Sports Training Handball summer camp in France

Nacel organizes summer Handball camps in France for one to two weeks in July.

ABOUT THE HANDBALL CAMP IN FRANCE 

Every year we welcome international students looking forward to improve their language level while perfecting their handball techniques during the summer. We offer a full linguistic and sports experience in Vichy, France, where lessons are given by professional certified coaches in a vast range of sports. 

Our sister company organizing the camp is SPORTS ELITE JEUNES. They have great experience in creating cultural, academic and sportive experiences for students around the globe! 

UNIQUE IMMERSION PROGRAM! 

Your full immersion experience starts as soon as you arrive in the camp as most of the camp participants are French! Additionally all of our staff is French ensuring a dynamic learning process. 

Join our Handball training camp in Vichy, France!

The program of our sports camps is developed internally in collaboration with professional handball players and our Technical Directors in order to guarantee a real progression. The content can be adapted to the different levels and wishes of the children. There is 1 coach per 10 participants.

Intensive sports camp led by qualified coaches:

• Technical workshops: warm-ups, workshops by level to develop the basics and individual techniques (passing, dribbling, shooting, defense, positioning, goalkeeping skills, etc.).
• Tactical and strategy workshops: technical and tactical exercises (duels with the goalkeeper, shifting, crossing, occupying space, etc.).
• Challenge workshops: team work on the collective game. 
• Competition workshops: daily matches, tournaments and individual and collective challenges.

For stays of more than 14 days: an outing to the PAL theme park is organised!

Interested in Frenchclasses on top of your sports training camp in France? Have a look at the Sports and French summer camp. 

Learn more about our sports training camps in France. 

Once the sports day is over, it's time for rest and recreation.

Each evening, the children will have the opportunity to participate in recreational activities that will bring the day to a happy end. These activities are usually held in larger groups and the goal is to create a community spirit within the center. They are created, implemented and supervised by our certified counselors. The sports coaches will also participate to share great moments with the children!

The teams set up evening activities adapted to the age and tastes of the children, the weather and the level of tiredness of the group. 

Accommodation on the Vichy campus on a full board basis.

Students live in student residences (from 2 to 4 beds per room) with shower and toilet. French and international campers share the same room based on age and gender. It is possible to specify a person with whom to share the room. Full board accommodation is provided. The 4 meals of the day are balanced menus cooked by the chefs at the center.

Facilities at campus: The campers will be able to benefit from quality infrastructures to train in all serenity: Lounge, Outdoor space, Dining room and a Leisure and activity area. 

Other sports camps organised at this location in Vichy are: Soccer and Fencing.

DROP OFF AT THE CAMP: Sunday between 3 PM and 4:30 PM
PICK UP AT THE CAMP: Saturday between 10 AM and 11 AMHOW TO GET TO THE CAMP?​
We offer 3 possibilities:

• You bring your child to the camp in Macon/Montauban/Vichy and pick him/her up at the end of the stay;
• or you bring your child to the train station Gare Bercy (Vichy) or Gare de Lyon in Paris (Macon) where he/she joins other campers traveling by train to Vichy/Macon (Accompanied by SEJ staff. Additional fee applies). The trains leave between 12 and 2pm. (this option is not available for Montauban)
• or your child flies to Paris arriving in the early morning at a Paris airport BEFORE 9 AM on the camp's start date; our staff will pick him/her up at the airport and transfer him/her to Bercy (Vichy) or Gare de Lyon (Macon) in Paris where he/she joins other campers traveling by train to Vichy/Macon (Accompanied by staff. Additional fee applies) (this option is not available for Montauban)

HOW TO LEAVE FROM THE CAMP?

We offer 3 possibilities:

• You bring your child to the camp in Macon/Montauban/Vichy and pick him/her up at the end of the stay;
• or your child travels back to the train station Gare Bercy (Vichy) or Gare de Lyon in Paris (Macon) with the group and staff and you pick him/her up there (Accompanied by SEJ staff. Additional fee applies). The trains arrive in Paris late afternoon on the camp's end date. (this option is not available for Montauban)
• or your child travels back to the train station Gare Bercy (Vichy) or Gare de Lyon in Paris (Macon) with group and staff; our staff will pick him/her up at the train station and transfer him/her to a Paris airport (Accompanied by staff. Additional fee applies). His/her flight should NOT TAKE OFF EARLIER THAN 9 pm on the camp's end date. (this option is not available for Montauban)
  

Please note: no overnight in Paris will be possible during the summer of 2024  after July 20th due to the Olympic Games 2024. Please plan flights accordingly. Contact us for any further guidance. 

Handball summer camp in France

* Price in Euros per participant. 

French Sports Summer Camps in France 2024

Each camp session lasts for 7 or 14 days. Arrival on Sunday and departure on Saturday.

Arrival dates for July are:

• July 14th 2024 (1 or 2 weeks)
• July 21st 2024 (1 or 2 weeks)
• July 28th 2024 (1 or 2 weeks)
• August 4th 2024 (1 or 2 weeks)
• August 11th 2024 (1 week)

FRENCH LESSONS: Are you interested in taking French lessons AND practicing a sport for 3 hours in the morning? 

Opt for a sports camp in France WITH French lessons: French and Sports summer camp in France. This camp combining French and Handball is offered from July 14th to July 27th 2024 only. 

All our sports camps in France are developed and organized by our sports affiliate: SPORTS ELITE JEUNES.

If your child is already comfortable with speaking French, then it isbetter to enjoy this 100% French immersion WITHOUT French lessons. This way,he/she will be able to spend more time with French students and enjoy the fullschedule of the sport sessions

Price includes

• Administration fees
• Full board accommodation in shared rooms
• Sport activities carefully supervised and led by certified chaperones
• Access to all sports equipment of the campus
• Social activities during the weekend and on evenings
• Support, assistance and 24H emergency response phone number during the whole program

Price does not include

• International airfare
• Travel insurance (luggage lost, flight delay etc.)
• Visa, passport and medical exam fees
• Group transfer from a Paris train station to the Vichy campus by train, with French chaperones, and back 
  
• Premium transfer package
• Personal expenses and pocket money
• Medical, Liability and Emergency Repatriation insurance: please provide an insurance certificate

If you want to be part of our Handball Camp in France, you must consider that: 

• We only accept students from 13 to 17 years of age
• You must have studied French for two years
• You must have strong motivation and willingness to create friendship with other participants
•  You have to do your best effort to speak in French at all times
• You have to make sure that you have the physical and mental condition to be part of this program

Thanks to this program, you will be able to improve your French, practice a sport and meet new friends. Our campers are expected to be mature and flexible.

THIS IS A NON SMOKING PROGRAM.