Canberra Junior Clubs: No goalies please!
Ever seen a kid in goal freezing on a Saturday morning.
All Fifa reports talk about Aussie men and women playing strong football, great physically but still lacking in technical ability.
How do Australian team's players, coaches and kids improve our technical culture.
We have enough players to make a bigger mark on the world game but we need to improve our skills.
Skills, not competitive nature should be the focus.
The players need to love the ball. They need to be able to play anywhere in any position at an early age.
The smaller the field, the smaller the numbers of players on it, means more touches for players, more involvement for kids and more skill development.
Generally, people who get better at something, enjoy the activity more.
Look around your local club. Here is the three point test:
Under 7 and Under 6 should not have any goalkeepers.
They should not have more than four-a-side on the field,
and of course no positions
What can you do if you feel your club isn't supporting the latest best practice values for football development across Australia?
Well, post here and I'll present the views to Capital Football, the representative body in town.
2 comments:
Wholehartedly agree with the sentiments, but there's two things that need to be added:
1. Capital Football have directed this be done for all age groups up to and including Under 8s.
2. It's 5-a-side and not goalkeepers for Under 7s and Under 8s.
3. So far there has been no action by CF on clubs who continue to disregard this direction.
I was at Majura recently and they have seven-a-side, including goalkeepers, although golas are smaller this year.
seems the message hasn't go through yet.
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