IFS and the National Football Curriculum
by Joey Peters
It’s great to be back at IFS from my week away at the AIS in Canberra for the FFA National Technical Network Seminar. As I mentioned last blog, it was another great learning and growth opportunity for me but I was also proud of what we are doing at IFS that’s in line with the FFA’s newest version of the National Curriculum and long term plan to be a ‘World leader in the World game’.
Here are 4 examples of how IFS is implementing FFA’s call for a ‘Fundamental Transformation’ in Australian Football. There’s many more!
What FFA requirements are: | What IFS has: |
1. We need more FOOTBALL TRAINING TIME…Rather than running laps…Australia only plays football for 6 months while most of the world football is year-round!“ | IFS has plenty of football time:5 morning sessions – 3 Skills or Game Training Sessions (75/90 mins),1 Games Session (Futsal or Training Games)
1 Extra Curriculum Session (Recovery, Yoga, Football Tennis, Ball mastery, etc) |
2. UNSTRUCTURED TRAININGFor producing pro-active and creativeplayers is just as important as organized practice with quality coaching
and feedback” |
In Breaks (Recess and Lunchtime) IFS players are expressing themselveswith the ball in many ways to enhance their football learning.
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3. We need to have a FOOTBALL CULTURE in Australia” | Passionate footballers at IFS stimulate football discussions, the ‘nouniform’ policy allows for wearing favourite team jerseys and casual football clothing. Project Based Learning allows for student expression through football examples and initiatives. |
4. “The Building Blocks Methodology” – Skill Acquisition and Game Training Phases | IIFS is for age 10- 17 year olds (years 5-10+).This covers 7 of the 8 years of the 2Building Block phases of youth development. |
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