This program is broadcast on 2xxfm (98.3mhz) on the Australian Community Radio Network, Tuesday at 7:00PM.
This program is an interesting, informative and amusing mix of interviews.
First is Arson Wenger talking about how you build a football player. Now this short piece might stand as the most succinct and accurate description of player development ever made by a Coach. It's impossible to not to reflect on the age group that covers our Summer 20s (17 to 20 years), for it is an age group that is particularly important to Wenger.
Then we move on to three short extracts from the FA Respect campaign. In this section, a parent coach has just finished a blistering post match speech to his young players. You hear the observations of the young player (his son), an FA Coach education official and an FA Club Welfare officer. This is important stuff! Its hard to criticise parents and others who stump up for a junior coaching gig each season - but we really do have to get it right or we will kill off our children's enjoyment of the game.
It's timely to remind parents and young players that the FFA and FIFA have strict rules governing the transfer of players under the age of 18 years of age to play with overseas clubs. This ABC interview with the FFA CEO covers on off on the issue. If you are told otherwise, ring Capital Football (Technical Director or the FFA). Its a jungle out there - be very careful.
Finally, something that will definitely engage your interest in Football, taken from the book - "Why England Lose: And other curious phenomena explained" by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski. This is a terrific read and a good football reference book for the bookshelf "in the pool room'! I've selected two extracts that will tickle your fancy - An Account of the Socceroos under Gus Hiddick, and, an interesting piece of analysis on Football Spectator Loyalty (very topical in our A league). Its a first rate piece of work.
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