Petr Cech, enjoying the last few days of his summer break before returning to Cobham for pre-season training, has been discussing the youth academy he has set up in Prague.

Goalkeeper Cech has had a busy summer, being one of a host of Chelsea players and staff involved at Euro 2008, and now he has turned his attention to educating the next generation of Czech stars.

It was the Chelsea man's mistake that led to his country's elimination from the tournament, after he dropped a cross at the feet of Turkish forward Nihat Kahveci in the final group game.

It was a mistake Cech was quick to acknowledge, immediately going on television after the game to hold up his hands.

'The responsibility is clear and I prefer those who accept responsibility. To run and hide is not my way of doing things,' he said.

'If we played brilliantly it's nice for people to say that but you have to accept if someone says that you make a mistake you have to face up to that.'

He has used that moment of adversity as an example for the 80 youngsters (pictured with Cech in the centre) at his coaching clinic, which has now been running three years.

'They have [asked about it] because they want to know what happened and I think that is also a good example because you can learn from every incident which goes wrong in your life,' he reasoned.

'A lot of them when they are six or seven can play a game and make a mistake, and maybe they will decide they want to give up playing in goal because of how horrible they feel.

'I used my mistake as an example and told them that you must always believe in yourself and that you will get over it.'

The academy, which is sponsored by adidas and Samsung, is open for children between six and 14, with all abilities welcomes.

Cech believes the courses can help show children what they need to do to be successful in sport, as well as providing activities out of school.

'When I was a kid we had summer camps but nothing like this and that is one of the reasons. I was always big on sport whether it was basketball, football, or tennis but there was nothing like playing football with friends.

'Unfortunately there was nowhere to do it where we had the right facilities. Then we could play outside without any worries and now that is different so this is now the best way to spent a couple of weeks in summer with coaches and former players and current players and they can ask them whatever they want to know.

'Even in the first year we found it difficult to prepare food for the kids. They wouldn't eat pasta with chicken or healthy foods because normally they would spend time at school and buy themselves a burger or something like that. Now we can show how they should eat if they are serious about sport and also with the help of the British Council we give them a chance to learn English.'

Cech returns to Cobham later this week to begin preparations for the 2008/9 season. You can catch all the build-up to the new campaign on Chelsea TV.

For more information on the Petr Cech Academy, log on to Petr's personal website.