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Friday, 07 December 2007 |
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Club Player Development programs are set by the local Club and delivered through club coaches.
Clubs are vital to the development of young players as they:
- Provide the opportunities for the vast majority (certainly well over 90%) of our players to play and enjoy Football no matter what their playing ability.
- Are the nurturing centres for the players who have both the ability and the desire to play the game at the highest level (fewer than 10%).
Football West will work with Clubs and coaches to enable all club players to have exposure to programs which are sequential in nature, provide a solid basic game education and allow all to progress to their level of ability and aspiration. The below outlines the coach development resources selected to assist club coaches in providing sequential player development. All resources are available from the Football West office.
‘ROOBALL TRAINING’ – Under 8s
| Time: | All season long | | Objective | An introduction to the game and based on FUNdamentals. | | Resource | The recommended resource is ‘Soccer Coaching for Ages 6 – 8.’ This resource provides a user friendly, sequential, ‘season long’ program (24 sessions) including every piece of information the coach needs. |
‘ROOBALL +’ – 9 &10s
| Time: | All season long | | Objective | Aims to reFINE technique and provide an introduction to ‘game sense.’ | | Resource | The recommended resource is ‘Soccer Coaching for Ages 9 – 10”. This resource provides a user friendly, sequential, ‘season long’ program (24 sessions) including every piece of information the coach needs. |
‘TARGET 11’ – 11 year olds
| Time: | Pre season/during season | | Objective | Designed to help the player’s transition from modified rules into the 11 a side game. It is a ‘Game Centred’ Program designed to start the process of improving ‘game sense’ and progressing technique. | | Resource | The recommended resource is ‘Small Sided Games – Let the GAME be the teacher’. The program adopts the philosophy that: ‘The Game is the Best Teacher and ‘Don’t Show me – let me Learn.’ |
‘KEEP THE BALL ROLLING’- 12 – 16 year olds (and indeed beyond)
| Time: | All season long | | Objective | Used with teenagers of all levels of ability encompassing the social player and those with real aspirations. The quality of the ‘training group’ and the coaching expertise will determine the outcomes. Whatever these may be players will benefit. | | Resource | The recommended resource is ‘Small Sided Games – Let the GAME be the teacher’. The program adopts the philosophy that: ‘The Game is the Best Teacher’ and ‘Don’t Show Me – Let Me Learn.’
An excellent additional resource would be ‘The Complete Soccer Player Vol 1 and Vol 2.’ |
Football West recommend the minimum coaching qualification is the FFA Junior Licence with the preferred level being an FFA Senior Licence particularly in the higher levels of competition.
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