Principles of Football Development (Player Development WK6 2025)

What dates does the current FA strategy span?

• 2024-2028

• 2025-2035

• 2024-2025

• 2023-2027

Which of the following targets were NOT met in the previous FA Grassroots Football strategy?

• % retention of male players

• % schools providing football in PE lessons

• % schools offering equal access to football for girls in extra curricular time (after school clubs)

• Number of opportunities to play disability football

Research suggests that in the early development years, players should be free to exit and re-enter the player pathway

• True

• False

Bergin and Lagestad (2023) investigated dropout and continuation among which group of players?

• Boys in youth football in Norway

• Girls in mini soccer in England

• Adult male players in open age football in Sweden

• Teenage girls in school football in Finland

In later development years, motivation affects...

• Participation adoption

• Participation adherance

• Both of the other answers

Which model of player development was favoured by most countries in the early 1990s?

• Pyramid Model

• Long Term Athlete Development

• Developmental Model of Sport Particpation

• Sport Participation Pathway Model

Which model of player development was developed by Istvan Balyi?

• Pyramid Model

• Long Term Athlete Development

• Developmental Model of Sport Participation

• Sport Participation Pathway Model

Which model of player development accepts that throughout childhood and adolescence the less talented and/or ambitious can continue to play at a recreational level?

• Pyramid Model

• Long Term Athlete Development

• Developmental Model of Sport Participation

• Sport Participation Pathway Model

Which model of player development can be used to track, develops and facilitate holistic participation?

• Pyramid Model

• Long Term Athlete Development

• Developmental Model of Sport Participation

• Sport Participation Pathway Model

The FA 4 Corner Model suggests that player development needs to be looked at from a technical, physical, psychological and social point of view – and each of these corners works in complete isolation from the others.

• True

• False