Local and National Provision for football.

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Local and National Provision

Introduction

In this investigation I will charter the progress of a talented performer, throughout the said performers career, allowing me to analyse the development of the performer from grass roots to area, county, regional and international level. I will also take into account appropriate provisions and programmed opportunities for both genders and performers with disabilities.

At grass roots level the most significant contributor to the access a young performer has to sport is school and this is no different in football. ‘Grass-roots’ football in the United Kingdom is the responsibility of the 43 County Football Associations. These are independent bodies, which are affiliated to the Football Association, and are responsible for all aspects of the game at local level. One of the key tasks undertaken by County Football Associations is the affiliation of local competitions and leagues, registering players to clubs and the organisation of match officials and the administration of discipline.

The County Football associations are now also responsible for the development at local levels, for example organising coaching, Mini-Soccer tournaments, women’s’ and girl’s football and training programmes for referees and first-aiders.

The individual county associations are then affiliated to the Football Association. It is the responsibility of the technical director to oversee the development of football from ‘grass-roots’ through to the highest (national) level. The FA has establishes many of the centres of excellence, mentioned earlier, which develop young players through a high quality of coaching. They have also reduced the amount of 11-a-side games very young players compete in.

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There is however a very significant amount of work delegated to the County Football Associations, including £1.2million that went to developing coaching and educational programmes.

The provision for football in this area is good with many football pitches, which are marked and also have changing rooms. Good examples of this are Kimber road, Wandsworth common and Haydens road playing fields. However in other areas the pitches are not so well kept, and are rarely remarked especially during the winter months, this problem is highlighted by the Clapham common playing fields. All of these pitches do not have floodlights, which ...

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