1. ITALIAN SOCCER & WELLNESS
PROGRAM INFO AND ENROLLMENT DETAILS
EUP in partnership with OSA Soccer Academy in Florence, Italy will offer the following course:
HPE587 - Workshop in Health & Physical Education (Italian Soccer & Wellness) - 3 Credits
This course covers all aspects of OSA Italian Soccer while integrating wellness concepts to enhance quality of
living. Individual computerized fitness assessment and health risk appraisal will be provided to each student.
Areas of focus include:
Soccer Wellness
• Athletic Conditioning • Fitness
• Care/Prevention of Athletic Injuries • Nutrition
• Soccer Skills & Tactics • Heart Disease
• Individual Skills & Techniques • Cancer
• Field Tactics • Diabetes
• History of Italian Soccer • Stress Management
• Psychology & Ethics of Sport • Safety/Injury Prevention
Each student will also take a TRIFIT TEST assessing their fitness level aiding
their wellness development during the workshop, with self-paced computer
lessons and assignments available through online podcasts.
NOTE: This course exceeds NASPE (1-6) and AAHE (1-7) standards.
The following areas are an example of what will be covered during the
workshop (customized for field players and goal keepers).
Technical Lessons (Explanation, Warm-up, Practice, Scrimmage, Cool-down):
• How to hit the ball: kicking, hitting, head and chest exercises;
• Dribbling and goal kicks;
• Extension diving, punching and throws;
• Parrying high balls and deflecting.
Tactical Lessons (Explanation, Warm-up, Practice, Scrimmage, Cool-down):
• Offense: attacking exercises and team strategy;
• Inactive situation: fouls and penalties, corner kicks, offensive and defensive;
• Defense/Offense: one on one exercises.
Lectures on the following topics:
• Sociology and Sport Ethics: positive attitude and fair play;
• Soccer tactics: strategies and field organization;
• Nutrition: introduction to soccer nutrition and italian pasta;
• Traumatology and first aid;
• History of soccer and soccer regulations.
Follow your college or university guidelines for transfer approval of
EUP HPE587 (3 credits) to your institution.

2. HPE587 - Workshop in Health & Physical Education (OSA Italian Soccer & Wellness)
This 3-credit university approved course meets most college’s and university’s Health & Physical Education undergraduate
requirements within the General Education requirements/electives.
Cost for HPE587 Workshop:
4 Week Program: $2,000.00 course fee payable to OSA
12-Week Full Semester Program: $2,500.00 course fee payable to OSA
3 Credits: $1,100 credit tuition + $30 non-refundable registration fee payable to Edinboro
4-Week Workshop includes:
Start dates: September 6, October 4, November 1
• 6 Lectures [13 hours total]
• 6 Technical lessons (at Caldine facility) [10 hours total]
• 6 Tactical lessons (at Caldine facility) [10 hours total]
12-Week Full Semester Workshop includes:
Start date: September 6
• 6 Lectures [15 hours total]
• 6 Technical lessons (at Caldine facility) [12 hours total]
• 6 Tactical lessons (at Caldine facility) [12 hours total]
Withdrawal procedure:
Students who decide to withdraw from this course must notify their instructor immediately. Any refund
of course cost will be according to the refund policy detailed below and will be refunded to the credit card on record.
Edinboro Refund policy for the credits tuition:
• 100% refund, less the $30 application fee, for withdrawal prior to the start date of their registered session.
• 100% refund, less the $30 application fee, for withdrawal on the 1st day of their registered 4-week session.
• 100% refund, less the $30 application fee, for withdrawal within the first 4 days of their registered
12-week full-semester.
• No refund is available after the first day of each of the 4-week sessions.
• No refund is available after the first 4 days of the 12-week session.
OSA Refund policy for Italian Soccer workshop cost:
• 100% refund if, for any reason, the workshop is cancelled.
• 50% refund, for withdrawal 60 days or more prior to the start date of their registered session.
• 25% refund, for withdrawal between 60 and 30 days prior to the start of their registered session.
• No refund is available for withdrawal 29 days or less prior to the start of their registered session.
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