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Futuro en Juego runs in the counter-shift to the school day: participants leave class and go on to train, study and do their homework. Four afternoons a week, all year.
Twenty participants is a deliberate number. Reaching thousands for one loose hour a week changes nothing; staying with twenty of them all year, four afternoons a week, can.
Padel is the vehicle, not the destination. It is easy to learn, so there is visible progress from the first week. It is played in pairs, so it forces communication. And it has a federation recognised by Colombia's sports ministry, so it opens real doors.
Every afternoon works on all four at once. None of them is a separate activity.
Technical and tactical padel coaching aimed at excellence, with tournament play and a route towards sports scholarships.
Bilingualism as a route to social mobility. Levelled classes on an eleven-month curriculum, plus homework tutoring, digital skills and financial literacy.
An eleven-month curriculum covering discipline, respect, honesty, empathy, responsibility and leadership.
Dedicated sessions on mental health, emotional regulation and the mind-body connection, built into the programme with their own eleven-month curriculum.
| Time | Activity | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 12:15 p. m. | Pick-up at school | With a supervisor on board |
| 12:15 – 12:35 | Transfer to PadelTown | About 20 minutes |
| 1:00 – 2:30 | Group A: English · Group B: padel | Ten participants per group |
| 2:30 – 4:00 | Group A: padel · Group B: English | The groups swap |
| 4:00 – 5:00 | Homework and academic support | On Fridays, a match |
| 5:00 – 5:30 | Return to school | With a supervisor on board |
Sessions are at PadelTown, third floor of the Plaza de las Américas centre, Monday to Thursday; Friday is match day. Participants travel to and from school by bus, with a supervisor on board.
The model is specific on purpose. That makes it easier to evaluate and harder to overstate.