Sustaining the surge of Philippine Football

REPOST from my 6-18-12 article due to some error in old post. (deleted old article)

The MENS National team has developed winning as part of their habit in the last three years
with the 3rd place finish in the Asian Football Confederation Challenge Cup in Nepal as a
manifestation of its success.

The combination of the good leadership of Dan Palami, efficient coaching of Michael Weiss and the players they have scouted all over the world manifest the formula for us to move further and make football the game for Filipinos.

However, sustaining the success entails a lot of layer of responsibility and task.

a. In the grassroots level, quality grassroots experts are needed in all 33 provincial football
association to ensure the football activities are continuous with combination’s of training,
competition and festivals for the kids. At the same time, grassroots experts must be trained by experts not only from our country but AFC and FIFA.

b. Coaches development must be sustained. Last year, the first batch of Filipino took the AFC A license level and resulted to 7 potential new A licensed coaches in the country.

Continuing education is needed for coaches as quality coaches produce quality player.

c. Competitions from club level to age group competitions are needed, both for girls and boys and men's and women's.

This competition will help us identify talent for future national youth teams.

And finally, the development of national youth team in the country is important.

This key component is important and has been highlighted by PFF President, Mr. Mariano V.
Araneta in his program.

For us to sustain the success, national youth teams must be develop further and exposed to
competitions domestically. Partnerships with people who believes in the game is an important ingredient of the program. Elite coaches must be further develop by assessment and continuing education.

National Team development in any country is always based on the strength of grassroots and national youth teams. Supporting our age group teams will help us keep the momentum forward.