Nigeria swiss primarily based coach Adeyemi has referred to as for a complete overhaul of Nigeria’s youth soccer system, as a panacea to reviving the previous glory of Nigeria youth soccer, Sports247 stories.
The coach insisted that fashionable soccer has change into extra scientific than bodily because the continued recycling of previous coaches with outdated strategies has hindered the event of the nation’s U-17 groups, which prevented the Golden Eaglets from qualifying for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
“It’s unlucky that our U-17 boys can not qualify for competitions as soon as dominated by the Golden Eaglets, having missed three consecutive editions,” Adeyemi lamented.
He spoke additional :“Till our native coaches improve their recreation technologically, the group is not going to progress.”
The coach urged the Nigeria Soccer Federation (NFF) to look past Nigeria-based coaches and take into account certified Nigerian coaches overseas who possess the trendy expertise, data, and expertise required to deal with the nationwide youth groups.
“If the NFF continues to make use of coaches who lack a full grasp of recent, scientific tendencies in youth soccer, the outcome will stay the identical,” he warned.
“We can not hold utilizing previous tactical, technical, and bodily approaches and count on completely different outcomes.”
Adeyemi highlighted that Nigeria’s previous successes got here in an period earlier than the introduction of MRI scans, which now implement stricter age verification requirements. “The NFF’s technical committee should cease recycling previous coaches. We want those that perceive youth soccer growth tactically, technically, theoretically, and scientifically,” he added.
In line with him, many native coaches are nonetheless caught with outdated strategies and have did not improve themselves to fulfill fashionable requirements, which has negatively affected each female and male youth groups.
“It’s a shame that our U-17 groups at the moment are being thrashed at world tournaments. If this development continues, it can quickly be tough for the Tremendous Eagles to search out high quality gamers coming via the youth ranks,” he cautioned.
Adeyemi concluded by urging the NFF to prioritize competence over sentiment.
“The federation should place the proper individuals in the proper positions. Fashionable coaches should be capable to gather and analyze knowledge—on their groups, particular person gamers, opponents, and tournaments—to make knowledgeable selections. With out that, success will stay out of attain,” he acknowledged.
