Santa Susanna, Spain The youth soccer coaches and directors of the volunteer project “Football Heroes — Young Volunteer Action” are currently continuing their theoretical and practical learning units in Spain for a week.

After kicking off with DFB Vice President Peter Frymuth on Monday evening, the almost 200 young volunteers had to start learning units on Tuesday morning. Ariane Hingst had also come to Spain and gave many insights into the youth work of the national teams and actively engaged in exchange with all participants.

Following the theoretical introduction, all study groups went to the soccer fields. Supported by the team of speakers, the assistant coaches of the U19/U20 women's national team, Ariane Hingst, led a unit under the Spanish sun.

On Wednesday morning and afternoon, one learning unit was completed for the participants of the soccer hero educational trip. In a total of eleven study groups, which are supervised by 26 top-class speakers, the young volunteers continued their education as they did the day before.

Robert Schröder, current Bundesliga referee, answered questions from the participants of the soccer hero educational trip on Wednesday evening. Schröder gave insights into communication among professional referees and told exciting stories about professional soccer.

On Thursday, the soccer heroes of the soccer heroes educational trip can explore the Catalan world metropolis of Barcelona. In addition to a city tour, the impressive FC Barcelona stadium — Camp Nou — will provide goosebumps. On Friday, youth soccer coaches and managers can expect a futsal session under German national futsal coach Marcel Loosveld.