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The University of Namibia (Unam) Football Club is opening a youth football academy.
The academy will cater for players between five and 15 years, and will be fully operational in March 2017. It will be called Unam Football Club Youth Development.
Speaking to Nampa on Wednesday, Unam football coach Ronny Kanalelo said starting a youth academy is an opportunity to give back to the Namibian youth who are not exposed to the basics of how football is run professionally.
Kanalelo said players struggle to identify football formats and structure when they come to the premier league because they missed the basics when they were younger.
“With our academy we want these young players to learn the basics which will make them understand the game at an early age,” he said.
Kanalelo added that local youth academies do not work on the players’ strength and weakness as their main focus is on how much money they will make out of the players.
The Unam academy will work on the players’ athletic, academic and management skills.
“We want our players to be good at all those things because we don’t want people who only know how to play football but are doing poorly in school,” he said.
The coach said only talented players get to play in matches while those who are not so talented are overlooked, because coaches do not know their strengths and weaknesses.
The academy will be operating from Monday to Friday after school.
Registration for the academy started on Thursday.
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Unam opens youth football academyImage may be NSFW.Clik here to view.
NAMPAThe University of Namibia (Unam) Football Club is opening a youth football academy.
The academy will cater for players between five and 15 years, and will be fully operational in March 2017. It will be called Unam Football Club Youth Development.
Speaking to Nampa on Wednesday, Unam football coach Ronny Kanalelo said starting a youth academy is an opportunity to give back to the Namibian youth who are not exposed to the basics of how football is run professionally.
Kanalelo said players struggle to identify football formats and structure when they come to the premier league because they missed the basics when they were younger.
“With our academy we want these young players to learn the basics which will make them understand the game at an early age,” he said.
Kanalelo added that local youth academies do not work on the players’ strength and weakness as their main focus is on how much money they will make out of the players.
The Unam academy will work on the players’ athletic, academic and management skills.
“We want our players to be good at all those things because we don’t want people who only know how to play football but are doing poorly in school,” he said.
The coach said only talented players get to play in matches while those who are not so talented are overlooked, because coaches do not know their strengths and weaknesses.
The academy will be operating from Monday to Friday after school.
Registration for the academy started on Thursday.
