Japan Football Association : JFA Academy Kumamoto UKI

JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki hold final selection exams #football

Tue, 09 Dec 2014 14:00:48 +0900

The Japan Football Association (JFA) Academy aim to grow global-standard persons who can truly lead the society as well as in football, emphasizing on educating their humane parts, to develop them into the international stages. At the JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki, which incepted in 2009, will have their seventh-term students. They held the final selection for three days between 5 and 7 December.

The examinees went on to experience the daily life at the Academy, and had an activity in which they tried to resolve issues cooperating with other members in the group works. In the practical tests (games and physical tests), they worked as hard as they could. The Academy members supported to carry out the selection.

Comments from players

HAYASHIDA Ryuga (6th term student/junior high freshman, JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki)
At the final selection, we supported in things like the cool downs after the games. Since we’d experienced setting up the tents and courts and preparing the water tanks a few times before, we were able to do it smoothly. For the cooling down, we showed how we usually are doing every day at the Academy, and were able to tell the participants where they should extend with their muscles. Through this experience, we were able to think of what we should be aware of, such as setting up the sites and cooling down, again.

OTA Shun (6th-term student/junior high freshman, JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki)
By supporting the final selection, we were able to get to know how difficult it was for our senior members to usually teach us. Especially at the final selection, it’s important to have supports on daily life, not just football. When we prepared the bed space, I became worried if I was telling the participants how to do it easy enough. For the time management part, I took advantage of the experience that our senior players tell us every day, we told the participants earlier so they wouldn’t be late, and they got to change their cloths and prepare their meals quickly. With this experience in mind, I would like to capitalize on it for my daily life.

JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki first round of selection test held #football

Tue, 07 Oct 2014 10:58:22 +0900

JFA Academy is established to foster children to be able to compete in the world as a football player and a person to lead society by placing an importance on humanity education.

JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki, opened in 2009, welcomes 7th term students. First round of selection test took place on 4 and 5 October. Applicants looked nervous in the beginning but slowly getting relaxed as they worked on warming up and they are geared up by the time of practical test of 8-on-8. JFA Academy students assisted in the operation of the selection test.

Players Comments

KIBE Soshiro (JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki 6th term/7th grade)
I helped at reception desk and measuring height. There was unexpected thing but I operated smoothly. I took many pictures as photographer. I was impressed with participants’ eagerness for making their dream come true. As I realized the seriousness of participants through this help, I want to do my best to making my dream come true.

TAKAHASHI Yusei (JFA Academy Uki 6th term/7th grade)
I noticed one thing during the help, it is not easy to make preparation. There were many things to prepare for the selection and I set up the pitch by us. I tried to remember name of participants whom played together for help them getting relaxed. I want to keep on doing what I have learned to do and make most of it in the future.

Introducing JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki’s effort: GK-Class C coach development course #football

Wed, 17 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0900

As part of the JFA’s attempts to fulfil the JFA Declaration 2005 and establish its regional headquarters, the JFA Academies work as so-called Football Centres for regional associations and play roles such as providing coaches training, organising training centres, doing projects for kids and promoting the sport. In this article, we introduce GK-C Class coach development course (the 6th course JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki).

Instructor Comment

SUMIYA Takashi, Instructor
As well as training goalkeeper coaches who work with the junior and junior youth generation (under 15), we offer a course to nurture human resources that are capable of being a goalkeeper coach leader in each prefecture.
As we provide 10 topics that are supposed to be learned, we work on function training and practical training with playing an actual game.
Some of the participants are involved not only in coaching their own team but also in coaching their local community or prefecture. I hope they take advantage of what they learned today and that eventually improves the level of Japanese goalkeepers.

Participants Comments

MAEDA Kenshi
There were 26 participants from or outside Kyushu in the training course today. We had various discussions through practical training, lecture and coaching in an actual game. I work with Class 2 generation. I thought I want to keep learning coaching methods of GK-C Class that become a fundamental of elementary or junior high school students, and also I want to take advantage of what I learned today. I also want to understand the goalkeeper position even more and work on coaching from now on.

KOYAMA Haruo
We learned about the goalkeeper-specialized coaching today. Today’s course turned out to be very valuable as the instructor and participants discussed coaching methods and exchanged their own opinions and questions that came up during the lecture. I will make use of what I learned at the course and work hard for players’ further development.

Introducing JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki’s effort: Coaches training to be qualified as Official Class A U-12 coac #football

Sat, 13 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0900

As part of the JFA’s attempts to fulfil the JFA Declaration 2005 and establish its regional headquarters, the JFA Academies work as so-called Football Centres for regional associations and play roles such as providing coaches training, organising training centres, doing projects for kids and promoting the sport. In this article, we introduce the coaches training course to nurture Class A U-12 coaches being held as the JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki’s 2nd term course.

Instructor Comment

SHIMADA Nobuyuki, JFA Instructor
The Official Class A U-12 Coaches Training Course is designed to develop specialised coaches for training U-12 players and also for taking a leadership role in such efforts. Also those personnel are also expected to be regional leaders to organise and grow training environment and tournaments for that generation.

Participants Comments

KAGUCHI Noboru
There are 21 participants from all over the country for this Academy Kumamoto Uki’s Official Class A U-12 Coaches Training Course. The main objective of this 2nd term is to practice coaching. In the period after the 1st term and before this 2nd term, we were supposed to develop training plans under four different themes and actually practiced them in our own clubs or our regional training centres. I would like to see what I am still missing during my time to work with other participants and instructors. I will work hard to improve myself.

NAKAMURA Masato
After the 1st term, we did two months of internship and we all got back to Uki again. Looking at what other people did in their coaching internship and how good shape they are in, I think everyone has done some good work. There is a long way ahead for us as regional U-12 development leaders. I want to share “Japan’s Way” and share which direction Japan has to go with my colleagues, and we will grow all together in the limited time we have here for Japan to win the World Cup someday.

JFA Academy Fukushima spend time with JFA Academy Fukushima during Gotemba trip #football

Thu, 04 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0900

The JFA Academy stresses not only football itself but also education of the human side of its players in order to foster human resources who can lead the society with global standards. Here we would like to report the interactive activities with JFA Academy Fukushima at the Gotemba trip during students’ summer vacation.

Comments

MIYAGAWA Shinichi, U-14 coach of JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki
All the second grade students of junior high school had a trip of two nights and three days. The philosophy of the JFA Academy is “to foster human beings who always (no matter when and whether in Japan or other countries) work on anything with positive attitudes and act with full of confidence.” Even from two different locations, players got quite a bit of inspiration through the interaction with ones from another academy who also play football, study and live in a dormitory under the same philosophy.

INSHIHARA Shunya (JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki 5th term)
We managed our time schedule off the pitch by back-calculating the time to have breakfast, to turn off the light at night and so on. We sometimes couldn’t be punctual as we tried to be, but we learned how important the back-calculation is through the experience. I will try to back-calculate my life based on my future dream and think about how I can spend my time.

IZUMI Taiki (JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki 5th term)
In the match during the trip, I could get the ball by putting my body to an opponent before the ball reaches us. I’ve always tried to do that. But I couldn’t control and pass the ball under high pressure with my non-dominant leg. I will keep trying to use my non-dominant leg in practice every day.

JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki experience “Rice Planting Experience” “CPR Workshop” #football

Wed, 02 Jul 2014 00:00:00 +0900

As the world-class athlete development, the JFA Academy aims to foster athletes who can lead the society with the true global standards by emphasising educating them as people, not only as football players. While players go back to their own home during regular weekends, the JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki holds a variety of activities by utilizing substitute holidays when the players stay together at the academy. We introduce Rice Planting Experience and CPR Workshop they just recently experienced.

Comment (Rice Planting Experience)

MIYAMOTO Kodai (JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki, 4th Class, 3rd Grade in Junior High)
This is my second time to plant rice after the first try in last year. I found it difficult to plant paddies neatly and keep them straight. I saw Farmers took that for granted and their professional skill was just amazing. It was great that I also gained an appreciation for food from the experience.

IWATA Soichiro (JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki, 5th Class, 2nd Grade in Junior high)
There were two things that I felt during the rice planting. The first thing was how hard the hand planting was. I realised people in old times were having a lot of difficulties while people today use machineries. Second was the importance of rice. To plant rice, it takes many hours to plant paddies one by one. We need to value each one of rice grains. I feel like eating rice from now one without leaving anything in the bowl.

ARAKI Ryosuke (JFA Academy Kumamoto UKI, 6th Class, 1st Grade in Junior High)
This is my second time to plant rice after I did it when I was in elementary school. But this is my first time to get into the paddy and it was a little clammy. From the paddies that I planted, about 9 kilograms of rice will be harvested, but I learned how tough farming is. I will start appreciating more for people who do this work for us.

Comment (CPR and AED Workshop)

TAKAHASHI Taiyo (JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki, 4th Class, 3rd Grade in Junior High)
I learned in the workshop that we could save someone’s life by ourselves. I learned that the chance of survival can be twice as big depending on whether we do CPR or not. I realised the importance of CPR. In the future, if I come across someone collapsing, I want to do what I learned and raise the probability of living even by 1%.

YOSHIDA Kento (JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki, 5th Class, 2nd Grade in Junior High)
I learned CPR and how to use AED from fire officers and volunteers. I tried chest compression. We need to put into mind that it is supposed to be done at a rate of 100 times a minute. I clearly understood how to use the AED because the machine itself explained what to do. When someone falls down nearby or when a teammate or an opponent player falls down during our practice or game, I’m willing to be the first to save as many lives as possible.

NAGAO Taisei (JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki, 6th Class, 1st Grade in Junior High)
Before taking the workshop, I would close my eyes and run away when some real human being goes down. But if I could save someone’s life by doing what I learned today, I would do it. Looking at others trying hard on compressing a chest, I felt once again that life was very important. I want to be a man who can bravely save someone in many different aspects.

Francesc Rubio Sedano trains future prospects at JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki #football

Fri, 30 May 2014 00:00:00 +0900

JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki held a training event led by JFA development coach Francesc Rubio Sedano, of Spain, as a part of the developmental projects to grow players in the global standard. In the event, which was held for the entire month of May, the participants greeted in Spanish on and off the pitch, exchanging their cultures, and wound up spending fulfilling days.

Comments

Francesc.Rubio.Sedano（JFA Academy short-term training course lecturer）
This is my third time in Kumamoto. I get welcomes by the players and staff at the Academy Kumamoto Uki every time and I feel great amount of pleasure by that. It's been going fine with inputting our concepts for developing intelligent players. We have established some basements through our trainings, including ''watch,'' ''supports'' and '' how to move the ball,'' and every time I get back here, I feel the improvements of the players. I think it owes a lot to the attitudes of the players and support by the staff. Finally, it's obviously a must to take efforts, but not everybody can get to the highest level. I expect the players to show their 100 percent on the pitch so they will grow both as human beings as well as as football players.

NAKAMURA Go（Fourth-term player, JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki）
I got to learn the order of offensive priorities through the training by coach Fran. I was only able to see nearby where the team get pressure and choosing side and back passes before. But after the training, I got to be able to see my teammates that are in the top position or in the front line after receiving the ball, and have more variety on my plays. By composedly watching around, I got to be able to instantly judge things like, who are open and which the better option is. I would like to do my best at the Academy and my club, taking advantage of what we learned here.

OZAKI Ryuki（Fifth-term player, JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki）
In the training by Fran, I learned how to support the ball carrier depending on the situation. When the ball carrier is free, I need to take a position where I can overtake a man that's on me without trapping a pass. I also learned, when the ball carrier is under pressure, I need to make a timely action in the moment he can make a pass. I would like to do my best, taking advantage of what we learned.

ISHIZAKA Riku（Sixth-term player, JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki）
I had fun with the training and was able to absorb a lot of things in the short period. One of the defensive things was to cut the passing lane from the opposing ball carrier to a free man in a gap, and to go hard to get the ball when the opponents make mistakes on their passes or controlling the ball. Offensively, I learned the order of the priorities on passing. The first priority is behind the centre, the second is behind the sides. So I got to learn the details that there are spaces behind the centre and sides when I aim behind the opponents, so it was great.

JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki had clean-up activity contribution to the community #football

Wed, 07 May 2014 00:00:00 +0900

JFA Academy Kumamoto Uki has a clean-up activity nearby to the Academy. This is called “Ogawa-machi Clean Action” which aims to express the Academy’s appreciation to the community and these activities are carried out at irregular intervals. On 29 April, Academy players picked up rubbish in 4 areas of the community such as school zone, shopping mall, and 2 community sports centres. The clean-up activity completed in one hour with rubbish collected and sorted into burnable, non-burnable, and recyclable.

Comments

Miyamoto Yu (Forth-term/third-year junior high school student)
I pick up rubbish with sense of appreciation to people in the community of Ogawa-machi, Uki who always support us. I believe that we can spend such fulfilling time at the Academy because of the community support. I continue to have this sense of appreciation.

Nakayama Reo (Fifth-term/second-year junior high school student)
During the clean-up activity, I kept thinking about the community people with appreciation. I found a lot of rubbish in places where we cannot usually pay attention. From now on, I keep in mind rubbish that I see in the community and pick it up. I believe that this will help both myself and community people to feel good and confortable.

Matsumoto Naoya (Sixth-term/first-year junior-high school student)
Throughout today's activities I noticed that there is a lot of rubbish left on the streets that I usually use. By this experience, I felt that I have a lack of attention to clean the environment of our community.
I think that picking up rubbish on the street helps myself to clean up my mind and I want to take more action by picking up rubbish in the community.