for visiting the city and travel to Vitoria on Sunday 4th July

The housing accommodation is available if your children travel with adults, but it is unavailable if they travel alone, because camp councellors be in the Camp from July 4th to 18th.

Yes, however, as in the question above, depending on your arrival place or time, there is an extra cost:

—If your child arrive to Vitoria it does not matter the day from 8:00 to 22:00, the transfer from the airport, train or bus station,transportation is cincluded in the price.
—If your child arrive to Vitoria between 22:00 and 8:00, there is an extra cost.
—If your child arrive to Bilbao, there is group transfer at 13:00 and at 15:00 on 4th and 11th July .
—If your child arrive to Bilbao after 15:00 or before 13:00 it is possible a private transfer with an extra cost.
—If your child arrive to Barcelona on 3th July, the transfer is included in the cost.

For departures, there is a group transfer on 11thh and 18th July at 9:00 to Bilbao airport. Before or after this time there is an extra cost.

Yes, you can pay by credit card —VISA, MasterCard, American Express, Eurocard—. You have to fill the Authorization form in, and send it with a copy of your passport and a copy of the card by fax or email. You have to send a separate authorization for each payment you make. To pay by credit card, you must add a 3.5% of the deposit or of the total invoice amount.