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Allwyn Sports Academies Program
Supporting the Future of Sports – Since 2014, we’ve been investing in children’s dreams!
The Allwyn Sports Academies represent one of the most significant Corporate Responsibility initiatives, which for over a decade has been actively supporting the future of Greek sports.
Our goal? To provide children with the right foundations, strengthen the values of sports, and create strong bonds within local communities.
Program Impact
• 120 amateur football academies
• 80 amateur basketball academies
• 25,000 children up to 13 years old across Greece
Our Philosophy
Through continuous and interactive training for coaches, children, and parents, the program aims to:
• Highlight the educational and recreational dimension of sports
• Reinforce the core values of sports
• Foster strong connections among clubs
• Improve the quality of services offered by the academies
By doing so, we ensure that today’s young athletes grow into better individuals and that the future of Greek sports is built on solid foundations.
Scientific support
The program stands by thousands of parents and guardians with its scientific team and offers them training and guidance in the fields of child psychology, nutrition, paediatrics, physiotherapy and fitness.
Scientific team’s actions are made either with a physical presence through visits by the team of scientists to the academies and conducting scientific activities with the participation of athletes and coaches, or through specialized content posted on the official online platform of the program, Sports Academies Online.
Coaching support
The program continuously enhance the technical training of the approximately 1000 academies’ coaches by implementing online educational activities (educational videos and activities) upon the instruction of the program’s coaching teams heads in football (Kostas Tsanas) and basketball (Ilias Papatheodorou), in order to offer the best educational and training support to the children emphasizing to the their soul and emotions.
Our philosophy is based on three basic guidelines concerning:
• Τhe coach’ s educational role in the ages up to 13 years old
• The children’s code of conduct
• The parents/guardians’ code of conduct
Safety and medical care
The program provides:
• Insurance coverage for all athletes aged 6 – 13 during their matches and training sessions
• Covering the costs of rehabilitating possible injuries of the athletes in question
Sport equipment
All academies receive on an annual basis sport equipment which aims to meet their basic needs and improve the safety and training standards of their athletes.
Sports Events
Each academy has the possibility to participate in the big sports events that are organized in many cities of Greece, so that the entire Greek territory is geographically covered.
These big events emerge the values of fair play, teamwork, respect and dedication and their content consists of:
• Football and basketball games without score, standings and referees
• Presentation and participation in Olympic and Paralympic sports
• Active participation of well-known athletes and activities with children
• Educational activities
• Interactive and entertaining games
• Scientific and recreational activities for the parents and guardians of the participating young athletes