ABILITY
Technical, Ball Mastery, Decision-making

ATTITUDE
Confidence, Courage, Concentration,
Dedication

ATHLETICISM
Speed & Stamina,
Height & strength,
Agility, Balance & Co-ordination

AGE
Social and
communication skills, Friendship group

 

"Football is a beautiful game because it belongs to us all"

Arsene Wenger

The English FA's 'Four Corner Development Model' recognizes the difference between Physical, Psychological, Technical/Tactical and Social development. This corresponds with the four A's that Ministry of Football recognise as important.

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Grouping players is not an exact science! Children change and develop at different rates and in different ways - for this reason the coaches at MoF are constantly analysing the make-up of groups to check that all players are enjoying and developing to their potential.

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AT MINISTRY OF FOOTBALL, WE WELCOME ALL CHILDREN REGARDLESS OF THEIR ABILITY, EXPERIENCE OR CONFIDENCE WITH A BALL. WE HAVE A VARIETY OF GROUPS CATERING FOR DIFFERENT AGES AND ABILITIES, AND WE BELIEVE THAT PLACING EACH CHILD INTO THE CORRECT AND APPROPRIATE GROUP IS ESSENTIAL IN ORDER TO MAXIMISE THEIR ENJOYMENT AND DEVELOPMENT.

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 At Ministry of Football we believe that players learn best when faced with challenges that are appropriate to their Ability, Attitude, Age and Athleticism. We call these the 4 A's, and we take them into consideration when deciding how to group players on the MoF programme.

Let's look at an example: We have two children playing in a 1v1 for 10 minutes. It may be possible for many separate 1v1 challenges to take place between those two children in that time. We feel that it is important that both children experience some success during that activity, and both are pushed to find new ways to attack and new ways to defend. If the two players are of very unequal ability, then one player will find the task too easy and the other too difficult. The result of this is that neither player will gain maximum benefit from this task, and that players may not enjoy themselves either. The same situation may occur if one child is much bigger and stronger than the other, or if one player is much more motivated and dedicated than the other.