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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.
Academy Games, Football Camps and Tournaments
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.
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 agents for registered players.
Admission to the Academy
Admission to the Academy may be obtained in any of the following number of ways:- 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
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 as necessary.Academy Games, Football Camps and Tournaments
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.
SLIFA officially launched the academy in Freetown on December 29 2007.
Several dignitaries, notably Dr. Jah, Minister of Youths & Sports, Hon.
Chernor Bah (MP), Mr. Abu Backar Kabba, president of Sierra Leone Football
Association, Mr. Gebbor Sherrington, president of Coaching Association, Mr.
Victor Hastings Spaine, Director of Sports Council & SLIFA and other top
ranking governmental department bureaucrats were present to grace the
occasion . SLIFA founder, Benjamin Gordon, delivered the mission statement
and remarks to rally support for the developing organization.