Pôle Espoirs Fédéral de Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire, commonly referred to as PEF Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire, is the regional

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centre and is one of the nine ''élite'' academies of

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. Located in

Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire (, literally ''Saint-Sébastien on Loire''; br, Sant-Sebastian-an-Enk) is a Communes of France, commune in the Loire-Atlantique Departments of France, department in western France. It is the third-largest suburb of the ...

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, only the best players from the

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'' train there. There are eight other ''élite'' youth academies in Metropolitan France (

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, Châteauroux, Clairefontaine, Liévin,

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Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

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and

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) covering the whole territory.

Youth development

PEF Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire incorporates the same training methods as Clairefontaine: * Making the player’s movements faster and better * Linking movements efficiently and wisely * Using the weaker foot * Weaknesses in the player’s game * Psychological factors (sports personality tests) * Medical factors * Physical tests ( beep test) * Technical skills * Skill training (juggling the ball, running with the ball, dribbling, kicking, passing and ball control) *

Tactical Tactic(s) or Tactical may refer to: * Tactic (method), a conceptual action implemented as one or more specific tasks ** Military tactics, the disposition and maneuver of units on a particular sea or battlefield ** Chess tactics ** Political tacti ...

(to help the ball carrier, to get the ball back, to offer support, to pass the ball and follow the pass, positioning and the movement into space)

External links

PEF Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire Home Page
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