Malaysia : How to Build Football
How Malayan tiger team can be more powerful than Indonesia and Thailand began to rival the dominance of football in Southeast Asia?
Salvatore Landolina, Goal.com Indonesia tells reporters, neighbor country was starting from the most basic and decisive, coaching young players. They are organized to select players recruited U23 and U19 national team. The players are put into teams A Young Tiger and Tiger B.
"Before going into the U23 and U19 national team they are on the team and Tiger Tiger A B. The players who get into the Young Tigers A is the players who appeared at the event in the SEA Games and the elite competition in Malaysia. While the Tigers are playing in B major league located in Malaysia, "said Agung.
That way, he said, the team owned by Malaysia intact. Thus, the rotation of players occurs if there is a player whose performance is declining or ugly. Besides Malaysia also swap players with Singapore football federation.
And the interesting difference is that although the interest of football in Malaysia for granted, but they apply the rules on the use of foreign players clubs Malaysia.
"Malaysia only two foreign players from all clubs competing in the league, making automated local players boosted their productivity," he explained.
For coaching and competition wheels, Malaysia introduced Malaysian Super League or Super League Malaysia, followed by 14 teams of choice. League was started in 2004. Typically the competition, it also adheres League promotion and relegation system.
Since that year, the professional leagues has been privatized with the formation of MSL Alone Berhad more engaged in the marketing. Technically, all under the supervision and direction by the Football Association of Malaysia (Malaysia FA). Astro is currently a major sponsor, so his name became: Astro Super League Malaysia.
In line with the general information, the actual current Malaysia already has a new program called the National Football Development Program: Road to 2019. Development program, which was launched in June last year has focused on younger players.
From a variety of information gathered, formed as a continuation of the program after Malaysia won the AFF Cup 2010, beating Indonesia. Targets to be achieved through this program is to produce 100 players qualified young age in 2019. They are targeting the World Championships qualification under the age of 17 years.
For the target, through the Ministry of Sports Malaysia, there are 1647 players aged 7-12 years old will join the program. They will be fostered through 14 training centers. Program with a budget of more than Rp 30 billion a year is directly led by the Deputy Minister Datuk Razali Ibrahim Sports.
Technically implementation, the mega project is led by Lim Kim Chon, Head Coach Young Players in the FAM. He is assisted by three people: Mohamed Ibrahim, Raja Azlan Shah, and Lim Chuan Chin specifically the head goalkeeper coach.
Each training center filled with a head coach who worked full time, and assisted six assistants. Especially for goalkeeper coaches prepared separately.
Within a week, the students will practice three times. Prepared a special weekend matches regularly held. From here, after the discovery of superior seeds, they will be recruited specifically for Project 2019.
Still in planning the program, through the Ministry of Education, the students are going to concentrate on the sport banned outside football. The goal is to focus on the development of appropriate skills program mission that also involves the Football Association of Malaysia or FAM (as PSSI in Indonesia) and the National Sports Council (KONI called in Indonesia).
Later, the students graduated from this program will fill the ranks of the core players in the states, which then selected as the national team. As for the young players who have entered the ranks of the national team as the Young Tigers B, they focus on the experience of training and competing abroad.
From the private sector alone, Malaysia has "Malaysia Cardiff City Football Academy". The program was born after Cardiff City, the club from Wales bought by Malaysians, Vincent Tan and Chan Tien Ghee in 2010. After that, they opened their soccer education programs in the neighbor country.
The model is very bebeda with DC United, who purchased businessman Erick Thohir. The club are looking for seeds from Indonesia by way of submission through football clubs here, then take the test in the United States. Of course almost certainly not qualify, given the standard of education in Indonesia football far behind.
While Cardiff City to bring its education system to Malaysia. After being trained in the country, 50 children ready dberangkatkan to Cardiff City Academy in Wales for three weeks.
The young players that there were 25 people under the age of 16, and 25 others were under 18 years of age. Those who were selected from all regions in Malaysia, will follow a series of events in Wales. From playing with the local club, training, up to watch Cardiff City first team practice.
