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EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMS FOR PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL STAFF
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Coaching
Courses
This
program, tailored to a group of 30 to 40 professional coaches
expands over a period of two years.
The curriculum for this program consists of a series of
18 courses developed at the Football Association level and
with the rigorousness of academic syllabi. The courses,
covering all professional subjects, are delivered within a
workshop format, with exams administered every 6 months and
presented by lecturers in the appropriate fields.
The purpose of such a thorough educational content is
to build a solid foundation, uniform in its presentation and
content as well as flexible in its implementation to the
requirements of the particular segments of a national football
system.
Such
program would consist of the following individual courses:
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Part
- 1:
- Part
- 2:
- Conditions
and Facilities for Performance
- Direct
and Indirect Opponents
- Goals
and Objectives
- Part
- 3:
- Playing
System (playing to win)
- Training
System (training to play)
- Recovering
System (recovering to train and play)
- Part
- 4:
- How
to Win a Game (strategies of winning a game)
- Strategies
of Winning a Championship
- Repeat
Performance
- Part
- 5:
- Laws
of the Game and the Referee
- Local,
National and International [Professional] Football
Rules
- Coaches’
Professional Life - Written and Unwritten Laws of
Success
- Part
- 6:
- National
/ Club Concept of Performance.
- Coaches’
Documentation
- Coaches’
Daily NOTEBOOK
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Referee
Special Programs
The
quality of national performances is undeniably connected to
the quality of refereeing of games, leagues, national
championships. A fair, prompt arbiter will render a highly
competitive edge to the dynamics and quality of a football
game. It is
within this interrelation that the Football Association begins
to build its superstructure, its national concept of
performance and, ultimately, the “gestalt” of its success.
From this premise, we are proposing a particular
program dedicated to the new generation of performance
referees.
Experience,
as well as our own research, shows that these referees require
the same amount of preparation as any other top coach or
player. In this
sense, we suggest that the Football Association needs to
consider an ongoing recalibration of the angle in which it
views the replenishing of its pool of top quality referees.
The
special programs tailored for referees should be structured
according to age:
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Junior
(14-20 year olds)
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Youth
(21-28 year olds)
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Seniors
(29-44 year olds)
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Retired
- Building upon the above, the Football Association
can define further the return on its investment by
allowing its referees within their “retirement” stage
to reintegrate into the arena of instructors, lecturers,
advisors, match-commissioners, strategists, etc.
The result will render an effective educational
cycle that utilizes efficiently all of its
resources.
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Managers
The
Leaders, Managers and Administrators play just as important a
role as the coaches, players or referees.
As with any professional activity, the leadership and
management render not only the direction but the maintenance
of an organizational and financial balance.
Business development along with rules, regulations and
policies are usually issued at these levels, making it more
important to ensure that the Football Association invests the
proper amount of time and effort into the coherent growth of
this particular segment.
With
this preamble, it becomes imperative that Football
Associations draw in all resources, all existing leaders and
managers, irrespective of their affiliation or interests.
The idea here is to develop a forum that will allow for
a continuous exchange of information and direction with the
national football association. The programs contained within this category point towards:
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Technical
round tables that allow various leaders and managers to
interrelate and build
upon their networking skills
-
Educational
programs - mentioned
above (the two-year length ones) – that are meant to
bring in additional sets of football related skills and
knowledge
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Ongoing
recruitment of such managers/leaders for Football
Association committees (such as the Ethics Committee,
Sponsorship Committees, National Teams, International
Competitions, etc.) – stressing the benefit of teamwork
and cohesion at the Football Association level.
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Medical
and Scientific Support Staff:
Continuing
on the buildup of each member of the “larger” football
family, the preparation of the medical staff becomes a
fundamental condition of future performance.
At the
national level, this translates into a need to build and
maintain a highly specialized core of medical doctors involved
with performance teams and clubs. Medical
Assistants, trainers, physical therapists, masseurs,
nutritionists, first-aids, etc., through their day-to-day presence in
clubs/teams, become the critical liaison between the players
and the medical doctors.
Ensuring a suitable preparation as well as building on
their assets as liaisons remain at the center of such
development programs.
In
this category, we incorporate also the scientific support staff such as advisors, computer analysts,
observers, recruiters, commissioners, etc., who require a set
of programs designed to update on the latest technologies
involved in the preparation/playing/recovering, latest
strategies, analyses and trends.
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Football
Media
Media
coverage of sports has often fallen victim to the
sensationalist angle, rendering a less than favorable image of
the game, on one hand, while on the other, a lower-caliber and
quality of journalism. With
an interest to educate on football-related matters at a
national level, the Football Association should consider
building an interactive set of programs designed to instruct
journalists on the multi-faceted angles of the sport, the
intricate decisions that are involved in the day-to-day
operations of a club or team, and the importance of [re]focusing
media reporting on matters of football interest.
Programs
such as scientific symposia, workshops and seminars with
topics revolving around football should be open to all media
and should involve even specifically tailored courses for
journalists alone. The aim here to invest in a more educated group of reporters,
a higher level of understanding of the facts, conditions and
limitations pertaining to the business of football.
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