My colleague at the Nearpost, Eamonn Flanagan drew my attention to the list of coaches appointed by Football NSW run their part of the FFA's Skills Acquisition Program. Its very impressive!
Then we compared this list below to the lists of coaches that had passed through Capital Football's rep teams in the last 3-4 years (as best we could remember). And that's part of the problem, so many had pased through in both Football and Futsal, for one reason or another.We are training more coaches than before in Football and run a couple of "C" Licence course in recent times, which all to the good of Football. But is that enough? In Futsal we have made precious little investment in Futsal coach education and it shows at the Nationals.
Every year our young players (girls and boys) are selected to play for the ACT against the NSW teams. The NSW Metro teams are nearly always on top in "Group A" of the FFA Football National Youth Championships. The ACT is firmly placed in Group B and that must improve. In Futsal we win the odd title, but seem to be making fewer and fewer finals, with NSW Metro often dominating both places int he finals. So I guess you could say it's not a whole lot different in Futsal these days - but with some interesting exceptions.
NSW are simply powering away in front of the ACT and gap is getting bigger. You can't always attribute this to a larger player pool.
In respect of Football, the list of Coaches that will underpin the Skills Acquisition Program provides evidence of the likelihood of a further increase in the gap between the ACT and NSW.
The NSW Futsal coaches will come from the Football NSW Futsal Premier League, the best domestic competition in Australia. In the case of Futsal in the ACT, coach education is probably being delivered by the Boomerangs FS, in a hands in week by week installments through the NSW Futsal Premier League competition. So for these coaches, they are likely to be in better shape to match their NSW counterparts, if they find their way to a coaching gig for the ACT in Nationals.Interesting.
Have a read (this list if for Football only) and give it some thought.
Official: SAP Coaches for 2011/2012
20.10.11 14:58
Football NSW has officially announced the SAP (Skills Acquisition Program) Coaches and Coaching Coordinators for 2011-2012.
Football
NSW SAP is a Football NSW initiative aimed at laying down the foundations
required to give the best youth footballers the highest chance possible to
succeed at the elite level between the ages of 9-12.
In
order for the identification process to commence, expert coaches and coaching
coordinators have been appointed under the watchful eye of former Socceroos
skipper and Football NSW Technical Director Alex Tobin.
Former
Young Socceroos, Olyroos, NSL greats and Socceroos stars such as Paul Wade,
Peter Katholos, Gerry Gomez, Ufuk Talay, Damien Brown and Saso Petrovski are
just some of the many names ready to take charge in their respective regions for
the SAP program in the coming year.
Tobin
was delighted to have secured the services of all his coaches and coaching
coordinators whom he believed would develop aspiring youngsters to the elite
level.
“It’s
very exciting to know that so many experienced coaches are working with some of
our youngest talented players.
“Many
of our SAP coaches bring a wealth of experience and we are confident that our
young NSW players will see the benefits throughout their Skill Acquisition
Program.
“Everyone
is looking forward to the challenge.”
The
SAP Coaching and Coaching Coordinators are as follows:
Metropolitan
East SAP Squad Coaching/Coaching Coordinators
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Peter
Katholos
·
Gerry
Gomez
*Canterbury,
Eastern Suburbs, St George
Metropolitan
South SAP Squad Coaching/Coaching Coordinators
·
Devrim
Huseyin
·
Marko
Filipovic
*Bankstown,
Southern Districts
Metropolitan
West SAP Squad Coaching/Coaching Coordinators
·
Ben
Wright
·
Tim
Wilson
*Blacktown,
Granville
Metropolitan
Illawarra SAP Squad Coaching/Coaching Coordinators
·
Saso
Petrovski
·
Peter
Willis
·
Glenn
Fontana
Metropolitan
Sutherland SAP Squad Coaching/Coaching Coordinators
·
Steve
Karavatakis
·
Christian
Zeleny
Metropolitan
Macarthur SAP Squad Coaching/Coaching Coordinators
·
Steven
Neligen
·
Max
Groll
Metropolitan
Nepean SAP Squad Coaching/Coaching Coordinators
·
Ufuk
Talay
·
James
Rankine
Metropolitan
Gladesville SAP Squad Coaching/Coaching Coordinators
·
Paul
Wade
·
Tim
Thorne
Metropolitan
Ku Ring Gai SAP Squad Coaching/Coaching Coordinators
·
Jason
Falzon
·
Gary
McGinnis
Metropolitan
Manly SAP Squad Coaching/Coaching Coordinators
·
Matt
Sim
·
Richard
Paddle
·
Richie
Williams
Metropolitan
Central Coast SAP Squad Coaching/Coaching Coordinators
·
Damien
Brown
Western
Branch SAP Coordinator
·
Andrew
Fearnley
Southern
Branch SAP Coordinator
·
James
Muir
Riverina
SAP Coordinator
·
Andrew
Mason
One of the problems is that experienced coaches seem to not want to coach these younger age groups. How many of our Premier League coaches are interested in taking an Under 10s team? By experienced coaches I don't mean a Dad whose taken his team through junior leagues undefeated, or an ex-player who's just done the C License, but real experienced coaches who have seen how the game works at a high level for a significant amount of time, like the ones named in NSW. We can't even get these coaches interested in PL16s jobs, hence they're mostly coached still by Dad-coaches.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Well said. Our talented young players at Clubs and certainly at ACT rep level would profit enormously from the sort of people Football NSW is recruiting.
ReplyDeleteI also worry over the fact that we seem to dispose of coaches with regualriy, rather than working with some of them that could better with help (futsal and football on that comment). How do you get better unless you have time and assistance.
Several parents have told me of an ACT futsal coach who is a "minor" and has been appointed to coach players about two years older, also minors. Now how does this work. Just ridiculous, no matter how keen and wwell intentioned. Adults coach minors, and young coaches understudy til they are legally adults and then??? Who thought this was a good idea?
At clubs, coaches also change with frightening speed. Often "Dad" gives it away when coaching the son or daughter is not necessary. But at the Premier League level, the movement of coaches across the grades is ridiculous. The PL club I follow has on the mens side of things had three PL coaches in five years, five PPL coaches in five years, two in PL 16 and 18 in five years. The club does best in PL16 and PL18. Gotta be something in that - not the full story, but a substantial part of it for sure. And to top it off, its the PL16 and PL18 coaches that don't get paid a cent. Hmmm!
As to ex players, well not seen them around, except for on PL coach who made coach of the year, then went back to playing. No one else. However, I can say that several of the young players coach junior teams at various levels on Saturday and a few referee games and a few do both. I reckon if CF identifies these young players and puts the effort into them, we might get a result.
There some very good players I wouldn't leave in charge of thin air. Waste of time talking to them about coaching. The best players do not necessarily make good coaches, but where they do (starting at the junior level first please and lets see what you can do - not bloody rep level straight away) then we invest in them.
Producing good coaches is as you say, more than a C'licence course. I can think of a couple of PL coaches who are good "trainers", but will never make the ranks of "Coach",in the fullest sense of the word. The coursework is the start. By the same token I can think oif a couple of coahes who have a lot to offer as a person who manages and develops players, but a bit short on training expertise. How we produce and nuture coaches needs a lot more work, if we are to make a difference.
This is a good subject
I heard through the grapevine at mpower yesterday that one of the Boomerangs coaches will be coaching for NSW at nationals. Apparently he didn't get any of the age groups he applied for from Capital Football so he turned down what they did give him and NSW took him in with open arms. Although I feel happy for him as its a great opportunity, its disappointing to see one of our top coaches going to the opposition.
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