The First Large-Scale ⁢Football Teaching Service in China: Western Plan Football Spark Project Launched

On September ‍20, a symposium on the pre-job training class for the Western Plan‌ Volunteer Football Teaching Service was⁢ held at Guizhou Sports‍ Vocational College. At the meeting, the⁢ Western Plan Football Spark Project was officially launched. After completing​ the 12-day training, 138 volunteers will be assigned to primary‌ and secondary schools in 27⁣ counties⁤ (cities and districts) in Bijie City, Zunyi City, Qiannan Prefecture, and Qianxinan Prefecture to carry out football teaching ‌services for 1 to 3 years. This project is the first large-scale ‍football teaching ​service ​in​ the country.

The Western Plan⁢ Football Spark Project ⁢is jointly carried out by​ the Guizhou Provincial Sports Bureau, the Guizhou Provincial⁣ Committee of⁤ the Communist ⁢Youth League, and the Guizhou Provincial Department of Education. Based on the relevant documents of the Western Plan for College Students Volunteer Service, the project will‌ select 138 Western ⁣Plan volunteers ⁢with sports-related majors, ‌football expertise, or voluntary ⁢football teaching from the newly recruited volunteers⁤ in⁣ 2024 across the⁢ country to provide football‍ teaching ⁤services in primary and secondary schools in counties. After 1 to 3 years, they⁤ will be employed through coach ⁣grade training‍ and school ‌coach position setting.

Ma Lei, Secretary of⁢ the Party Committee and Director of the Guizhou Provincial Sports Bureau, ​encouraged the football teaching volunteers to study hard and do ⁣a good job in popularizing football at the grassroots level. He said that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a foot, and volunteers should sow the⁤ seeds of hope for⁤ football, and encourage more people to participate⁣ in⁤ football‌ by building teams,‍ competitions, files and teams. Volunteers should seriously study football teaching, lead ​the team well, be willing to ⁢contribute, ⁤work ⁤hard for a long time, and do a bright⁤ football career with a true spirit of dedication.

From ⁤September ⁢19 to 30,⁢ the football teaching volunteers received training at Guizhou Sports Vocational College. According to the E-level coach training standards ⁤of the Chinese⁢ Football⁢ Association, they will conduct systematic‍ training focusing on basic theory, basic training, and event organization. After passing the assessment, this group of football teaching volunteers will receive the E-level coach certificate. The volunteers participating in the project have two ⁢main tasks:‌ one is to​ cultivate ‌the interest of young⁢ people in football, popularize football knowledge, and⁣ make this‍ sport more widely carried out at the ⁤grassroots level; the other is​ to discover and select good seedlings in ‌grassroots training, improve their competitive level, and reserve strength for Guizhou football.

Guizhou’s football ‌youth training is led​ by the State Sports General Administration’s support for the construction ⁣of a national-level football youth training center in Bijie, ‌and the ​construction of football youth training centers in Guiyang, Zunyi, Qiannan, and Qianxinan is‌ promoted simultaneously, ​forming a ​”one main⁤ and four auxiliary” Guizhou football ⁣youth ⁤training pattern. In the process⁤ of ⁢building Guizhou’s‍ football youth training system, the problem of lack of grassroots football coaches is more prominent, and the development of the Western Plan Football ‍Spark Project will⁢ make up for this shortcoming.