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
· 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