We were very dissapointed this summer( 2010)when we sent our 2 kids ( 8yrs and 10 yrs old) to this soccer academy in walnut Creek, that we though we'll be good to share with everybody who cares for the safety of the kids. The soccer camp took place in Arbolado Park in Walnut Creek, california. This is a very big park and open to everybody, as my kids were taking the training someone came and robbed their backpacks and soccer ball without anybodys attention not just them but 3 more kids when thru the same experience; Not just that one day I went to get the kids and they were offsite gino's and his staff, I drove by got the kids and nobody was paying attention to them; my sister went to get the kids and found them at the end corner of the park with some other kids and nobody was paying attention to those kids, my sister stopped the car and drove away with them and Gino was not even aware that the kids were not there or even worse who took them away from the park, my sister was so upset because with kids ( a boy and a girl) that age anybody could have done terrible things and Gino's could careless. The day they lost their backpacks we called him and we never got an answered; we make a comment the very next day and told him about the kids without supervision and his answered was" I have not cash your checks for the training, I will give you your money back" he never said I am sorry for what had happend or I will pay more attention next time but he was so rude and got mad about our comments.
I highly recommend anybody who send kids to that academy to make sure to talk to him about safety before you leave your kids on his hands. read more