Nam Dinh Football Athlete Training Center, now the Provincial High Performance Sports Center, is the place to train and produce many generations of talented players, affirming their names in the club and national team.
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| Players compete in the 2023 U13 football athlete recruitment. |
Every year, the Provincial High Performance Sports Center maintains the training of about 150 football athletes in the following ages: U13, U15, U17, U19, U21 and over 100 amateur athletes who are regularly selected and eliminated to provide resources for clubs and teams participating in domestic tournaments. With the attention of the province, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism has directed the Provincial High Performance Sports Center to allocate appropriate investment budget for the task of selecting young football talents; constantly innovating and improving the quality of athlete training; fostering and improving the professional capacity of coaches. Facilities and equipment for training are invested, upgraded and supplemented, ensuring to meet the requirements of training and coaching.
Currently, the Provincial High Performance Sports Center has 2 artificial turf football fields, a communal dining room, an athlete accommodation area, and a modern physical training room. The center has built a team of nearly 20 dedicated coaches with college or university degrees in physical education and sports or higher, meeting the requirements of athlete training. Typical are the head coaches in charge of youth teams such as: Nguyen The Cuong (A-certificate - AFC), Le Ngoc Lung, Nguyen Luong Phuc, Phan The Hieu, Pham Hong Phu (B-certificate - AFC). These are all dedicated coaches with professional qualifications - former players who used to play for Nam Dinh Club, participating in training and coaching to build a playing style imbued with the identity of their homeland's football. The coaches regularly participate in advanced coach training courses of the World Football Federation (FIFA), the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the International Olympic Committee (IOC)... Under the guidance of experienced coaches, the players are trained thoroughly and selected to find outstanding athletes. Thanks to that, the young players all have good tactical thinking and the ability to adapt quickly. The coaching staff of the youth teams has developed training plans, arranged flexible training times, suitable for the athletes' cultural study programs; regularly innovated the selection and training work in a scientific way. In addition, the training intensity of the athletes is also built to suit each age, physical strength... to promote their full potential. In addition to on-site selection, many coaches also participate in grassroots football tournaments in localities to select talented athletes.
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| A training session of Nam Dinh U15 players. |
2023 marks a breakthrough in the selection and elimination of football athletes in the province. The Center has coordinated with classes and community football centers inside and outside the province to select children with football qualities and talents. Participating in the selection of young football athletes this summer are more than 1,000 candidates from the following provinces and cities: Nam Dinh, Hai Duong, Hung Yen, Thai Binh, Bac Ninh, Bac Giang, Ninh Binh, Yen Bai, Hai Phong, Nghe An, Binh Duong, Ho Chi Minh City... The selection is divided into 3 rounds: round 1 (preliminary selection), round 2 (intermediate selection) and round 3 (selection). After 3 selection rounds, more than 50 children in the U13 and U15 groups met the physical standards and football skills to train for 3 summer months at the Center; At the same time, the Center also added and eliminated players of the U15, U17, and U19 groups to finalize the list of athletes to prepare for the training plan for the year. With a professional and modern training environment, athletes have the conditions to develop comprehensively in terms of physical strength. Since Nam Dinh Football Club returned to the National Football Championship (V-League) in 2018, youth football training has gradually changed. The U15, U17, and U19 teams regularly participate in domestic football tournaments. Players called up to the youth teams are an opportunity for them to develop their talents and practice in a competitive and professional environment. Many excellent players in the neighboring youth teams have been given the opportunity to train and compete in a professional football environment with senior players at Nam Dinh Football Club. In addition, U21 players are also lent by the Provincial High Performance Sports Center to join football teams competing in the National First and Second Division Football Tournaments to gain experience.
However, compared to the general level of the whole country, the training of young football athletes in Nam Dinh is not commensurate with the potential, tradition and expectations of the hometown football fans. The reason is that the funding for taking care of youth football in our province is still facing many difficulties. The regime and policies for the team of coaches and young football athletes are still inferior to those of strong athlete training centers in the country. The training work and operating budget of Nam Dinh youth football teams depend entirely on the provincial budget. Meanwhile, in the current professional football environment, investment mainly depends on businesses and sponsors, and they mostly only invest in developing football at the professional club level to participate in the highest tournament in the country, the V-League, and are not really interested in youth football. From 2022 to now, Nam Dinh professional football has received the support and sponsorship of Xuan Thien Group, the development of youth football in the province is gradually changing. Sponsor Xuan Thien also pays special attention to investment and orientation to the training and coaching of local football athletes with the goal of helping Nam Dinh youth football continue to affirm its position and develop further in the future.
In the Strategy "Developing Vietnamese Football to 2020, with a vision to 2030" approved by the Prime Minister, selecting and training young football athletes is an important goal in the development of Vietnamese football. In the coming time, to implement the policy of developing the province's football in a professional direction in the future, the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism needs to identify the training and coaching of young football athletes as the foundation, as in the Government's strategy. Focus on promoting the football tradition of Nam Dinh's homeland. Continue to improve the quality of athlete selection and training; standardize and improve the quality of the coaching staff. Promote the socialization of organizing grassroots tournaments, youth and youth football exchange activities to create a playground for young players, while promoting the search for new factors, building the next generation of players to serve the youth teams of the province. The industry continues to promote propaganda and call for the participation and support of organizations and businesses to accompany Nam Dinh youth football. Cooperate and coordinate with famous professional football training centers at home and abroad to learn from selection experiences and improve training methods to develop Nam Dinh youth football professionally and systematically, creating a foundation for the development of sports in the province./.
Article and photos: Khanh Dung
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