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Did You Know: Strategy 3.A
2018-05-14
Football Canada to develop coach training plans for each group up to U14 & educate coaches on rule modifications. Mandate: 2022
These early stages of play are vital, as they provide the foundation for the future success. As described in the LTAD, all athletes are more likely to succeed, if early in life, they develop a wide range of movement, balance and object control skills.
A focus on strategies such as special teams, or executing complicated play calls are very difficult, given the cognitive capacity of players at these age levels (e.g. attention span, memory capacity). Significant time in practice is devoted to teaching players scheme(s) instead of skill development.
Creating a standardized practice calendar would assist coaches and leagues better align their programs with the LTAD plan. Football Canada's content experts will develop standardized, yearly practice calendars for U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, and U18 age groups. These practice calendars will outline the number of practices, type of practices (contact vs non-contact), length of practices, frequency of practices as well all the allocation of game time.
Athletes with a disability are currently underrepresented and underserved in football's current competition system. One major reason for this is that many coaches do not possess sufficient knowledge of modified gams which can be used to create optimal competitive environments for athletes with a disability. To better educate coaches, Football Canada will look to develop resources and training which educates coaches and better explains the history, rules and drills which can increase participation possibilities for athletes with a disability.
Questions about the upcoming changes, please don't hesitate to reach out to Ontario Football Executive Director, Tina Turner at director ontariofootball.ca!
A focus on strategies such as special teams, or executing complicated play calls are very difficult, given the cognitive capacity of players at these age levels (e.g. attention span, memory capacity). Significant time in practice is devoted to teaching players scheme(s) instead of skill development.
Creating a standardized practice calendar would assist coaches and leagues better align their programs with the LTAD plan. Football Canada's content experts will develop standardized, yearly practice calendars for U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, and U18 age groups. These practice calendars will outline the number of practices, type of practices (contact vs non-contact), length of practices, frequency of practices as well all the allocation of game time.
Athletes with a disability are currently underrepresented and underserved in football's current competition system. One major reason for this is that many coaches do not possess sufficient knowledge of modified gams which can be used to create optimal competitive environments for athletes with a disability. To better educate coaches, Football Canada will look to develop resources and training which educates coaches and better explains the history, rules and drills which can increase participation possibilities for athletes with a disability.
Questions about the upcoming changes, please don't hesitate to reach out to Ontario Football Executive Director, Tina Turner at director ontariofootball.ca!
Competition Review - 2016
Our sport has just completed a Competition Review aimed at promoting optimal athlete progression and participation by fostering the right competition structure at the ideal time in an athlete’s development as described in Football Canada’s Long-Term Athlete Development plan