TITLE TITLE DEVELOPING TITLE TITLE THAI FOOTBALL TITLE TITLE T Text text text text Text text text text Text text text text Text text text text Text text text text Text text text text Text text text text Text text text text Text text text text Text text text text Text text text text Text text text text Text text text text Text text text text Text text text text DEVELOPING THAI FOOTBALL: REPORT The Federation of Thailand (FAT) and Soccer Services Barcelona (SSB) entered into a common project during March 2017, with the overall aim of assisting the federation in developing Thai football and assembling the fundamentals in order to facilitate growth. After a year and a half of working together towards common goals, the SSB presents the following report. This report is divided into four different parts, as our work and responsibilities, during this time, have been spread across four such projects. The main objective of this report is to elaborate on the current situation, provide details regarding the work accomplished and the achievements of each project as well as provide information regarding the next steps for the upcoming years. CREATION OF AN IDENTITY Definition and development of a Thailand way of play NO COACH THAI YOUTH AFC WITHOUT FOOTBALL GRASSROOTS KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM Increase the average football Set the fundamentals Make football accessible knowledge of the country to facilitate growth at all levels and the Nº1 sport played in the country HIGH PERFORMANCE CENTER Offer high quality facilities and high quality services to the National Teams DEVELOPING THAI FOOTBALL CREATION OF HIGH PERFORMANCE 1 AN IDENTITY 3 CENTRE One of our biggest working projects is supporting the Federation of The Federation of Thailand has built a High Performance Centre to Thailand in identifying, defining and implementing a unique way of offer high quality facilities to its National Teams and to its events. It was play. The way of play of Thailand. very important for us to use such facilities as well as offer high quality To achieve such a major objective, this project has been divided into training services to the National Teams and do so to provide a high two different working lines: performance experience. We have been focused on the creation of a whole U12 program named “Chang Puak”. The creation of a U12 • National Teams: program is crucial to begin building the next generation of Thai players. For the past year and a half, we have been working very closely with all the national teams, starting with the head coaches of the teams and lately, providing more resources to the players and coaches to be better prepared for the competitions. AFC GRASSROOTS PROGRAM • The Thailand Way: 4 We understand the Thailand Way as being all those points or guide- The AFC has a big charter in helping their Member Associations in lines that define the way of play and the identity of Thailand’s foot- implementing grassroots programs to increase participants at all levels ball. To be able to define these points, we have to first understand and to make football the No.1 sport. The Federation of Thailand, as Thai football, Thai culture and all their idiosyncrasies. This first ac- one of the Association’s Members, wanted to be part of this program tion taken in this regarding has been to study and analyse all of as well. Therefore, during this time, we have worked to comply with all these aspects to formulate final conclusions. the requirements of the AFC in order to apply for the “Bronze” level. NO COACH WITHOUT 2 KNOWLEDGE It is evident that education is crucial to increase the average knowledge of football in the country. Therefore, providing education and organis- ing certain kinds of courses for coaches was key for this project. As you At the end, this report also includes a part detailing the next steps, will see, our main working line regarding education has been organis- where we will identify the next steps that we will undertake in each ing coaching clinics all over the country to educate as many coaches as project in the following months. possible using the first level of the Ekkono Method education. DEVELOPING THAI FOOTBALL NATIONAL TEAMS Within the national teams’ working line, we can define our position as a position of support, providing at all times, addi- TITLECREATION TITLE tional resources to the teams, players, coaches and so on. The goal is to help them be more prepared in all senses for com- TITLEOF AN TITLE petitions (scouting, training, technical aspects, tactical aspects, analysis, competition, planning and so on.) This support has TITLEIDENTITY TITLE been divided in three different actions: 1 – National Teams’ Competitions 2 – Scouting TextOne textof our text biggest text Text working text text projects text Text is textsupporting text text theText 3 – Elite group textFederation text text of Text Thailand text text in text developing Text text theirtext textown Text way text of textplay text and Text their text own text identity. text Text Our text job text has text been Text focusedtext text texton working Text text closely text text with Text the text National text text TeamsText text and text detext- THAILAND Textveloping text textthe textThailand Text text Way. text text WAY Within this working line, we have conducted an exhaustive analysis of Thai football in order to understand its idiosyncra- sies. This analysis has focused on five different aspects: com- petitions, coaches, games, players and training. After working within the country, traveling around, visiting clubs, academies and interviewing different agents, we have arrived at a final document with the conclusions and a final report. DEVELOPINGEKKONO SOCCE R SERVICES THAIDEVE FOOTBALLLOPING THAI FOOTBALL CREATION OF AN IDENTITY / NATIONAL TEAMS National teams Competitions The following table illustrates all the competitions that we have taken OFFICIAL FRIENDLY TRAININ part in since the beginning of our CAMPS common project. The table differentiates between JUNE 17 MAY 17 SEPTEMBER 17 OCTOBER 17 official competitions, friendly competitions and training camps. THAILAND QATAR CHINA BANGKOK In terms of each event, you can see AMES information regarding the national U16 FF U17-U18 U14 U21 DRAW team involved, the location at which the competition was held and the AUGUST 17 OCTOBER 17 DECEMBER 17 MAY 18 final result. MYANMAR INDONESIA VIETNAM CHIANG MAI The biggest achievements were 60 RA SE the following: (1) Champions at U19 FF U19 U21 U14 PLAYERS the AFF U19 tournament, (2) the qualifications for the AFC U16 and SEPTEMBER 17 AGOST 18 SEPTEMBER 18 JULY 18 QUALIFIED U19 tournament, (3) Champions at THAILAND MYANMAR CHINA HPC the MFF U14 tournament and (4) 30 Champions at the U14 International U16 FC U14 FF U14 U14 PLAYERS Tournament. NOVEMBER 17 AGOST 18 QUALIFIED MONGOLIA HPC 30 U19 FC U14 PLAYERS DEVELOPING THAI FOOTBALL CREATION OF AN IDENTITY / NATIONAL TEAMS ISITE Scouting 27 CITIES SEEAL TIMES NAKHONSAWAN 5 TIMES 3 TIMES As described earlier, one of the goals within the National Teams’ working line is to provide additional resources. Scouting players and T 5 TIMES 1 TIME identifying talent from all over the country is a major action that we NAKHONRATASHIMA TOK 3 TIMES have been extremely focused on. 1 TIME SUKHOTAI 1 TIME The following illustrations show the cities that we have visited and 1 TIME KHONKAEN the number of times we visited them to scout talented players from TK 2 TIMES 1 TIME across the country. Furthermore, we partially summarise the num- T 1 TIME bers of players that we have been following and analysing with CHAINAT regard to age. 5 TIMES UBON 1 TIME SUPHANBURI 4 TIMES BURIRAM 10 TIMES AT CHACHOENGSAO FEDERATION 2 TIMES OF THAILAND 3 TIMES RATCHABURI ANALSE 5 TIMES TTAYA U12: 84 5 TIMES OE THAN T PROVINCE RAYONG 2 TIMES U14: 260 PRACHUAP 1 TIME CHONBURI 936 U16: 190 30 TIMES YOUTH SURAT T PLAYERS U19: 170 1 TIME KRABI BANGKOK 2 TIMES U21: 232 T 1 TIME HAT AI ANALYZED 1 TIME PRO-LAYERS SONGKLA WATHE ALL GAME O 1 TIME MOE THAN 300 GAMES AON ANO SINE DEVELOPING THAI FOOTBALL CREATION OF AN IDENTITY / NATIONAL TEAMS Elite Group HOW DO WE DO Following the aim of providing support, the Elite Group entails THE INDIVIDUAL the creation of a specific group of players from the National Teams, where through this group, we provide individual advisement to them. REPORTS The main goal is to assist the most talented players of the country in reaching their top. The players are included in the group by selection. After the entire T scouting process, we select the most talented players from each age OS M group and design an individual advice program for them. Such a M AT E TE CH program is composed of different Individual Reports throughout the H A A E T RI N S season. E P S A S E L V O H Y Í O R C S D I An Individual Report consists of a player’s report regarding all his P T S E O P A phases of the game. This is created by video analysis and it describes O H A M 2 what the player should work on and the aspects of his performance C that should be corrected. In the following illustration, the phases fol- 1 lowed to create an individual report are demonstrated: 1. We record the match P R T 4 2. We analyse the match at the office E H M E L S 3 T 3. We elaborate on the report in a PPT E E A E E A 4.