Athletes: We should focus on discovering talent instead of “winning and losing”

Heavy football defeats for children's teams are psychologically devastating... Treatment in 8 ways

Some matches in the junior stages ended in defeats reaching 25/0.

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Specialized athletes and academics considered that the heavy defeats that children suffer in football competitions do not go unnoticed on their psyche, but rather are devastating to their personality, negatively affect their lives, and threaten their football future, stressing that the age groups are nothing but a station to attract, develop, and advance talents. Forward to continue her way in the game of the round witch adored by millions.

Athletes who follow the competitions of the Sunni stages stressed in their talk to "Emirates Today" the need to search for solutions to the severe losses that ended with strange results and wholesale goals, especially in the 11, 12 and 13-year championships, such as (25-0, 15-1), because they cause a real problem. It may threaten the Emirati football, and lead to the loss of talent before its inception, if realistic solutions are not found that depend on the vision of the clubs and the Competitions Committee in the Football Association, as well as the duties of club coaches, in addition to the players and training them in a spirit of determination to avoid heavy losses, while others emphasized that the results It should not be the goal, as much as the exploration and development of talented players gradually.

Samir Shaker: Adopting a protocol to end the match

The goalkeeper coach at Khor Fakkan Club, Zaid Samir Shaker, said that adopting a specific protocol to end the match when the result reaches a number that cannot be returned is important, and according to the match supervisor’s assessment, in addition to not placing teams of different levels technically in one group, according to the technical level of the teams. According to the results of the last season, goalkeeper coaches urged not to involve goalkeepers who do not have the ability to defend their goal, to be exposed to heavy results, and to adopt defensive play.

Emphasizing that it is very important not to think more about the result than about building the team, and to discover talented players,

And he conducted awareness-raising workshops for team players, on the need to follow the culture of respect for the opposing team, and that clubs should not resort to scoring records in goals.

Al Shamsi: The goal is to develop the age groups

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hamriyah Sports and Cultural Club, Juma Al Shamsi, stressed that the goal should be to develop the age groups, and at the same time, search for a mechanism to reduce the occurrence of heavy results in the competitions they participate in, and Al Shamsi said: “To avoid any future obstacles in the stage teams. The football academy in the clubs should receive special attention, such as the first team, and it is not difficult, but it requires focused efforts made in this aspect.”

He continued: “Heavy losses often come in matches that lack parity in physical and technical preparation, and the reason is the incompetence of some coaches, so it is necessary to contract with coaches who hold training certificates, and it is important for the Football Association to have a role in obligating the clubs to do so,” noting that “making a lottery.” Related to the geographical distribution of the clubs is very important to ensure parity.

Bin Senan: A coach needs time to succeed

In turn, the former director of the Sunni stages in the Fujairah Club, Khaled Mubarak bin Sinan, explained that the classification and equitable distribution of teams during the competition draw is very important, so that no team is placed for a financially capable club, with the same group for another club, in order to avoid the occurrence of harsh results, noting that good budgets bring Good coaches and administrators.

He said, "For the success of the competitions of the age groups and to avoid heavy results, a precise mechanism must be established regarding the number of non-national players, residents and newborns, in each team, and according to the average financial capabilities of the teams. There are clubs that can play with a team of nine or ten players, while there are Others cannot do this, so they will suffer a heavy loss, so setting balanced conditions will develop the clubs of the stages, and avoid severe results, and he added:

Musa Abbas: Exploring talent is more important than results

The sports researcher and academic, Dr. Musa Abbas, stressed that the goal should be to develop the teams of the age groups, to be a mine to supply the national teams with players, and that this should be more important than winning a cup or league championship and not to think more about the results than to think about building the players’ personality and developing it in a distinctive way. He explained to "Emirates Today": "In the age groups, we need to develop the player's personality educationally, culturally and athletically, so we need educators of the basic degree, in addition to being coaches, and so that the correct foundation of the players is before the result, and therefore what is required of the club administrations and the Federation The ball is to find a mechanism, including canceling the results in early age competitions, and not looking at the results until the age of 13 years, for example.

He continued, "The club's goal should be to discover one or two talented players in each season, and that will be better than winning the championship, and we have noticed this with the emergence of important players, including Tahnoun Al Zaabi, Muhammad Al Attas, Hareb Abdullah Suhail, Muhammad Abbas, Ali Saleh and others," stressing That the coach in the age stages should be treated as giving in the exploration of players, and their development, more than the results achieved.

Antar Marzouk: Turning competitions into festivals

In turn, the director of the Al-Ahly Youth Club Academy, Antar Marzouk, said, "There is a need for a joint committee of the federation and experienced athletes, to visit the clubs and help with solutions, and provide advice and advice, and the task of this committee is not limited to that, but also to express its opinion on how to run the competition." , indicating that most of these harsh and goal-laden results occur in age-stage teams (11-12-13), which means that these teams are not qualified to compete in competitions, so I find it important to turn them into festivals, not competitions.

He continued: «One of the important things that caused the harsh results of some teams is the absence of a technical evaluation of the season to address the negatives, which keeps the problem recurring from season to season, so it is necessary to study the weaknesses and address them on a regular basis.

He concluded: "Young players need to build their sporting personality through media support, as the Sharjah Sports Channel does by making coverages that are appropriate for their ages, and in a way that enhances the players' confidence in themselves during the matches, because they will realize that they are being followed by the sports community, thus making the best efforts in training and matches. This will contribute to teaching them the culture of winning and accepting loss.”

Notes to develop stage competitions and reduce heavy defeats

1- Converting competitions up to the age of 13 into festivals, not tournaments.

2- Paying attention to the ball school for young children, such as the first team.

3- Finding a specific protocol to stop the match in the event of a large number of goals being scored.

4- Establishing a lottery commensurate with the capabilities of the clubs, taking into account the geographical distribution.

5- Adopting a vision that the goal is to discover and develop talented people more than to win.

6- Develop goalkeepers, and reward coaches who develop players.

7- Work on developing the player's personality educationally, culturally and athletically.

8- Taking into account contracting with educators at the basic level, in addition to their being trained.

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