Youth Sports Leadership Camp at Les Roches, Crans-Montana

Randogne, SwitzerlandLes Roches

Dates
Jul 11 – 25, 2027
Duration
1 or 2 weeks
Ages
15–17
Price from

$3,610

Per week on a 2-week stay

Course price for 1 week — $4,199

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A one- or two-week summer camp on the Les Roches campus in Bluche, above Crans-Montana in the Swiss Alps, for students aged 15 to 17. The camp takes a passion for sports beyond the field: students explore the business of sports while developing leadership, teamwork and creative problem-solving skills through dynamic activities and real-world experiences. Days combine interactive classes and practical workshops with industry visits, excursions and leisure activities, and students live on campus in shared en-suite rooms with full board.

Age

15–17 yrs

Language

English

Accommodation

Campus

About

About the Course

The Youth Sports Leadership Camp takes a passion for sport beyond the field. Students explore the business of sports and develop leadership, teamwork and creative problem-solving skills through dynamic activities and real-world experiences: interactive classes, practical workshops, behind-the-scenes visits to sports and hospitality businesses and team challenges. Teaching is in English on an international campus; applicants whose first language is not English provide a recognised English language certificate.

What’s Included

The programme fee covers the full residential experience: tuition, teaching materials and practical uniforms, accommodation on campus, full board including meals during excursions, and the activities programme (excursions, field trips, indoor and outdoor activities, a programme certificate and a farewell dinner). Minibus transport between the airport and the campus is included, as is transport to all planned excursions. Students need a valid passport and valid health insurance, and applicants whose first language is not English provide an English language certificate. Places are limited and the school advises applying early; after acceptance the school sends an acceptance letter, an invoice and a welcome guide.

Accommodation

Students live on the Les Roches campus in Bluche, above Crans-Montana. Accommodation is a shared double room with an en-suite bathroom, included in the programme fee. On arrival day the school meets students at a welcome checkpoint in the arrivals hall of the designated airport and takes them to campus by minibus.

Meal Plan

Full board is included in the programme fee, including meals taken during excursions. A typical day starts with breakfast, breaks for lunch in the middle of the day and ends with dinner on campus; the programme also includes food and beverage experiences and a farewell dinner.

Activities & Excursions

Alongside classes and workshops, the week includes excursions and field trips, industry visits to leading hospitality businesses, team building, city and cultural tours, outdoor activities and leisure time. Students receive a full timetable of activities on arrival; the published programme is described by the school as an example, with the confirmed timetable provided before arrival.

Facilities

The Swiss campus of Les Roches sits in Bluche, above the alpine resort of Crans-Montana, and combines tradition and innovation with seasonal sports on its doorstep. Students live and study on the campus itself, in a residential, family-style international community.

Camp Experience

Les Roches summer camps bring together students from many countries on an international campus. Participants take interactive classes and practical workshops, work in teams, meet hospitality professionals and visiting lecturers, go behind the scenes of leading businesses, and take part in social, cultural and outdoor experiences. The school describes the result as cultural knowledge, industry connections and international friendships.

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Youth Sports Leadership

20 Lessons · 15–17 yrs · B2–C2

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Take your passion for sports beyond the field. Explore the business of sports while developing leadership, teamwork, and creative problem-solving skills through dynamic activities and real-world experiences. Students take part in interactive classes and practical workshops, develop professional and personal skills and go behind the scenes of sports and hospitality businesses.

Week 1 covers sports leadership fundamentals through adventure challenge games, leadership exercises, mental toughness drills and a mini tournament design, ending with a captain's speech and a final tournament. Week 2 turns to the organisational structure of sports entities: stakeholders, governance models, decision-making simulations and a mock sports club presented on the final day.

The business of sport: leadership, teamwork and problem solving explored through workshops, behind-the-scenes industry visits and real-world challenges, taught in English on an international campus.

Daily Schedule

  1. Breakfast

    07:00–08:00

  2. Classes

    08:30–12:30

  3. Lunch

    12:30–13:30

  4. Dinner

    18:30–19:30

  5. Evening activities

    20:00–22:00

  6. Lights out

    22:30

Included items

  • International students
  • Excursions
  • Residence accommodation

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School

Les Roches logo

Les Roches

Les Roches is an international hospitality business school with campuses in Crans-Montana (Switzerland), Marbella (Spain) and Abu Dhabi. Its Swiss campus sits in Bluche, above the alpine resort of Crans-Montana, and combines tradition and innovation with seasonal sports on the doorstep. Alongside its degree programmes, Les Roches runs summer camps for teenagers, where students from many countries live on campus, take interactive classes and practical workshops, visit leading hospitality businesses and take part in excursions, outdoor activities and team events. The school describes its community as family-style and multicultural, cultivating what it calls the Les Roches Way of Life.

Location

Map showing camp locationLes Roches, Routes des Moulinettes, Bluche, 3975 Randogne, Switzerland, Randogne

Frequently Asked Questions

The camp is for students aged between 15 and 17 years old, and the school asks that the age requirement is met during the programme dates. Students who are 18 or older are directed to the Hospitality Experience Summer Program instead.

If English is not your first language, or you have not spent the last two years studying in a school where English is the main language of instruction, the school asks for one of the following: TOEFL 70 (internet-based), IELTS average 5.5 with a minimum of 5.0 in each component, Cambridge FCE grade C or CAE with at least 160 points, or Duolingo 110 with no component below 100–105.

On the Les Roches campus, in a shared double room with an en-suite bathroom. Accommodation is part of the programme fee.

Yes. Full board is included, including meals during excursions.

Yes. Minibus transport is included between the designated airport and the campus in both directions, and for all planned excursions. On arrival day the school meets students at a welcome checkpoint in the arrivals hall.

Mornings bring breakfast, an activity and a practical workshop before a lunch break. Afternoons combine interactive group work or an industry visit or excursion with a leisure activity, followed by dinner. The school describes the published schedule as an example and provides a confirmed timetable before arrival.

A valid passport and valid health insurance, plus a copy of your English language certificate if one is required. A parent or legal guardian also completes a consent form as part of the application.

Students apply through the school website, provide their English language certificate and the parent or guardian consent form, and then receive an acceptance letter, an invoice and a welcome guide. Payment is arranged within 15 days of receiving the invoice. The school advises applying as early as possible because demand for places is high.

More about this camp

The Youth Sports Leadership Camp is run by Les Roches, an international hospitality business school, on its Swiss campus in Bluche above the resort of Crans-Montana. It is a residential camp for students aged 15 to 17 who want to turn a passion for sport into an understanding of the industry behind it. Students explore the business of sports and develop leadership, teamwork and creative problem-solving skills through interactive classes, practical workshops, behind-the-scenes industry visits and real-world challenges. Outside the classroom the programme brings excursions and field trips, cultural and city tours, outdoor activities in the Alps and social events with students from many countries. Students live on campus in shared en-suite rooms with full board, and minibus transport from the airport and to all planned excursions is part of the package. Students choose a one-week or a two-week stay in Crans-Montana; the school also runs the same camps on its Marbella campus in Spain, and a two-week combination of the two. Applicants need a valid passport and health insurance, and an English language certificate if English is not their first language. Places are limited and the school advises applying early.

Price from $3,610