Local and National Provision for Football.

AS and A Level Physical Education (Sport & Coaching)

Local and National Provision Assignment

Football

Football is enjoyed by millions of people every week, and The Football Association is committed to developing the game at all levels to ensure that as many people as possible have the opportunity to play their part.The FA as it is known around the world run all levels of football, they have set up many different organisations to run different aspects and levels of football and the National game Division is one of them.The Football Association is the governing body of the game in England, and seeks to develop our sport at all levels under the vision of 'using the power of football to build a better future.'

The Football Association has put in place a wide range of initiatives to develop the game at the grasroots level, through its National Game Division, which was established in 2000 to help incrase the quantity, quality and enjoyment of participation in football.The launch of the National Game Division of The F.A. in 2000 was the biggest news for grass-roots football in England since the foundation of The F.A. itself. The National Game Division may not be the association's most glamorous department but, with 40 staff, and a serious budget to spend on football's grass-roots, it is now the largest and one of the most important. This Division is channelling over £30m a year into the game's grass-roots, as part of a process designed not just to halt but to reverse decades of decline in the game of football. The result is little short of a revolution for grass-roots football, with the prospect of a new dawn, bringing in higher standards and better pitches, changing-rooms and facilities for clubs across the land.The National Game covers all football below the Football League: from the Conference to the parks and schools. By doing this the FA has changed football, many more kids now want to play football and with all these new facilities for lower levels of football to use players are becoming more talented and are progressing through the small teams into the bigger ones.

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The F.A provide for grass roots football all the way up to premiership teams and they do this with many different organisations of the F.A. As well as maximising footballing opportunities for all, The Football Association plays a lead role in encouraging, promoting and nurturing the talented players of tomorrow. The game's future, from a domestic point of view as well as from the perspective of a successful England senior side, depends upon ensuring that the best young players are given every opportunity to fulfil their talent and potential. One organisation within the F.A that does this is the Charter for Quality programme, which ensures best practice in terms of the coaching and education received by young players. As part of the Charter for Quality, all Premier League clubs must have academies and all Football League clubs must have Centres of Excellence, and these are how younger players improve, get seen, and progress into the bigger clubs. The Charter for Quality is The F.A's organisation to ensure and guarantee that the development of the country's best young footballers meets the highest possible standard. Football acadamies are the pathways that take talented players to improve their game.Thirty-nine are currently in operation and it is mandatory for all clubs in the top flight to have an Academy. Nineteen Football League clubs also run Academies, which bring together the best young players to give them top quality coaching, development, education and medical care.

The people that govern the game are the The FA's Governing Body Division, the Division is responsible for all legal, constitutional, regulatory, compliance and corporate governance issues, both internally and externally.Four sections provide administrative services to the game: Competitions, Registrations, Disciplinary and Refereeing, and this division run, co-ordinate and are responsible for them 4 factors. While the rest of the F.A take care of the tactical and playing side of the game this section takes care of the business side of the game.

The F.A also takes care of the womens game.The principle aims of The FA are to maximise participation, increase opportunities and increase quality (for players, administrators, officials and coaches). The F.A's work on women's football fulfils all these objectives.Women's football is an integral part of the footballing world in England. The FA is committed to the development of the women's game from grassroots to the very top level. Womens football leagues, academies and coaching takes the same shape as the mens, is run in the same way and by the same people(as above). That is why football is now womens favourite game in England.The F.A do a great deal to help Disabled people so they can enjoy football in the way that everyone else is. They do this by organising many events for the disabled to come along and play football. The FA in January 2003 announced that it would be investing £600,000 over the next three years to support and develope the grass roots to elite national squads and establish dedicated coaching centres for disabled players of any ability around the country, so they will be available to all disabled people in some way. To help address this issue, and to provide quality playing and coaching opportunities for people with different disabilities, The Football Association has linked up with One2One, one of the Football Associate sponsors, and the English Federation of Disability Sport – the national body responsible for developing sport for disabled people in England. The key outcome of this new partnership is the One 2 One Ability Counts football development programme, which also has the support of Sportsmatch.
One 2 One Ability Counts aims to:

prove that football is a game which can be played by everyone
show that disabled people should not be excluded from playing football or treated less seriously
actively increase the number of disabled people playing football in England
raise the profile of football for disabled people

The programme runs a wide range of activities. For young disabled people, the best new opportunities will come through a commitment to establish regular training sessions at football clubs throughout the country along with increased communication and liaison with local schools and disability groups.

In each one of these sections the FA also organise Englands national squads. The FA dont really have much to do in making a good national team because they have already organised football leagues so the FA just look at the top teams and pick out the players who are good enough to play for there country. Once this squad was been picked in male, female football the FA provide the very best facilities and coaching for the players to use to develop their game even further.

The F.A tackle the affect of age, gender, the ability of the performers and disablety with all the above, splitting the game into many different sections (e.g. leagues and divisions) and organising many events to make sure any one and everyone can play football and to make the game as enjoyable, fun but also competative as possible for everyone to watch and to play and with out the football association, football would not of evolved into Englands most popular game today. The FA organise and provide all this to grass root football up to elite football all over England, they have done this to maximise the participation level and to make sure every one has a chance to play football at whatever level they are at locally and nationally!

Luke Hornsley