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Post by sugod on Apr 22, 2011 15:49:54 GMT 8
The Philippine Football has been flooded with grass roots, grass roots, grass roots and more grass roots. As of now, there are only three tournaments that offer playing time for players between the ages 18 to 32, which is considered the highest points of any footballer's career.
PFF Smart Club National Championships,
PFF Under-23, and
LBC United Football League.
The numbers are quite low. Yes. compared to other countries with multi-level football tournaments.
Yes. Grassroots is a good program only if there is 'a place to put these roots'. If there is none, then they will eventually die down due to limited choices and limited opportunities.
Let's start with Micro-Tournaments. All FA's do tournaments for players aged between 18 to 32. Everyone of them do a 6-month long tournament. Season after season they will eventually improve.
And soon, each of these squads will do their own grass roots. That would be much better.
Let CLUBS create their own grassroots while PFF with its FAs create competitive tournaments for these clubs.
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Post by samhain13 on Apr 25, 2011 13:37:43 GMT 8
I agree with this. Quite a number of athletes grew up playing football but have found themselves playing other sports after high school or college. Some of these guys even made it as professional basketball players! It's not that I think we shouldn't focus on grassroots development but as sugod suggests, there should be more focus on the "adult game".
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Post by sheajane80 on Apr 27, 2011 20:01:44 GMT 8
akala ko ang title too much grass in the philippines, kasi no need to state the obvious. rofl
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Post by jyapjoco on Jun 25, 2011 14:13:56 GMT 8
Hi, I'm new in this very interesting forum although I've been a lurker for the past few months, I'd like to share some football news from my place...thanks. Negros LPY 9-Aside Tourneys to Start Sunday Cyrus M. Garde Sports News Six teams will start their campaign as the Negros LPY 9-Aside football tournament will start Sunday, June 26 at the Ayala North Football field in Talisay City. After a simple opening ceremony, the game will start at 1:30 p.m. with Las Bueñas Football Club playing against Real Negrense Football Club followed by Trimaxi Agro against Talisay FC at 2:50 p.m. and Ceres Transport versus Dynamic Builders at 4:20 p.m. This football tournament is one of the many undertakings of different football clubs in Negros Occidental and Bacolod City. Dynamic Builders ruled the Dynamic 9-Aside football tournament held a few months ago.* (CMGarde) source:ndb-online.com/jun2511/negros-sports-news/Negros+LPY+9-Aside+Tourneys+to+Start+Sunday |
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Post by jimsar on Jun 25, 2011 17:28:12 GMT 8
Some of these guys even made it as professional basketball players! So true, Samhain13. One of the "better" football players from my old high school in Bacolod was Francis Arnaiz. One game I watched where he played a really strong game was vs Silliman in Dumaguete. Years make memory a bit foggy, but I think it may have been a college varsity game. For those who are too young to know Francis,  he became a PBA star player for Toyota. jyapjoco: Are you related to Butch Yapjoco? |
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Post by jyapjoco on Jun 27, 2011 13:12:09 GMT 8
Hi jimsar, Butch is my brother.
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Post by jimsar on Jun 28, 2011 4:43:23 GMT 8
Hi jimsar, Butch is my brother. Too funny that we bump into each other here. This is Jimmy your cousin in California. You should tease Butch; I heard through a mutual friend that he and Nene Tad-y thought Azkals was a new sugar planters' association when they first heard the name. Association Kalamay ;D |
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Post by jyapjoco on Jun 28, 2011 13:49:32 GMT 8
Hi jimsar, Butch is my brother. Too funny that we bump into each other here. This is Jimmy your cousin in California. You should tease Butch; I heard through a mutual friend that he and Nene Tad-y thought Azkals was a new sugar planters' association when they first heard the name. Association Kalamay ;D Hi Jimmy, it's been a long time, remember I stayed in your home in Paco in 1977? how fast time flies, best regards to you and your family, haha, manong Butch was never into football, btw the NOFA team is sometimes called the "Azukals", a take on the Azkals....  |
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he became a PBA star player for Toyota.
