The English Football Association Charter for Quality: the development of junior and youth grassroots football in England

Howie, Les; Allison, Wayne

doi:10.4324/9781315170695-2

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“…There is already in existence an increased requirement to develop ‘home-grown’ or domestic players, championed nationally by the Football Association (FA) in England. 6,7…”

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Are professional footballers becoming lighter and more ectomorphic? Implications for talent identification and development

Nevill

Okojie

Smith

et al. 2019

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

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The identification and development of talent is an essential component of modern professional football. The recognition of key physical characteristics of such footballers who successfully progress through talent development programs is of considerable interest to academics and those working in professional football. Using Football Yearbooks, we obtained the height, body mass and ages of all players from the English top-division over the seasons 1973–4, 1983–4, 1993–4, 2003–4 and 2013–4, calculating body-mass index (BMI) (kg/m2) and reciprocal ponderal index (RPI) (cm/kg0.333). The mean squad size increased over these decades from n = 22.4 (1973–4) to n = 27.8 (2013–4). Height also increased linearly by approximately 1.2 cm per decade. Body mass increased in the first four decades, but declined in the final season (2013–4). Regression analysis confirmed inverted “u” shape trends in both body mass and BMI, but a “J” shape trend in RPI, indicating that English top-division professional footballers are getting more angular and ectomorphic. We speculate that this recent decline in BMI and rise in RPI is due to improved quality of pitches and increased work-load required by modern-day players. Defenders were also found to be significantly taller, heavier, older and, assuming BMI is positively associated with lean mass, more muscular than other midfielders or attackers. The only characteristic that consistently differentiated successful with less successful players/teams was age (being younger). Therefore, English professional clubs might be advised to attract young, less muscular, more angular/ectomorphic players as part of their talent identification and development programs to improve their chances of success.

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“…There is already in existence an increased requirement to develop ‘home-grown’ or domestic players, championed nationally by the Football Association (FA) in England. 6,7…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Are professional footballers becoming lighter and more ectomorphic? Implications for talent identification and development

Nevill

Okojie

Smith

et al. 2019

International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching

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“…[4] How to train students well, first of all, let students realize the meaning of the existence of football awareness, through special theoretical knowledge to make them understand the meaning of football awareness. [5]On the basis of theory, practical training is provided to make players form the mastery of football technology and tactics in their consciousness, and be able to make reasonable analysis and judgment on the status quo correctly on the field. Through continuous practice, automatic consciousness is eventually formed.…”

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Exploring the Cultivation of Football Awareness among Contemporary College Students

Xu,

Wang

2024

Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research

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Guided by Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, we comprehensively implement the Party's education policy, adhere to the goal of establishing moral education, deepen education reform, comprehensively cultivate talents, promote the healthy growth of youth, vigorously advocate football, comprehensively improve the level of football sports, and give full play to the function of football education, especially in physical education training to train students' comprehensive ability in all aspects is particularly important. Students can not only enhance their physical fitness and mental level through football, but also improve their teamwork ability, and they can establish a correct outlook on life and values in football training, which will play a decisive role in their future development. Therefore, it is necessary for teachers to cultivate students' football awareness in college football to ensure that students can develop in all aspects. In this paper, by reviewing the relevant literature and summarizing, the meaning of football awareness is explained, the current situation of college students' football awareness is analyzed, the causes of the problems are analyzed, the future development direction is clarified, and reference and basis are provided for the overall improvement of college students' comprehensive ability.

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The English Football Association Charter for Quality: the development of junior and youth grassroots football in England

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Are professional footballers becoming lighter and more ectomorphic? Implications for talent identification and development

Are professional footballers becoming lighter and more ectomorphic? Implications for talent identification and development

Exploring the Cultivation of Football Awareness among Contemporary College Students

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