SAWLA-TUNA-KALBA DISTRICT FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION TO EMBARK ON A PLAYER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
The STK District Football Association is set to embark on a five-year player development project geared towards producing the best of talents who would be ready to compete to become future professional players.
This was disclosed by the District Football Association Chairman, Alhassan Abdul Rahman at a meeting with football stakeholders of the District held on Saturday, 2nd September 2023 in Sawla.
Alhassan Abdul Rahman used the medium to congratulate the coaches who participated in the just ended Licence D Coaching programme in the Upper West Regional capital. He charges all the licenced coaches in the District not to be only Coaches but educators as well. He urged them to recruit juvenile players based on required age categories and focus on a long-term development plan by engaging parents and guardians of players in order to give a new orientation to Football in the District. He also encouraged clubs and coaches to improvise training equipment in the short-term and also collaborate with schools to have a uniform bio-data of players to avoid conflict on the fifa connect system.
The Juvenile Committee was tasked to take the bio-data of all juvenile players from their various Clubs. The Association also was supported with 1000 exercise books to motivate juvenile players to take their education seriously since education is key in modern football.
The STK District is one of the serious football districts in Northern Region with lots of clubs ranging from colts to second Division.
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