Chinanews client, Beijing, September 15 (Bian Liqun) "As soon as there is a grading system, everyone will be'killed', regardless of the consequences, even by unscrupulous means, ignoring the children's physical health and physical and mental development." In the "Negative List of Football Activities for Children Aged 3-6" announced here, campus football expert Zhang Lu said in an interview that the official list is "very necessary, reasonable and timely."
Data map: On May 31, 2018, the donation ceremony of the "National Children's Football Park Project" was held in Beijing Changping Baxianzhuang Kindergarten.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Du Yang
On the 14th, the National Youth Campus Football Work Leading Group Office announced the "Negative List of Football Activities for Children 3-6 Years Old". There are 8 prohibitions on this list, including the prohibition of official football matches; adultization, professionalization, and elementary schooling are prohibited. Football training; children’s football exams are forbidden; football header exercises are forbidden; formal performances such as football aerobics are forbidden; all weight-bearing strength exercises are forbidden; young children are forbidden to practice football only; exercise duration and intensity are strictly controlled.
It is not difficult to find that this list covers many issues that have been criticized for a long time in preschool football and school football, such as "testing" and "football exercises".
What does this official move mean?
How will it affect "Football from the baby"?
Campus football expert and famous football commentator Zhang Lu said in an interview with Chinanews.com that the release of this list can be described as the right time.
Data map: Zhang Lu was a guest on Chinanews.com and talked about campus football.
Photo by Zhai Lu from China News Service
"(We used to) have no mature experience in the field of infant football, and do not know the rules. I don’t know how much intensity the child can withstand, how long the child can practice for, how much distance he can run, so it is easy to run off the track. The lessons of letting children train and compete according to adult methods are very harmful to children and are potentially dangerous."
Zhang Lu said that according to the law, in the infant and childhood stage, sports must first ensure the normal development of the child's body.
If you over-train, not only will it not allow your child to develop normally, but it will have negative effects, such as not being tall, having heart problems, etc., and the gain is not worth the loss.
In his view, this list is telling kindergartens and parents what not to do. This is a responsible attitude towards children’s football.
Data map: Children playing football.
Photo by Song Mintao, China News Agency reporter
Among the eight bans are the football test that has been criticized for a long time.
Looking at previous reports, this concept was mentioned as early as 7 years ago, and some cities have incorporated football test into campus football in recent years.
Zhang Lu believes that grade examination is a utilitarian behavior. If children are over-involved and over-trained regardless of the consequences, it will have adverse effects on the body and mind.
Data map: 2018 Beijing Campus Football Characteristic School (Traditional School) League ended in the National Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium.
The famous Portuguese football player Cristiano Ronaldo came to watch the game and presented trophies to the winners of each category.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Du Yan
Zhang Lu told reporters that utilitarian behavior is not uncommon in the field of infant football that he has witnessed.
"I once told an organization that engages in infant football must control the intensity, don't engage in competitions, don't be utilitarian. At that time, they said it was okay, but to cultivate interest. But after half a year, they came to me and told me that they couldn't control it. The reason was the parents Don’t do it, the parents said, “We’ll do it too. If you give you money, you should practice something and play games to get results.”
Facing the misunderstanding of infant football, he said with emotion, “Some parents wish their children could practice like Messi when they were 3 or 4 years old. However, many organizations in society want to make money, and the parents’ money must meet the needs of parents. Intensive practice. Over time, the child’s development will have an adverse effect. This effect will not show up in a short period of time, but it is likely to show up in 10 or 20 years. Parents don’t know that this will have a negative effect on their children. I don’t think it hurts to practice more."
Data map: Kindergarten children play football games.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Du Yang
Speaking of how to develop infant football, Zhang Lu bluntly said that we must be cautious when engaging in infant football.
"From the perspective of cultivating players, it’s not too late to practice after the age of 10. If you let children start from the point of view of games and exercise, it’s okay to engage in infant football. Just let football be included in the curriculum. A few balls, kick and shoot if you want to shoot, play freely, and the child is happy. If you have to link infant football with training, if you interfere too much, he is not free to play."
"Authoritative football textbooks make it very clear that children play with their parents before the age of 7 or 8, and their coaches are their parents. They are their teachers at the age of 9 and 10, and coaches at the age of 11 and 12. I haven't mentioned it, at least I haven't heard of football training and education for young children abroad." Zhang Lu said.
Data map: Children receiving training on the primary school campus.
Photo by Li Yang
So, should the negative list of children's football be implemented in school football at the elementary level?
Faced with reporters’ questions, Zhang Lu believed that it was very necessary. In his opinion, domestic elementary school football also has the problem of overtraining.
Zhang Lu said that in the current advanced European football countries and the Japanese football that has blossomed in recent years, elementary school students undergoing amateur training only train twice a week, each time not exceeding 1.5 hours, and play one game every weekend. .
Junior high school students practice 3 times a week, 1 hour and 15 minutes each time, and play one game every weekend.
As for the children of foreign professional teams, they practice 4 times a week and play a game on weekends.
What's the situation in China?
Zhang Lu said: "Many school teams practice daily training. Some even practice twice a day, and at most four practice sessions a day. This is very unreasonable. None of these children can practice, and their studies have been abandoned. Our domestic football players Why is the level of education low, just because I have practiced since I was young, what is the need?"
Data map: Zhang Lu was a guest on Chinanews.com and talked about the development of campus football.
Photo by Zhai Lu from China News Service
Zhang Lu was also a football player. He quoted his own experience and said: "I played blindly when I was a child. I started to receive formal training after I went to an amateur sports school at the age of 12. It's actually not too late at all, and I didn't delay my studies."
Zhang Lu said frankly: "Whether you can take a career path does not depend on whether you walk early or late, or how much you practice or not, but whether you have talent. There is no problem when you are talented at 12 years old, and you can practice at 3 years old without talent. I can’t practice it. And if I practice early, it may actually destroy the talent.” (End)