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For Jamaica's football to develop there are a number of issues that needs addressing. The key areas are quality coaching, a clear pathway for success, grassroot participation, and a structure that allows the continuous development of players from junior to adult football.
The JFF,ISSA and the Ministry of Education should work together to
build a solid foundation for young players.
1.A clear pathway for player development that takes players from when they start at under 10's to the end of their careers. A model for player learning. The suggestion is the 4 corner model.
The 4 corner model explained:-
A.The Technical Corner
B.The Physical Corner
C.The Psychological Corner
D.The Social Corner
a. The Technical Corner is sport specific and includes basic skills understanding of the game and the formats in which they are coached.
These include
Un-opposed technique practices
Un-even sided skills practices
Even sided games.
b. The Physical Corner is both generic and sport specific. Generic issues include agility, balance and co-ordination and are best developed early in life, these apply to all types of athletic sports.
Sport specific issues include functional movement with or without the ball, body strengthening, speed and endurance as well as fitness elements linked with speed and endurance, nutrition and maintenance factors including hydration, diet, rest and recovery to fuel and regenerate the body.
c. The Physical Corner is about each individual player, their personality, behaviour and how they learn. How they learn the game and how to perform, how to compete and cope with the many situations during a game and coping with everything the game throws at them.
d. The Social Corner is about external influences. How the impact from others behaviour can affect them positively or negatively. Creating a social and learning environment for each individual and monitoring how that individual react and respond.
All four corners are closely intertwined and never operate in isolation.
All coaches should base their coaching methods through all the age groups
to mirror this 4 corner approach
2. Quality coaching:-The JFF should run coaching courses and make it compulsory for every schoolboy coach to have at least a level 2 certificate. all community grassroot coaches should have at least a level 1 coaching certificate and coaching seminars should be run and attended prior to the start of every schoolboy football season, attendance for these seminars should be compulsory.
3. The JFF should start a major all Island campaign to get children under the age of 10 playing football through community projects and at primary and prep schools, it is important that every single child in the country is given the opportunity to play sports. I suggest using former and current players as ambassadors to go around schools and communities I am sure the likes of John Barnes, Andy Williams, Tyrone Marshall, Fitzroy Simpson etc would be willing to help to promote the game.
4. A football structure designed to produce quality players and also one to keep the whole island involved, the structure is also designed to give young players regular competition against their peers. It is important that a competitive edge is maintained for players to improve technically and tactically. Schoolboy football i believe is one of the more positive things about Jamaica's football so this strucure is designed with this in mind.
The Structure
The Elite Development Programme
Each Parish to have 4 representative teams at under 12's, Under 14's Under 16's and under 18's. Kingston and St Andrew 3 teams and St Catherine and St James would have 2 teams each taking into account the amount of schools and size of the Parishes. This would give us 18 teams in each age group. Every team will be run on an academy style basis with the best coaches that are available. The teams would be based at the centre of excellence for each Parish. The compilation of these teams will be made up of the best players in each particular parish, the scouting will be done during the school competitions. Training sessions for these groups would be held twice per week, transportation to and from training sessions are to be taken care of by the Parish Associations through the JFF elite development programme. The competition for each age group would be on a league basis with the teams playing each other on a home and away basis. The League would commence in December of each year. The junior representative teams for the country would be scouted from these competitions.
5.The Jamaica football Academy
The JFF should build a base that houses EVERYTHING to do with the JFF, from offices to training centre for all the countries represetative teams. All the national coaches should be based here and this is where the teams are prepaired for competition. This would also be the permanent base for the countries under 20 team, these are the best players who have graduated from the parish under 18 league and would play in the KASAFA major league to keep them in competition. The structure should be designed so it can run hand in hand with the education system, and all coaching and player development should be associated with the 4 corner model. "The Pathway for success".
The JFF,ISSA and the Ministry of Education should work together to
build a solid foundation for young players.
1.A clear pathway for player development that takes players from when they start at under 10's to the end of their careers. A model for player learning. The suggestion is the 4 corner model.
The 4 corner model explained:-
A.The Technical Corner
B.The Physical Corner
C.The Psychological Corner
D.The Social Corner
a. The Technical Corner is sport specific and includes basic skills understanding of the game and the formats in which they are coached.
These include
Un-opposed technique practices
Un-even sided skills practices
Even sided games.
b. The Physical Corner is both generic and sport specific. Generic issues include agility, balance and co-ordination and are best developed early in life, these apply to all types of athletic sports.
Sport specific issues include functional movement with or without the ball, body strengthening, speed and endurance as well as fitness elements linked with speed and endurance, nutrition and maintenance factors including hydration, diet, rest and recovery to fuel and regenerate the body.
c. The Physical Corner is about each individual player, their personality, behaviour and how they learn. How they learn the game and how to perform, how to compete and cope with the many situations during a game and coping with everything the game throws at them.
d. The Social Corner is about external influences. How the impact from others behaviour can affect them positively or negatively. Creating a social and learning environment for each individual and monitoring how that individual react and respond.
All four corners are closely intertwined and never operate in isolation.
All coaches should base their coaching methods through all the age groups
to mirror this 4 corner approach
2. Quality coaching:-The JFF should run coaching courses and make it compulsory for every schoolboy coach to have at least a level 2 certificate. all community grassroot coaches should have at least a level 1 coaching certificate and coaching seminars should be run and attended prior to the start of every schoolboy football season, attendance for these seminars should be compulsory.
3. The JFF should start a major all Island campaign to get children under the age of 10 playing football through community projects and at primary and prep schools, it is important that every single child in the country is given the opportunity to play sports. I suggest using former and current players as ambassadors to go around schools and communities I am sure the likes of John Barnes, Andy Williams, Tyrone Marshall, Fitzroy Simpson etc would be willing to help to promote the game.
4. A football structure designed to produce quality players and also one to keep the whole island involved, the structure is also designed to give young players regular competition against their peers. It is important that a competitive edge is maintained for players to improve technically and tactically. Schoolboy football i believe is one of the more positive things about Jamaica's football so this strucure is designed with this in mind.
The Structure
The Elite Development Programme
Each Parish to have 4 representative teams at under 12's, Under 14's Under 16's and under 18's. Kingston and St Andrew 3 teams and St Catherine and St James would have 2 teams each taking into account the amount of schools and size of the Parishes. This would give us 18 teams in each age group. Every team will be run on an academy style basis with the best coaches that are available. The teams would be based at the centre of excellence for each Parish. The compilation of these teams will be made up of the best players in each particular parish, the scouting will be done during the school competitions. Training sessions for these groups would be held twice per week, transportation to and from training sessions are to be taken care of by the Parish Associations through the JFF elite development programme. The competition for each age group would be on a league basis with the teams playing each other on a home and away basis. The League would commence in December of each year. The junior representative teams for the country would be scouted from these competitions.
5.The Jamaica football Academy
The JFF should build a base that houses EVERYTHING to do with the JFF, from offices to training centre for all the countries represetative teams. All the national coaches should be based here and this is where the teams are prepaired for competition. This would also be the permanent base for the countries under 20 team, these are the best players who have graduated from the parish under 18 league and would play in the KASAFA major league to keep them in competition. The structure should be designed so it can run hand in hand with the education system, and all coaching and player development should be associated with the 4 corner model. "The Pathway for success".
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