The director of the Academic Development Department at the Dubai Sports Council, Ahmed Salem Al-Mahri, revealed that experts from the French Football Federation visited football academies in Dubai, and they reached 10 negative points that hinder the development of young and young players.
Al-Mahri told «Emirates Today»: «The French Federation experts have reached 10 negative points that hinder the development of young players, whether in the stages of young people or even academies, in light of their work that continues for a long time, and perhaps the most important thing that they have reached is that the number of hours of daily training is Sufficient, as well as the number of games played by the player throughout the season is not commensurate with international standards, and the absence of the philosophy and method of playing for each club aimed at determining the type of player to be formed, and other points that the guide will work to avoid in the future ».
Al-Mahri added that the Dubai Sports Council is currently working on forming a committee of national cadres in clubs and local football experts, in addition to experts affiliated with the French Football Association, to finalize the draft guide, in light of the visits made by the French delegation to Dubai clubs, and stand The most important problems and negatives that prevent the level of players in accordance with international standards in this field.
Stressing that the guide is the training guideline that will be implemented as of next season, targeting 5,000 players in Al-Ahly youth clubs, Al-Nasr, Al-Wasl, and Hatta, for the years from six years to 20 years.
He explained that «the intended guide aims to define a clear identity for the Emirati footballer, which is reflected in the local competitions and national teams», pointing out that the field will be opened to the rest of the country’s clubs to use this guide if requested, in the framework of the efforts aimed at the Dubai Council The athlete to develop the system of work in football at the youth base level, in the interest of the game at the level of the first team in clubs.
He pointed out, “In order for the council’s endeavors to develop academic and artistic work within Dubai clubs, serious work has been taken towards developing the work of technical cadres, so many advanced training courses have been organized, benefiting about 70 trainers, including 35 national trainers, to become technical workers with The clubs are scientifically and properly qualified to apply the guide correctly and correctly, and to achieve the desired results from this program.
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