to be communicated to the people immediately... this is turning into a fiasco...
it appears that most people don't have an understanding of the goal of the academy, what should be its function and whom is it intended to serve...
the captain needs to communicate to the people with immediate speed his vision of what fifa's grant is supposed to accomplish...
based on my understanding (based solely on my limited knowledge of reading about other academies around the world), the academy would be a football training facility where a limited number of our most promising youngsters up to age 18 are offered real classes during the day and football training and instruction similarly to what they would receive in a professional environment in the evenings...
real accomplished football minds would deliver instructions and training to the youths, with the option of securing the services of guest instructors periodically... these could be our own past and present professionals who have played in a professional setting sharing their experiences and knowledge...
the expectation would be for some students to make it to the professional level, some would get scholarships at home or abroad and some would even make it as instructors at the academy... all are part of the feeder system at the national level...
the academy cannot be for everyone and it by itself cannot address every glaring weakness in jamaica football program... there already exists other sporting institutions in jamaica that serve other purposes in training sports instructors, etc...
currently jamaica does not have an academy that is uniquely focussed on developing the young promising talents we have in jamaica to advance jamaica football...
can we just have one...
it appears that most people don't have an understanding of the goal of the academy, what should be its function and whom is it intended to serve...
the captain needs to communicate to the people with immediate speed his vision of what fifa's grant is supposed to accomplish...
based on my understanding (based solely on my limited knowledge of reading about other academies around the world), the academy would be a football training facility where a limited number of our most promising youngsters up to age 18 are offered real classes during the day and football training and instruction similarly to what they would receive in a professional environment in the evenings...
real accomplished football minds would deliver instructions and training to the youths, with the option of securing the services of guest instructors periodically... these could be our own past and present professionals who have played in a professional setting sharing their experiences and knowledge...
the expectation would be for some students to make it to the professional level, some would get scholarships at home or abroad and some would even make it as instructors at the academy... all are part of the feeder system at the national level...
the academy cannot be for everyone and it by itself cannot address every glaring weakness in jamaica football program... there already exists other sporting institutions in jamaica that serve other purposes in training sports instructors, etc...
currently jamaica does not have an academy that is uniquely focussed on developing the young promising talents we have in jamaica to advance jamaica football...
can we just have one...
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