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Subway SAP: Huseyin passes his knowledge as part of the Subway Skills Acquisition Program -
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Ufuk Talay calling the shots for the Nepean SAP Program
SAP Outline & link with Metropolitan League
Rationale:
For many years there has been the recognition at the elite level of Australian football that our players fall behind the world’s best football nations in terms of technical development. (Source: FFA National Curriculum, FIFA Technical Reports Under 17s, Under 20s, and FIFA World Cups)
Players representing Australia are seen as highly competitive in a combative sense but are lacking the technical and tactical skills necessary to compete consistently on a world stage. The traditional Australian coaching model at youth level could be generalised as being a ‘win at all cost’ mentality that promotes a very direct ‘long ball’ style based on the physical prowess of players. The most highly developed football nations recognise that coaching skilful players to play an ‘effective possession’ based style of football will bring a superior outcome.
There is also a strong recognition that many coaches at key age groups see very little difference in coaching young players to adults. Their focus is results driven rather than creating a learning environment and it is clear that this impacts on player and parent behaviour in a negative way.
For this reason the National Curriculum has created the Building Blocks methodology which is the framework that provides the practical guidelines for coaches working at all levels of youth development.
Its phase for the ‘golden age’ of motor learning (9 years to 13 years) is known as the Skill Acquisition Phase and it is from this methodology that our program derives its name and its focus.
FNSW see the Skill Acquisition Program (SAP) having a twofold purpose.
1. To deliver the best possible football education for the players.
2. To educate the wider football community in the methodology of coaching in the skill acquisition phase of youth development.
The SAP coaches will have a responsibility to work in the wider football community. They will be coaching assets in their area and will assist in coaching coaches and promoting the program.
The program will aid in the development of elite coaches in the Skill Acquisition Phase of youth development. The flow on effect will be the increase of opportunities for players, both boys and girls, to be better prepared technically and tactically to develop through the Talented Player Pathway. We view these football coaches as football educators and are confident that in further assisting their professional development in their field of expertise, we will make significant improvements to the standard of football.
Structure:
FNSW SAP provides a pathway for identified talented football players in which players aged 9-12 years are selected into one of fourteen elite regional training centres. The structure of the SAP involves approximately nine (9) of the best players in each age group in each region. In the U9/10 squads the number of players selected will be more heavily weighted to the U10 age group. Goalkeepers will be selected in the U10, U11 and U12 age groups only. Selected players train 3 sessions per week for 40 weeks of the year in addition to playing in the FNSW SAP elite competitions. These regional centres provide an intense training environment specific to the geographical region in which the player resides.
The existing Metropolitan League falls directly in the path of the Skill Acquisition Phase of youth development so it is logical that the SAP initiative should work closely into this existing competition. It is for this reason that that the Technical Department of FNSW has tabled significant structural and philosophical changes to the competition which have been widely supported by the relevant parties. From 2012 it will be known as the Subway Skill Acquisition League.
All have recognised that there was not a consistent approach to youth development in this competition. Many coaches and associations have embraced the National Curriculum and the 1:4:3:3 formations to be frustrated by others that favour a long ball direct style of football which can bring short term results but which smothers long term development.
If we are looking to create a football culture consistent with the world’s best football nations then our youth development needs to focus on development instead of results.
The Subway Skill Acquisition League will be a consistent 1:4:3:3 development competition. Points and tables are to be removed. The Frank Broughton and Centenary Cup will be combined to form a Gala Day / Cup competition at the conclusion of the season. Coaches will be instructed on technical aspects of the formation as well as a style of play and a development philosophy that is to be encouraged. The line of communication will come from the Association Coaching Director or Technical Director through to the State Technical Director.
In those SAP squads of U/11s and U/12s representing one association the Skill Acquisition Program will merge into the Skill Acquisition League during the winter season whilst the younger group continue in the SAP competition. For those representing more than one association these teams continue in the SAP competition.
These squads are:
1: West (Blacktown and Granville)
2: South (Bankstown and Southern Districts)
3: East (Canterbury, Eastern Suburbs and St George)
In these squads the SAP coach representing those Associations will assist with their programs and act as a resource to those Skill Acquisition League coaches. That relationship is vital not only for the education of the coaches but to ensure that the best players from the Subway Skill Acquisition League will be familiar to the SAP coach so that the Talented Player Pathway at that age level is a clear one.
The Technical Department would foresee that when this relationship is created the SAP Competition and The Subway Skill Acquisition League will be closely integrated. Coaches can coordinate with each other about the development of talented players and can bring players up and down to facilitate development and an ideal training load. SAP coaches and Skill Acquisition League coaches have already formed relationships during the SAP grading process.
SAP players selected in these regions that are represented by more than one association will have their own SAP competition to play in but are welcome to train and play for their Skill Acquisition League on occasions in the winter through the coordination of the coaches. Skill Acquisition League teams will select other players during their grading to replace players selected into SAP. If they choose to select one player less in their Skill Acquisition League squad to easier facilitate an SAP player coming back to play then that is their choice. We will notify these associations of how many players from their area have been selected into SAP.
In terms of the Relative Age Effect (R.A.E) consideration for SAP players born in the last three months of the year remains providing allowance for selection as an age below. This is also an option for all the Subway Skill Acquisition Teams. Associations can make that determination during their grading process for October, November and December born children if they choose.
FNSW believes that these initiatives will fundamentally shift youth development away from a results driven model to a development driven model. It will have a substantial impact on the future focus of youth football and produce a larger talent pool for clubs and the National Player Development Pathway.
Senior Girls 2011/2012
INTRODUCTION
Football NSW is pleased to announce our NSW Skill Acquisition Program (SAP) for the 2012 playing season.
The Technical Department of FNSW is again looking to identify the best players in the 13-15 Girls age groups from across NSW for our new intake.
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 as adult footballers. Football NSW SAP aims to develop the next generation of technically gifted Matilda’s who will represent our country. Football NSW SAP is centered on being able to achieve best practice in providing an elite competition and training environment for our future National Team Players.
This is a highly professional development setup, in which players train 3 times per week (40 weeks of the year) with highly experienced and qualified instructors in addition to playing in elite competitions during the 2012 season.
THE SKILL ACQUISITION PROGRAM (SAP) RATIONALE
FNSW see the Skill Acquisition Program (SAP) having a twofold purpose.
• To deliver the best possible football education for the players.
• To educate the wider football community in the methodology of coaching in the skill acquisition phase of youth development.
In short we will teach the player and coach the coach. The SAP coaches will have a responsibility in the wider football community to work with local clubs and associations. They will be coaching assets in their area and will assist in coaching coaches and promoting the program.
THE STRUCTURE
The structure for players aged 13 to 15 years consist of the selection of best girls in the U13s, U14s and U15s. Each team will consist of between 14-20 players in total.
These squads will compete in the Subway Skill Acquisition League (U11s & U12s for the U13s and U14s girls) and the Boys Premier Youth League (U13s for the U15 Girls).
Player selected into SAP U13 or U14 Girls 2011/2012 will be eligible to play club football in the 2012 season, providing SAP commitments are met first.
Players selected into SAP U15 Girls will NOT be eligible to play in the U16 competition, however may be eligible to play Reserve Grade or 1st Grade club football providing prior consultation is sort with the SAP U/15 girls head coach or FNSW technical director and that SAP commitments are met first.
Players have been identified during the year during PYL and SYL games and various tournaments. Trials for the Senior Girls SAP program was by invitation only.
Trials have been conducted and final squads have been selected.
SAP Coaches and Goalkeepers Roster 2011/2012
Football NSW has officially announced the SAP Coaches, Coaching Coordinators and Goalkeeper coaches for 2011-2012.
West
U10s – Tim Wilson
U12s – Ben Wright
Manly
U10s – Matthew Sim
U12s – Richard Paddle
East
U10s – Gerry Gomez
U12 – Peter Katholos
South
U10s – Marko Filipovic
U12s – Devrim Huseyin
Nepean
U10s – Ufuk Talay
U12s – Ufuk Talay
Coordinator – James Rankine
Macarthur
U10s – Stephen Neligan
U12s – Stephen Neligan
Far South
U10s – Saso Petrovski
U12s – Peter Willis
Coordinator – Glenn Fontana
Sutherland
U10s – Christian Zeleny
U12s – Steve Karavatakis
Gladesville Hornsby
U10s – Paul Wade
U12s – Tim Thorne
Western Branch
Andrew Fearnley
Southern Branch
James Muir
Riverina Branch
Andrew Mason
SAP Goalkeepers
Technical Coordinator – Zeljko Kalac
Assistant – Trinity Allen
Assistant – Davide Del Giovine
