Yesterday, the Saudi Arabian Football Association concluded its first technical conference, which took place over two days in the presence of the technical staff of the national teams and clubs of Saudi Arabia, as well as selected international coaches, called “Best Sustainable Practices”. for Saudi football and talent development”. On the first day of the conference, reports were presented by the coaches of the national teams and seminars were held, at which the development director of the FIFA International Football Association Arsene Wenger spoke about the need to pay attention to training programs for young players, appreciating the development of Saudi football in recent years.
Saudi-French team coach Herve Renard also talked about how the Kingdom has all the ingredients to further develop and advance in football in the coming years, while Olympic team coach Saad Al Shehri included the team’s most notable preparation for the 2024 Olympic qualifiers.
Youth team coach Saleh Al-Mohammadi summed up the achievements of our U-20 team over the past two years, winning the Arab States Youth Cup twice in a row, as well as reaching the final of the Asian Youth Cup. attention is paid to the discovery and selection of buds, appreciating the role of clubs in the development of buds talent, which contributes to facilitating the task of the team.
For his part, the coach of the youth team, Abdel Wahab Al-Harbi, emphasized the importance of the training camp for this age group of players in establishing some concepts in order to develop their capabilities, noting that participation in external friendly tournaments contributed to the development of the physical and tactical capabilities of the players.
The conference continued on the second day with a speech by Italy coach Roberto Mancini, during which he talked about the difference between coaching clubs and coaching teams, as well as the most salient features that players need to have in order to keep up with the development witnessed by the world football.
The German coach of the women’s team of Saudi Arabia Monica Stubb spoke with the German, who highly appreciated the high level of women’s football in the Kingdom, expressing her desire to reach the finals of the Women’s World Cup with the Green Girls, and the French coach Villach Boas spoke about modern football. , which has become an important and influential physical factor, very much in it.
Turki Al-Sultan, chairman of the Saudi Arabian Federation Technical Committee, spoke about the committee’s efforts over the past three years, which have included courses ranging from continuing education to training licensing courses, praising the clubs’ cooperation with the federation in everything related to developing national coaches and providing them with opportunities to work in the field.