The second annual FFA State Institute Challenge kicks-off at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in
FFA National Technical Director Han Berger, believes that the FFA State Institute Challenge plays an important part within National Football Curriculum and, in particular, to the National Talented Player Pathway.
““As we outlined in the National Football Curriculum, what we are looking for now is a certain type player that has good technical skill and understands the principles and guidelines of the New National Football Curriculum,” said Berger on the eve of the tournament.
“This year we will trialling a number of innovations for the State Institute Challenge to assess how the various teams have adopted the new National Football Curriculum that we began implementing last year ,”
“It must be understood that this event is a development tournament, and although the results count, the way a team plays is more important than the final score. To this end teams can collect bonus points for the quality of their technical performance, as judged by the FFA Technical Committee, which will contribute to their overall points.
“If these innovations are successful we will be looking to use them at this year’s FFA National Youth Championships for Boys and Girls.
“We will also be holding a coaches seminar during the week to monitor how the implementation of the National Curriculum is progressing,” concluded Berger
All the players involved in the FFA State Institute Challenge are aged between 14-17 years of age and will be closely monitored by the an FFA Technical Committee that includes Han Berger (National Technical Director), Alistair Edwards (Assistant National Technical Director), Kelly Cross (National Coach Education Manager), Jan Versleijen (AIS Head Coach) and Gary van Egmond (AIS Senior Assistant Coach).
The FFA Technical Committee, in conjunction with the participating coaches, will assess the technical performance of each team during the tournament in relation to their adoption of the principles of the National Football Curriculum which was launched last year.
As an added incentive to the participating teams, apart from accumulating points in the traditional manner for wins and draws, the FFA Technical Committee will award daily bonus points and, at the end of the tournament, an extra 5,3 or 1 bonus points based on the manner in which the teams played throughout the week.
Another innovation will be the selection of an “Allstar” team that will play the winning team at the end of the week. The selection of players in the Allstar team will involve coaches nominating a defender, midfielder and attacker from their opposition after each match who will then be considered by the FFA Technical Committee. Individual awards will also be presented to outstanding players within positional groups.
Competition preview courtesy of FFA.
To read about Queenslanders picked in FFA State institute Challenge All Star Squad and competition wrap up
SCORE UPDATE: Game 1: QAS VS Victoria 1 - 1. Game 2: QAS VS ACT 1 - 2. Game 3: QAS VS NT 1 - 0. Game 4: QAS VS NNSWIS 0 - 2. Game 5: QAS VS WA 2 - 1. Game 6: QAS VS Tas 1 - 1.
