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The days of football academies flourishing uncontrolled are
over.
The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) has moved to regulate
such setups to ensure they operate above board and meet standards.
The “FAM SupaRimau Charter” seeks to register these entities and
provide them guidance in all facets of development.
The primary aim is to have credible academies and to achieve
excellence in teaching the game to juniors.
In the past, some shady operators shut down after a few months
while others lacked facilities, guidance and qualified coaches.
These so-called academies sprang up at an alarming rate because
parents wanted to give their children a path to professional football.
Others wished to see their young take to outdoor activities.
While FAM was happy with some academies doing proper development
work and talent spotting, there were those operating without proper facilities,
accredited coaches and coaching syllabus.
The FAM SupaRimau Charter, supervised by the national body’s
grassroots unit head Samuel Siew, will endorse and support grassroots
programmes and activities initiated by registered academies.
To date, 210 of the estimated 500 academies in the country have
enlisted with FAM.
Those who fail to register and prefer to do things their on own
stand to lose in the long run as benefits are aplenty.
FAM secretary-general Stuart Ramalingam said the advantages
included accreditation, the SupaRimau League and player training compensation
when a junior moves on to a big stage.
He said three levels of classification will be based on
leadership, planning, facilities, junior competitions and education.
Stuart said a portal, to be launched soon, will update academies
with latest coaching methods and keep track of players and coaches.
State football associations will know where to talent scout for
players, he said.
He said “Return to Football” guidelines will see football
schools up and running soon during the recovery movement control order.
It has taken FAM a while to control academies, but the good news
is the recognition of academies as an integral part of grassroots development.
As Stuart puts it: “We are not out to shut down any academy as
everyone has a role to play.
“Our intention is to help academies build a proper system in the
interest of football and children who chase their dream to make it big in the
sport.”
Kudos to FAM, but the bigger challenge will be the execution of
the system and monitoring it.
Development is a long word and the work involved is lengthy,
hard, and sometimes thankless.
Everyone must put in an honest day’s work if we are to see
talented footballers emerging in four to six years.
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FMT Friday Column
Tony Mariadass
Finally, football schools come under FAM scope
The days of football academies flourishing uncontrolled are over.
The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) has moved to regulate such setups
to ensure they operate above board and meet standards.
The ‘FAM SupaRimau Charter’ seeks to register these entities and provide
them guidance in all facets of development.
The primary aim is to have credible academies and to achieve excellence
in teaching the game to juniors.
In the past, some fly-by-night operators shut down after a few months
while others lacked facilities, guidance, and qualified coaches.
These so-called academies sprung up at an alarming rate because parents
wanted to provide their children a path to professional football.
Others just wished to see their young take to outdoor activities.
While FAM was happy with some academies doing proper development work
and talent spotting, there were those operating without proper facilities,
accredited coaches and coaching syllabus.
The ‘FAM SupaRimau Charter’, supervised by the national body’s
Grassroots Unit head Samuel Siew, will endorse and support grassroots
programmes and activities initiated by registered academies.
To date, 210 of the estimated 500 academies in the country have enlisted
with FAM.
Those who fail to register and prefer to do things their own, stand to
lose in the long run as benefits are aplenty.
FAM secretary general, Stuart Ramalingam, said the advantages included
accreditation, SupaRimau League and player training compensation when a junior
moves on to a big stage.
He said three levels of classification will be based on leadership,
planning, facilities, junior competitions and education.
Stuart said a portal, to be launched soon, will update academies with
latest coaching methods and keep track of players and coaches.
State football associations will know where to talent scout for players,
he said.
He said 'Return to Football' guidelines will see football schools up and
running soon during the recovery movement control order.
It has taken the FAM a while to control academies, but the good news is
the recognition of academies as an integral part of grassroots development.
As Stuart put it: “We are not out to shut down any academy as everyone
as a role to play.
“Our intention is help academies build a proper system in the interest
of football and children who chase their dream of making it big in the sport.”
Kudos to FAM, but the bigger challenge will be the execution of the
system and monitoring it.
Development is a long word and the work involved is lengthy, hard, and
sometimes thankless.
Everyone must put in an honest day’s work if we are to see talented
footballers emerging in four to six years.
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