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NZF Whole of Football Plan

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almost 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

WoFP doesn't talk about cutting 7th Grade so not sure where you're getting that from..??

Tawa is a club trialling this in Welly, and this is exactly the approach they've taken. No Tawa in 7th grade inter-club at all this year.Here's what tawa say:<span style="text-decoration: underline;">What is Fun Football (2011 7th Grade)?</span>

The introduction of Fun Football as part of NZ Footballs Whole of
Football Plan promotes a shift away from 7-8 year olds playing in
competitions with larger game formats.ï¿½ Tawa is implementing both the
Game Day and Training Day formats during the 2011 pilot year.ï¿½ As with
First Kicks, Fun Football utilisies fun activities and small sided games
as a motivational, but not over-burdening environment.ï¿½ The focus is on
individual development of the payer with no requirement to understand
team tactics and this is relfected in the playing structures.

http://www.tawafootball.org.nz/faqs/

Sounds good to me. Kids will want to win and score goals in any game they play. What it removes is coaches winning at all cost by using the tactic of 'give it to the biggest/fastest/most physically developed player' because we need to move up the league table.

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almost 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

el grapadura wrote:

Amen to that.

You talking about me after Saturday?

How's my driving? - Whine here

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almost 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

No.

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almost 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

aitkenmike wrote:

What it removes is coaches winning at all cost by using the tactic of 'give it to the biggest/fastest/most physically developed player' because we need to move up the league table.

Will it help? Seems like if they're the besterest player on the field, those players are still going to dominate these games aren't they?
zonknz2011-04-19 16:27:49

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almost 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

aitkenmike wrote:

Hard News wrote:

There are a number of A-League forums where that is a bannable offence.

Was going to say - he had me till the Craig Foster quote!

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almost 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

zonknz wrote:

aitkenmike wrote:

ï¿½ What it removes is coaches winning at all cost by using the tactic of 'give it to the biggest/fastest/most physically developed player' because we need to move up the league table.

Will it help? Seems like if they're the besterest (ed

) player on the field, those players are still going to dominate these games aren't they?

Yeah, hoof it to Theo Walcott; watch him dominate with his pace. Forget about Iniesta, Scholes, Xavi etc.

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almost 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Who's mentioned hoofing?

I think you'd be very surprised about he standard of some (but all to few!) players at this age. I saw a game the other week where one team delivered a corner ball over the head of the defenders, to the feet of the other wing, bang- straight in the net. At age 7. Quite incredible to see. (FFS. If only Daniel could do that....)

Very few like this, agreed, and skills focused training at a younger age is a great idea. But for god sake, let the kids who can already really play do so at a competitive level. If they're not allowed to compete because SPARC says they not supposed to want to at their age then it really is madness.

zonknz2011-04-19 20:47:10

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almost 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

zonknz wrote:

Tawa is a club trialling this in Welly, and this is exactly the approach they've taken. No Tawa in 7th grade inter-club at all this year.

Okay, that makes sense now...

Our kids don't play interclub until 9th Grade and has been this way for some years, so can definitely see the advantage of this approach. As long as you have a reasonable size player base and some depth - perhaps mixed with the odd Rep tournament, it keeps the top players happy as well...

Keeps the kids from being exposed to some of the b0llocks carry-on from the sidelines until they are a little older as well.

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almost 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

The WoFP was mentioned very briefly by the Rangers coaches at the Rangers Soccer School last night. They thought it sounded good and certainly the concepts that they were advocating were consistent with it.

They didn't say if having a competitive Grade 7 or not was a good thing.

Junior822011-04-21 16:18:51

"Phoenix till they lose"

Posting 97% bollox, 8% lies and 3.658% genuine opinion.

Genuine opinion: FTFFA

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almost 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

http://nzfootball.co.nz/index.php?id=11&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=1036&tx_ttnews[backPid]=10&cHash=3347fe75bb

NZF reinvests record surplus

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almost 15 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Good to see there is a healthy surplus even without taking into account the prizemoney received

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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago

Heard a rumour that John Herdman is "going" after the Women's World Cup ( possibly to the States) I wonder, if any, if this shall have an impact on the WOFP as it was his baby and what his successor shall make of it.