Athletes said that it addresses the shortcomings in the work of the clubs.. They affirm:

Private football academies .. “mine” talents and prices are the most prominent negatives

The Dubai Sports Council annually organizes the Academies League for different age groups.

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Athletes unanimously agreed on the importance of private football academies spread across the Emirates, and pointed out that they address the negatives and shortcomings of the clubs’ work in many matters related to the players and attention to them, in addition to the flexibility of appointments and the great interest that the guardian may not find in the clubs, as it provides strong friction. between different nationalities, and does not reject any player, and provides him with interest to develop his level, and consider it a talent mine for clubs, while they stressed a number of negatives that accompany its work, and the need to address them, including the high subscription fees and focus on profitability more, and the lack of control over the work of some of them, As well as the small number of exercises, and some of them are limited to rented stadiums, and there are no full-time coaches in a number of them.

They confirmed to "Emirates Today" that due to the large number of academies, the guardian is searching for the ideal model and the best academy for his son to join.

The Dubai Sports Council holds the private academies league annually, and it lasts for five months, believing in the importance of these academies in supporting the football system, and making the most of it in a league that witnesses the participation of teams from Dubai clubs as well, to ensure strong contact with the academies.

Attracting players

The director of the UAE beach soccer team, Bader Hareb, said that the level of tournaments it organizes, and the attraction of multiple clubs to contact them from the world, and from the Emirates clubs achieve the required benefit for children, especially the stage between 12 and 14 years.

This makes the process of discovering talent shortens a lot of time, and the clubs benefit from it.

He continued: "Given the importance of the academies and their role in attracting players and also achieving an important profit aspect, we found many clubs that have established special academies, to attract many players of different nationalities, and take technical benefit from them by organizing joint matches and tournaments, and may work to discover talented players. ».

The former director of the victory team, Khaled Obaid, stressed the importance of private academies in terms of education and influence in a different and direct way, and that it is a joint process between profit and providing a distinguished service.

It is evening and afternoon, unlike clubs that train on one date only, and the academies have much more specialization and professionalism than clubs, in addition to continuing to develop and work until they excel over other academies, and there are academies that carry out living periods for their players in European clubs, and this is definitely There are no clubs.

He revealed that the academies witness the constant presence of parents, which is an important factor for players and coaches as well for the proper planning of their children.

without pressure

For his part, the former coach in the Sunni stages of Al-Wasl, Al-Ahly and Al-Jazira clubs, Muhammad Afifi, confirmed that there is a big difference between working in clubs and academies, and explained: “The clubs choose players carefully, unlike the academies that accept any player and then classify them according to their level.”

He said: "The quality of the work is completely different, and the coach in the clubs is required to compete early and from the first season according to his choices, unlike many academies that may be absent from the competition and only appear in specific matches throughout the year. The private academy is largely subject to the thought of its owner, as The training program is put in place without supervision, unlike the clubs and coaches there, all of whom work under the pressure of results.”

He continued, "The beginning of the private academies was to try to find a place for players of different nationalities to play football, and in this period and before the adoption of the Asian licensing system, the German Academy, which has been working in this field since 2008, organized training courses in the Emirates and attached more than 29 coaches to it. The path of the German lecturer Peter Schneider, the founder of the academy, the work is completely different between the club and the academy, and each place has its pros and cons.

Advantages of academies

■ Flexible scheduling of exercises.

■ Strong contact with different nationalities.

■ Easy direct communication between the guardian and the academy.

■ Continuous improvement and development to gain the trust of parents.

■ Do not refuse any player who wants to join the academy.

Notable negatives

■ Higher subscription fees and more focus on profitability.

■ Lack of control over the work of some of them.

■ The small number of exercises, and some of them were limited to rented stadiums.

■ Lack of full-time trainers.

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