Improve the quality and quantity of talented football athletes for SLNA academy

Advantages and disadvantages

The implementation of amateur football classes for gifted students in Nghe An province has been carried out for a long time and is the main source of football talent for the country.SLNA ClubHowever, besides the available advantages, this work still has difficulties that need to be gradually resolved.

One of the advantages of opening gifted classes is that it regularly receives attention and facilitation from the People's Committee of Nghe An province, close direction from the Department of Culture and Sports, and especially the support of the Center for Culture, Information and Sports; Center for Culture, Sports and Communications, and schools throughout the province.

On the other hand, the mass sports movement is increasingly developing widely, the need for physical training and exercise of the people is increasingly improved and enhanced, including football. Particularly, the team of grassroots coaches is trained basically, increasingly improved in professional expertise. Especially the passion and dedication to the profession.

A match between amateur junior gifted classes in 2020. Photo: SLNA FC

In Nghe An, football is considered the "King of Sports" with the passionate passion of the people, attracting many athletes to practice, the number of amateur gifted classes at the grassroots level is higher year after year, the passion and awareness of overcoming difficulties, striving to improve in training of athletes.

However, the socio-economic conditions of Nghe An province are still facing many difficulties, so investment in facilities to ensure professional services for football training and competition is still limited.

As with high performance sports, the areaNghe AnIn general, families and society are orienting their children towards other careers, so many children with qualities and talents have been admitted, but their families do not allow them to come to practice. Therefore, missing out on talent is inevitable.

On the other hand, some localities still lack facilities, do not meet the requirements for professional football training, and the remuneration for coaches at the facilities is still low, so the "resources" of football cannot be fully exploited. Coaches at the facilities also have to take on many professional tasks for agencies and localities, which affects the time invested in selection and training.

Boldly increase targets

According to SLNA Club's assessment, the total number of 25 amateur classes has been recruited enough, many classes even exceeded the set target, stably entered into order and practiced according to the set plan and program.

Through the grassroots amateur talent classes and various channels, in 2020, SLNA selected 25 athletes. The talented athletes selected in 2020 soon showed their sports talent, notably Bui Ngo Bao Nam, Tran Phuc Quyet, Nguyen Duc Tram... In particular, the athletes selected from the amateur talent classes in 2017, 2018 and 2019 contributed to SLNA's youth teams successfully defending the championship of national youth tournaments such as:U11, U13 and U17 gold medals, U21 silver medals, U15 and U19 bronze medals.

Nghe An youth football aims to continuously improve the quality and quantity of athletes. Photo: Duc Anh

Entering 2021, SLNA strives to provide athletes for youth training courses to concentrate at the club from 30 to 50 students/year, 100% of coaches of each class are equipped with in-depth training knowledge. Creating many tournaments to compete and evaluate the quality of young talents is also an important goal set.

In addition to solutions in terms of organization, connection, communication and coordination between parties, SLNA Club proposed that the Department of Culture and Sports advise the Provincial People's Committee to increase the monthly payment regime for coaches of amateur gifted classes in 2021. At the same time, allow the opening of more professional training classes for coaches of amateur gifted classes.

With the current level of investment, exploiting social resources to invest in facilities and funding for training amateur talented athletes is one of the feasible options. SLNA Club is also ready to cooperate with strong centers nationwide such as PVF to seek support in selection methods, injury treatment, etc.

At the Youth Football Training Conference organized by the Vietnam Football Federation not long ago, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Nghia - Deputy Director of SLNA Club affirmed: "Not every province has many large enterprises willing to "pour money" into youth training like the model of PVF, HAGL. Therefore, the method of the state and the people working together like SLNA is suitable for other localities across the country".

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