Mr John Read and Dr Sun Yi Xian's Youth Foundation Chairman Mr Nelson Cheng (right)

Former Executive Committee Member of the British Sports Management Committee and Chief Executive Officer of the English School Football Association. Now Mr. John Read is the Minister of Physical Education of the Dr Sun Yi Xian's Youth Foundation; former Minister of the Teaching Department of the FA, and now the Director of Football Education and Culture of the Dr Sun Yi Xian's Youth Foundation Mr. James Houchen (Jimmy); has coached football for many years at Ruskin University in Anglia, UK. Mr. Mark Armtiage (Mark) talked about "School Football Teacher Training and Teaching Material Application" and "The Core of Football Education in British Universities" at the seminar Keynote speeches were made on topics such as "Content" and "Sports Science in Football" respectively, and discussions were held with Chinese personnel. During the period, three English football experts, John, Jimmy and Mark, accepted an exclusive interview with our reporter on the rise of English men's football and English women's football in the World Cup, player naturalization, and youth talent training.

Professor You Songhui, Dean of the International Football College of Tongji University (third from left)

England's men's and women's football has only risen after ten years

"Football": In the just-concluded French Women's World Cup, the English women's football team finished fourth. Twenty years ago, the Chinese women's football team ranked top 2 in the world. The England team was still unable to compete with the Chinese team. In the last two Women's World Cups, the English women's football team came from behind. Chinese footballers will attribute this problem to institutional, cultural and other issues. How do you see this problem from your perspective?

Jimmy: Twenty years ago, coach Keeley in our team worked for the England women’s football team. At that time, they were considering whether the concept of women’s football training is appropriate. They found that the players’ physical size was not tall enough in their specific practice, so they did scientific research. Coach-specific projects help players increase their physique. At that time, the project budget and the staff of the stadium construction, including sports science researchers, were only able to develop to the ideal position. It is necessary to identify clearly what level you want to achieve, what level you want players to achieve, and figure out your own ideas. There must be more capital investment. The researchers and coaches of British women's football are full-time. At that time, the women's football club had three echelons. There were many women participating in football, and they could participate in international competitions if they did well. The club is prepared for international competitions from the beginning, so the staff are full-time professionals. The study started with children under ten years old, and the plasticity is stronger. Twenty years have not only developed the country, but also developed in the school. Now there are U15 women's football matches, which is a very big development.

Mr John Read

"Football": There is a famous Chinese saying: Rome was not built in a day. What was the process of success for the English women's and men's football?

Mark: I don’t know what kind of philosophy China is. In the UK we have a very clear philosophy. When all our management bodies decide to do football, all of us know how to achieve this goal and move in this direction. Hard work. We have a very clear path direction, and everyone is working hard in this direction. Similarly, our British football is also more professional, which means that athletes have more time to train and better help children find their development paths.

Mr Mark Armtiage

How did the originator of naturalization see the naturalization of Chinese football

"Football": It should be said that English and France football are the originators of naturalization. There are many players of different skin colors in the England and France teams. China is now also trying to become naturalized players. Regarding the issue of player naturalization, English What lessons can football experience?

Mark: There is a transitional stage in the UK where many foreign players have been introduced. I think naturalized players have pros and cons. The advantage is that the level of the game is higher; the disadvantage is that there are fewer opportunities for English players. But the naturalized players will still be strong, and many excellent players can still be selected. As the policy attracts outstanding athletes, it makes up for the lack of outstanding athletes before. Now English clubs will sign a lot of young athletes from other European countries, until they are sixteen or seventeen to see if they are eligible for naturalization. There are still many football players from different countries in English football. The good thing is that the football atmosphere is more open, but I think it is important to cultivate athletes with national consciousness.

Group photo of the Sino-UK School Football Project teaching team and Taiwanese students from Taiwan at the forum

"Football": The United Kingdom is a country composed of people of different skin colors. Different historical development and environment have different patterns of formation, right?

Mark: Naturalized players are related to the national conditions of the United Kingdom. There are foreign employees and players in the United Kingdom. Our environment is like this. There are many foreigners together, so it is very common for us to foreigners working here. thing. But we must do a high-level balance, and we must have some skills that the English do not possess.

"Football": Mr. John Read, you used to be an executive member of the English Sports Management Committee. You directly formulated the rules of football and sports in England. What are the characteristics of the naturalization of European football that you know?

John: Actually the issue of naturalization is not a new issue. We also had this issue back then. There were also naturalized players in 1966, and the England team succeeded in the World Cup. But there are also examples of failed naturalization. It is the Italian team in the 1950s. There are two sides to casual naturalization. I think the best solution is to set a naturalization ratio in the national team.

Mr Mark Armtiage

Teaching a child to play is not making him execute orders

"Football": Chinese football has different systems in the selection of coaches from youth national coaches to adult coaches. For example, the coach of one age group is the coach of Spain, the coach of the other age group is the coach of Belgium, and the national Olympic team is The Dutch coach and the national team is the Italian coach. What kind of impact will this system have on Chinese football?

Jimmy: I have noticed that China has communicated and cooperated with different countries every few months, and this development mode needs to be changed. If you can’t learn from the Spanish and practice your body with the Germans, China must have a long-term development strategy. It will take at least ten years for such development to be effective. We have also noticed that Chinese children are not smiling when they play football, but are very scared in the game. A good youth training mechanism can change all of this, allowing a child to play against different teams every week. Having more experience in the game allows them not to be afraid of making mistakes and to grow up from making mistakes.

Mr Nelson Cheng, Chairman of Dr Sun Yi Xian's Youth Foundation

"Football": Chinese youth coaches are also confused, what is your philosophy?

Jimmy: We train school football teachers. The deep purpose is to let children aged 5-18 love to play football, so that every child can participate and find their own role. Our game is not only for high-level students, but also for low-level students to have balls to play. Our teachers must learn to understand children, tolerate their mistakes, and let them grow up from their mistakes. We want to make football teachers become children's facilitators, learn how to teach children and cultivate their personality. And the teachers must shift from copying Western ideas to independent innovation.

Mr John Read

"Football": Not being able to learn to play with a smile is a psychological or mental problem. Is there a way to change this?

Jimmy: What is the problem with Chinese school football? Although we have taken many courses and designed various activities for children, one problem is that children are not smiling, they are very scared in the game, so a good one Our youth training mechanism can change all of this, allowing a child to play games with different teams every week. How to improve creativity instead of executing orders. Let the children make their own decisions and solve the problems of the court. If you keep passing the ball in a children's game, you will not be creative. You have to play on the court. Learn to control the ball, learn how to handle it, and don't be afraid of mistakes. With the decision-making ability, other issues can also follow. This is also a cultural issue, related to how to teach children.

On the other hand, it is also in the construction of psychological training: when you are young, if you have more experience, you will develop a psychological quality. If you realize that failure is inevitable, you will cultivate and let go of the anxiety about the result. The top players have poor technical and tactical skills. The real deciding factor is psychological quality.

Three trainees from Taiwan, who were trained in the "Sino-UK School Football Project - English School Football Teaching Programme"

(Source: China Football News)

 

At 17:00 on 23 July, the completion ceremony of the 2019 Sino-UK School Football Project - (Phase 7) English School Football Teaching Programme Training Course was held in the conference room of Tongji University Complex. Mr. Nelson Cheng, Chairman of the Dr Sun Yi Xian's Youth Foundation, Mr. Zhu Guanghu, Chairman of the Shanghai Football Association, Professor You Songhui, Dean of the International Football College of Tongji University, Mr. Jimmy Houchen, Director of Coaching and Teaching of the Dr Sun Yi Xian's Youth Foundation, and a team of English coaches and lecturers, 78 training courses The trainees attended the graduation ceremony.

Speech by Mr Zhu Guanghu, Chairman of Shanghai Football Association

Mr. Mr. Nelson Cheng, Chairman of the Dr Sun Yi Xian's Youth Foundation, mentioned in his speech: Sino-UK School Football Project-(Phase 7) English School Football Teaching Programme has successfully held seven training courses, and the project has achieved very good results. English School Football Teaching Programme The advanced football development concept brought about will actively promote Chinese football to the world and become stronger. I hope that the students can apply the knowledge and skills learned in daily teaching and training practice and continue to carry forward.

Speech by Mr. Nelson Cheng, Chairman of the Dr Sun Yi Xian's Youth Foundation

On behalf of the organizer, Professor You Songhui, Dean of the International Football College of Tongji University, warmly congratulated the Sino-UK School football project-English School Football Teaching Programme for a complete success. And sincerely thank the English football coaches and lecturers for the new modern football development concepts and scientific, systematic, advanced and efficient teaching and training methods and methods that have been brought to the training by the English football coaches and experts. At the same time, they actively participate in the training seriously, assiduously and hard. The trainees (including 3 trainees from Taiwan, the treasure island of the motherland) and the unknown translators and staff who have worked hard for the training pay high respects. He said: The Sino-UK School Football Project-English School Football Teaching Programme curriculum training has had an important impact. We must make full use of this construction platform to create a distinctive football elite coach training system and high-quality brand. We hope that all students will not Forget the original aspiration, keep the mission in mind, and move forward, and jointly contribute to the reform of Chinese football education and the development of school football."

Speech by Mr. Jimmy Houchen, Director of Coaching and Teaching of Dr Sun Yi Xian's Youth Foundation

Associate Professor Zhan Wei of International Football College of Tongji University participated in the intermediate class training this year. Zhan Wei said: "Last year, I participated in the English football teacher teaching course elementary training course and gained a new understanding of the English School Football Teaching Programme. This year I participated in the intermediate class training course and fully experienced the English football teacher teaching course training system. The completeness and scientific nature of ".

Mr Lin Chengyan, a student representative from Taiwan, the treasure island of the motherland, expressed his thoughts

At the end of the ceremony, all the guests and the English coach lecturer jointly issued training certificates to all the trainees and took a group photo. 24 trainees from the intermediate course training class and 52 trainees from the basic course training class successfully passed the assessment and obtained the training certificate.

Group photo of all students in the foundation class A

Staff photo

(source: Tongji University）