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About the Academy
 The Sierra Leone International Football Academy is a self-supporting Academy
funded privately by retired and current football players. The Academy is based
in Sierra Leone and operates worldwide in football Academies competitions. The
Academy will be providing its own accommodation for full and part-time players.
The Academy caters for foreign and domestic students and football players who
are attending school, college or university and who have a desire to develop
their football talent to its full potential.
The Academy also serves as a coaching option to select local or international
players who did not have the opportunity to attend football camps worldwide and
provides these potential players to their various National Teams or Club Teams
while attending school, college or university.
As well as acting as a facility for clubs which do not have an Academy or Centre
of Excellence, the purpose of the Academy is to provide the best coaching
alternative to young football players who are not yet affiliated to a
Professional Football Club Academy or Centre of Excellence.
The Academy ensures the highest possible coaching standards and practices by
engaging former top-flight and international players and managers to develop
talented players to their full potential in excellent outdoor and indoor
facilities.
It is the aim of the Academy to assist every player at the Academy to become
associated with a Professional Club, its Academy or School of Excellence.
Representatives of clubs are periodically invited to the Academy coaching
sessions, camps and games to observe talented players in action.
The Academy maintains a computerized Player Rating System by age and position to
monitor each player's progress. These records are also available to clubs
looking for players for positions in particular age-groups. The Academy does act
as an agent for registered players.
Admission to the Academy
Admission to the Academy may be obtained in any of the following number of ways:
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 following successful trials after recommendation by the Academy's football staff
- following successful trials after recommendation by the player's current football club or school
- following successful trials after personal application to the Academy for admission; or
- following successful trials at a potential team but the player is required to acquire additional skills
Please note that players admitted to the Academy must be attending school,
college or university or taking a work related course at a recognized
institution.
Attendance at the Academy
The minimum attendance requirements at the Academy take the player's age, school
commitments and home location into consideration. Players are also required to
play in the Academy's teams, Academy Games, Football Camps and Tournaments as
necessary.
Academy games are organized on a friendly basis Worldwide against other
Academies or Representative Sides. The Academy's football camps are an essential
part of the coaching program, where players get a chance to fine tune their
skills over a longer period, while sampling what it takes to be a full-time
football player. They also get the chance to represent the Academy in
tournaments in Europe and other continents.
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