This program is broadcast on 2xxfm (98.3mhz), Tuesday at 7:00Pm, through the Australian Community Radio Network.
Do you know anything about Football United? We speak to the CEo, Anne Bunde-Birouste from the UNSW about this terrific community football orgainsation that uses the power of football to help improve social cohesion and harmony in communities with high proportions of refugee, immigrant and indigenous people. They are coming to Canberra to play the politicians, on their way they play in Goulburn, hosted by the wonderful football community in the Goulburn region, then its off to the FIFA Festival of Hope tournament being run at the same time as the World Cup in South Africa.
The English FA is undergoing its own football development revolution called "Changing Focus". They have a simple and effective model for development for all the "Four Corners Model". This is definately worth a listen. does your Club, school team, Capital Football HPP or ACTAS compare well by comparison??
Then we hear from the Director of CO-Curricualr at Radford, George Huitker, from an interview we did about two years ago on the subject of parents at Football and what can done for team that lose a lot. This extract from this highly expereinced coach and teacher is aimed at the sort of parents that form a part of the group of parents of the Under 13 Boys School team I am watching this season. They lost this weekend, but reduced the loss by half from previous games - now that is definately a winning approach. Well done the coach the lads!! Pity some of the parents shot through for the weekend (including a couple who made lots of noise about losing), leaving the team down to a bare 11 players, no subs. They played 1-4-3-3 and played in good style most of the game. I'll bet those other boys really wanted to be there and play. Some parents just seem to take longer than others to work it out. Some never do!
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