In programming there is something called "System Development Life cycle" consisting of the following phases.
• Planning
• Analysis
• Design
• Development
• Implementation
These stages are common in designing of systems in general & one could imagine the process of developing football players following the same stages, but in football the stages would be as follows.
Planning (SAFA): SAFA has to assess how long it will take us to get to the level we want and what resources do we need to get there.
Analysis (SAFA): SAFA has to analyze & decide how South African players are suppose to play football & how cant they play football, e.g. in Brazil all players are suppose to be good with controlling the ball including defenders.
Design (SAFA): SAFA must table down a comprehensive South African footballer design technical and tactical specification for each of the 3 roles defenders, midfielders and forwards, within the South African context.
Development (Academies): The Academies take the technical & tactical specification & use them as road maps to developing ideal South African Footballers.
Implementation (PSL Teams): PSL Teams should teach young players how to apply there technical and tactical qualities more effectively to win matches. Technical abilities are a prerequisite for this phase, and ideally no development of technical and tactical skills is supposed to be done here.
The biggest problem with African football in general is that everything is done in the implementation phase and the other phases are completely ignored. We fail to just give ourselves 5 years to do things correct way.
Regards,
Mr. Majesa (Prof "The Chosen One" Matwetwe)
"You are either learning or learning how to be unable to learn, either way you’re learning"
