The program aims to develop a cadre of community sports coaches thereby building the capacity of the Goa Football Association ("GFA") to deliver a high quality (well organised, regular, age-appropriate, fun, inclusive) youth development program ("YDP") for children from the ages of 8 to 14 years in Goa.
The GFA YDP aims to encourage football participation from the grassroots and provide a pathway for recreational as well as elite performance football players. As a Football Association, our target is to broad-base (inclusively) the sport as well as ensuring delivery of a quality program at the grassroots for those children who do not have access to quality sport.
To achieve these goals, we believe in "Better coaches, better football". The program therefore serves to grow the knowledge pool of football coaches in Goa (especially at the junior/community coach level). Here, we work in collaboration with Football Federation Australia ("FFA"), to ensure that program inputs and delivery meet certain quality standards so as to benefit all concerned stakeholders as well as establish growth pathways for coaches and athletes.