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“If we want to develop young players who are more creative and imaginative, more resilient and responsible, the coach must convey these values and beliefs in their own behavior with the players” 

– The FA’s ‘The Future Game’, 2010

 

‎"It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of instruction have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate little plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom. Without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail." 

- Albert Einstein

 

"It is enjoyable to make things visible that are invisble."

- Eric Cantona

 Creativity is to meet yourself, to experiment and explore new things; to transform, to remodel, to have fun; to travel into a world of dreams and to do new things with joy and pleasure, using your fantasy and imagination

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CREATIVITY

"Kids will take a chance. If they don't know, they'll have a go. They are not frightened of being wrong.. If you're not prepared to be wrong, you'll never come up with anything original. By the time they are adults most kids have lost this capacity, they have become frightened of being wrong.. We're running national education systems where mistakes are the worst thing you can make. The result is that we are educating people out of their creative capacities"

- Sir Ken Robinson

Ministry of Football firmly believes that the way children are taught in most schools stifles their natural creative freedom. We believe that following a set syllabus with strict and rigid learning outcomes  and methods prevents the children from finding their own best way to learn. In Ministry of Football sessions, we allow children to learn through playing, and we encourage them to experiment with rules, ideas and different ways of doing things. We believe this is conducive to producing a better generation of young footballers.

"The principle goal of education is to create people who are capable of doing new things not simply repeating what other generations have done, people who are creative, inventive and discoverers"

- Jean Piaget, child psychologist and expert on child development

In 2010, The English FA published its new blueprint for youth football development - 'The Future Game'. This publication is based on the premise that the game of football will change in future years in ways we cannot currently foresee - so in order to prepare children adequately for the game of the future, we need to help them develop the skills and techniques to cope with whatever football looks like when they grow up. Ministry of Football wants to contribute to this development of skilful, able football players. We also believe that it is not enough for young footballers to learn only what we know today. We believe it is essential that children are given the encouragement to be creative, to come up with their own answers, and to develop the learning potential to remain creative into their adult life in football.

'Requirements Needed for the Development of More Creative Football Players', by Horst Wein. 

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