History for Global Game

His comments I just saw on the news are exactly one of our main problems historically and also trying to go forawrd. 

We keep getting coaches who tell us that we arent capable of producing players technically capable of being of the quality of Japan or Brazil etc.

I think thats bollocks, we are capable of that, our overall technical capability has been improving over the last decade or more, seen by a small handfull of players playing around the world who are of an ability level that we only saw in the occasional individual.

He thinks we need to concentrate on being the fittest team, have the best tactics and having a strong culture.

Tactics can only be successful if players have the technical ability to implement a tactical approach and fitness is something that all teams have high levels of.

I am so sick of hearing coaches push these ideas, the one and only way we will improve is by improving our technical abilities which is what was one of the WoF plans main targets. Its the main thing that junior and youth coaches are asked to concentrate on by NZF on NZF courses at Federation training sessions and among the majority of our junior and youth coaches. There has been improvement, its slow but we are producing more players of a certain level than we have before. It still needs to be better but when the national team coach and DoF is pushing the fitness/tactics/culture agenda thats no different to the last 30 years and the only thing FIFA has ever said about us in technical reports.

I pray for the day I hear our National coaches or our DoF make technical ability the single most important goal and lead the countries coaches in players in that direction.

His comments simply are a continuation of ideas and an approach that hasnt worked.

With respect to technical ability Annalie Longo for example is one player who has the ability to compete with a Japanese player on a technical level. if we can produce her we can produce more. Its a mindset that has to be driven from the top and what we have at the top is a fudgeing dinosaur.

His comments I just saw on the news are exactly one of our main problems historically and also trying to go forawrd. 

We keep getting coaches who tell us that we arent capable of producing players technically capable of being of the quality of Japan or Brazil etc.

I think thats bollocks, we are capable of that, our overall technical capability has been improving over the last decade or more, seen by a small handfull of players playing around the world who are of an ability level that we only saw in the occasional individual.

He thinks we need to concentrate on being the fittest team, have the best tactics and having a strong culture.

Tactics can only be successful if players have the technical ability to implement a tactical approach and fitness is something that all teams have high levels of.

I am so sick of hearing coaches push these ideas, the one and only way we will improve is by improving our technical abilities which is what was one of the WoF plans main targets. Its the main thing that junior and youth coaches are asked to concentrate on by NZF on NZF courses at Federation training sessions and among the majority of our junior and youth coaches. There has been improvement, its slow but we are producing more players of a certain level than we have before. It still needs to be better but when the national team coach and DoF is pushing the fitness/tactics/culture agenda thats no different to the last 30 years and the only thing FIFA has ever said about us in technical reports.

I pray for the day I hear our National coaches or our DoF make technical ability the single most important goal and lead the countries coaches in players in that direction.

His comments simply are a continuation of ideas and an approach that hasnt worked.

With respect to technical ability Annalie Longo for example is one player who has the ability to compete with a Japanese player on a technical level. if we can produce her we can produce more. Its a mindset that has to be driven from the top and what we have at the top is a fudgeing dinosaur.

His comments I just saw on the news are exactly one of our main problems historically and also trying to go forawrd. 

We keep getting coaches who tell us that we arent capable of producing players technically capable of being of the quality of Japan or Brazil etc.

I think thats bollocks, we are capable of that, our overall technical capability has been improving over the last decade or more, seen by a small handfull of players playing around the world who are of an ability level that we only saw in the occasional individual.

He thinks we need to concentrate on being the fittest team, have the best tactics and having a strong culture.

Tactics can only be successful if players have the technical ability to implement a tactical approach and fitness is something that all teams have high levels of.

I am so sick of hearing coaches push these ideas, the one and only way we will improve is by improving our technical abilities which is what was one of the WoF plans main targets. Its the main thing that junior and youth coaches are asked to concentrate on by NZF on NZF courses at Federation training sessions and among the majority of our junior and youth coaches. There has been improvement, its slow but we are producing more players of a certain level than we have before. It still needs to be better but when the national team coach and DoF is pushing the fitness/tactics/culture agenda thats no different to the last 30 years and the only thing FIFA has ever said about us in technical reports.

I pray for the day I hear our National coaches or our DoF make technical ability the single most important goal and lead the countries coaches in players in that direction.

His comments simply are a continuation of ideas and an approach that hasnt worked.

With respect to technical ability Annalie Longo for example is one player who has the ability to compete with a Japanese player on a technical level. if we can produce her we can produce more. Its a mindset that has to be driven from the top and what we have at the top is a fudgeing dinosaur.