Copa Beach Soccer Camps

Copa Beach Soccer Camps focuses on beach soccer and related games and drills. Campers take part in activities such as aerial skills, volleying, soccer tennis, and fun and fitness at the beach, with an emphasis on healthy and fun skill development at the beach.

• Schedule: Weekly Santa Monica summer camps

Coach Andrew Carman leads Copa Beach Soccer Camps as a former Division I college and professional soccer player with a lifetime of playing and coaching experience, and he runs daily sessions that include new skill work for players of all levels. The camps use smaller five-a-side beach soccer games on a smaller field, which involve more touches on the ball, more goal scoring opportunities, and increased participation for each player. Activities highlight how playing on the beach adds extra challenges that call for ball control, volleying, agility, quick decision-making, and the use of vision, first touch, volleying, and aerial skills. The program’s mission states that it is about much more than soccer and focuses on building confident, active kids in an environment where they feel supported and happy. Copa Beach Soccer Camps notes that beach soccer offers unique advantages over traditional soccer played on grass and describes its soccer camps as promoting creative play in a calm, enjoyable, skills-based environment where young players of all skill levels can experience the true essence of the “Beautiful Game,” using the phrase “Welcome To The Beautiful Game®.” The program has been voted Best Kids Soccer Camps in Santa Monica. Each registered camper is invited to bring a friend for free to summer camp, as long as the friend is new to Copa Beach Soccer Camps, and the program lists “Our Partners” as part of its community involvement.

Last updated July 1, 2026.