GENERAL PROGRAM

MOROKA SWALLOWS FOOTBALL CLUB

SENIOR TEAM

2008-2009

This Program is to establish the objectives to be achieved in the SEASON 2008-2009, starting on JUNE 1^st of 2008 until the end of May 2009, South African League, Cups and other competitions.

It is comes after the Basic Program, presented previously, to the Honorable Moroka Swallows’ Committee, being more complete.

The Program considers:

A) EVALUATION: The evaluation of the previous competitions. Whether the objectives were achieved or not, previous tests and evaluations, results and conquers.

B) SQUAD: Evaluation of the Squad, the Group of players we intend to use to compete at this time, and the search for new players to reinforce the group. It is important to find out these new players soon to make it possible to adjust them to the team and philosophy. All selected players must be evaluated severely by their Curriculum, conquers, championships and experiences, examined under the medical (clinical) point-of-view, tested physically and technically. Being possible also evaluated psychologically.

Only those with high level of quality and value, able to develop for the future and represent well Moroka Swallows Football Club should take part in the Squad. We understand that to play for this winning Club the player must have an over-all high level. Releasing immediately the not good enough or not committed, but respecting them for being professionals played for the Club.

The power of a chain is the one of the weakest link. The strength of a team is the weakness of the worse player.

C) OBJECTIVES:

C.1 – GENERAL OBJECTIVES

a) To form a homogeneous squad with high physical-technical-tactical-psychological qualities, capable to play a winning football, competitive, efficient, modern and enjoyable, to represent well the Club at the Cups and Championships.

b) Also objective, beside perform, perform to win, win to get one of the four best position in the League, specially the top and get final in the Cups, fight to get this year at least one championship.

Besides the technical objective to improve from 7^th position last season to one of the TOP 4, we are increasing our efforts and, with the knowledge of the Staff and Squad working above the limits to achieve the TOP 3 according to the Sponsors, mainly our beloved VOLKSWAGEN, according to marketing important strategies.

Even knowing how difficult is to achieve those targets in the national competitions, certainly we will be more closed to reach if we know what we are fighting for, the targets/aims and the means to use.

C. 2 – EDUCACIONALS/PROFISSIONALS OBJECTIVES

To develop and maintain an adequate personal and group behavior to the work, and knowledge of wrights and responsibilities

Self-discipline, self-critics, self-confidence, ethics of the citizenship, dignity, assiduity, punctuality, among others

Group behavior proper of those winners in collective sports, as the creation of a professional ambience, but fraternal and familiar, with confidence, friendship, cooperation, freedom with responsibility, of union, equality, and discipline.

General Formation: to incentive the continuity at the studies up to the universities level, and improvement in the footballer carrier, such as Foreign Languages Courses, Professional Courses and others (leadership, connivance with the popularity, with the Referee, the relation Player/Referee, knowledge of the Laws of the Game, Neurolinguistics, preparation for the future, investments, etc.

C. 3 – TECHNICAL OBJECTIVES

C. 3. 1. – PHYSICAL PREPARATION

The Physical Preparation has the objective to develop up to the maximum the general physical qualities: speed (reaction of the members and dislocation), power (explosive, dynamics, and isometrics), and endurance (aerobics, anaerobic lactic and a lactic, and resistance (aerobics, anaerobic lactic e a lactic, and muscular localized), agility, coordination, flexibility, balance/equilibrium (static and recuperated), and rhythms.

Mainly, given emphasis to the more special qualities to play football: speed, endurance, strength, agility, and coordination.

Achieving these objectives the players will be, then, ready under the organics and neural-muscular points-of-view, becoming the physical preparation the foundation of an adequate technical-tactical preparation, beside to give the direction of the overall preparation to the “PEAK” at the most important moments (end of the first round and of League), in according to the strategy here and in the “PLAN OF TRAINING” established, considered and respected the several elements, mainly the quality level of our Team related to the others, the time to prepare the Team and the recent past competitions.

C. 3. 2. – TECHNICAL PREPARATION

The Technical Preparation has the objective to improve to the maximum the Techniques of the players, by improving the basic fundamentals of techniques (pass, control, trap, traveling, feint, dribble, shoot, finishing, heading, tackling, etc.) since the elementary to the competitive mode.

Also intends to develop these fundamentals in situations of stationary ball, set-plays, kick-off, goal kick, free-kick, penalty-kick, throw-in, drop-ball, etc, because statistics in modern football shows many games being decided in these ways (Italy became 2006’s World Champions with 68% of goals scored in set plays).

It is useful as a support factor in the improvement of the specific physical conditioning, and must accompany in volume (duration) and intensity the characteristics of each Phase or Stage of Preparation.

Important to consider these Phases or Stages, as known: Basic, Specific/Special, Polishment, and Maintenance, beside Transition, and equating to them the simplicity or complexity of the exercises (basic, advanced, competitive).

“No value” to have a sober physical capacity, even tactical combinations very modern, if the techniques and skills are not in exceptional level.

 C. 3.3 – TACTICAL PREPARATION

The Tactical Preparation has the objective to give complete knowledge of the combined actions between 2 (two) or more players of a sector (attack, middle field, defense), and even from different compartments.

The tactics may be fix or variable, but must respect the characteristics of the players of the squad, and the real situations a football game produces, as game at home or away, daylights or evening, raining or not, cold or hot weather, humidity/dry, under pressure of a result to be got, winning/loosing, in numerical superiority or inferiority, and offensive and defensive tactics.

All the situations must be practiced, first without opposition, after with low degree of difficulty, then against the maximum difficulty. Testing them at the training-games, match-trainings, friendly-games, and then official-matches

Adequation of a Modern System of Playing in according to the players of the Squad, considering strengths and weaknesses, characteristics and style

Uniformization of the vocabulary and knowledge of the Evolution of the Systems up to date, since GK – 2-3-5, W-M, 4-2-4, 4-3-3-, 4-4-2, 3-5-2,   3-4-3, 4-5-1, 3-6-1, 3-7-0, 4-6-0, etc, to exploit all possibilities of these Systems becoming able to give the first step into the future, dominate every opponent, control the games and winning them.

The search for the Total Football: well balanced, harmonic, dominating and winner.

 Modern Method of Marking:

– Considering the Type:

                      a) Individual or Man-to-Man;

                      b) By Zone or Sectors;

                      c) Combined or Mixed (combination of the previous two).

– Considering the Sectors of the field:

                      1) Full ground;

                      2) Opponent intermediary;

                      3) Medium line;

                      4) Self-intermediate.

– Considering the Intensity:

                      x) High pressure;

                      y) Normal;

                      z) Low pressure.

The general strategy turned to the formation of a new generation, confident, brave, professional attitude, and winner, as Swallows deserves to be.

So, the performance will be good as should be at the senior level. Playing our own style, controlling the rhythm and performing well bigger are the chances to conquer victories, competitions, investors and the supporters.

Skilful Players: technical, intelligent, agile, fast, braves and confidents, with “champion’s blood”.

Offensive Team: well balanced, mobile, tactical but creative, focused, with dominating and winning instinct.

At first, to conditionate individually the players, after combine them in to sectors, and finally a unit, a team, as one

To establish tactics forms for ball in movement and stationary, increasing the degree of difficulty and complexity, besides to train alternative forms to surprise the adversaries.

         Keeping opened the scout for new outstanding players, but considering the teamwork already done closed to the competition, as well as the Team Spirit.

Zero Mistakes, Maximum Efficiency!

D) STAFF

The Staff must be formed by a group of professionals of several important and complementary areas (administrative, medical, technical), the best available, specialized, and able to function as a team, to form a unit, leading by the example.

Recommended full time committed to the Club.

The Club should send the local Professionals for Development Courses in South America and Europe.

Technical Director

Head Coach

Team Manager

Assistant Coach

Assistant Coach

Technical Observer/Spy/Scout

Physical Trainer

Assistant Physical Trainer

Goalkeeper Trainer

Equipment Manager

Equipment Manager Assistant

E) MEDICAL DEPARTMENT

It must be formed to attend the needs of a high level Football Program, present at the several practices, games and meetings, working preventively and profilatically with the players.

Doctor (2) – One General Clinics and one Orthopedist

Physiotherapist (2)

Masseur

It is important to have the support of a Sports Psychologist and a Nutritionist, besides a Physiologist.

Compulsory to CHECK UP all players before starting trainings or, as soon as possible, “at least heart ECG, blood, urine, teeth, eyes”

F) CAMPING

To give more experience and confidence to the players as well as improve the Team understanding important to play local and international friendly games, and whenever possible international Tournaments.

Whenever we reach the final stages it is recommended to go for CAMP, even if only possible in Johannesburg, being together for some days before the match, controlling the “Visible Training” (morning-afternoon-evening, physical-technical-tactical, field, track, swimming pool, gymnasium), and the “Invisible Training” (rest, sleep, meals, vitamin, supplements, friendship).

The games play an important and decisive role in the Team preparation. It is important to play local and International matches.

G) YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

The Program must pay special attention to the development of young players since the earliest categories, up to the Juniors, preparing them to play at the Senior level, and National Team as well.

Besides the preparation of the players the Program should also be made to prepare professionals to act in the future at the Main Team, not only Coaches, but Goalkeepers’ Coaches, Physical Trainers, Doctors, Physiotherapists, Masseurs, and Managers.

A Special Program similar to this must be prepared with the proper objectives, and the Plan of Work and Training

H) WOMEN TEAM – LADIES TEAM

The Program also must consider the formation of a good team to represent Moroka Swallows in this important and growing in media category, besides the Youth Development at this level as well.

A Special Program similar to this also must be prepared with the objectives to be achieved as well as the Plan of Working and Training.

I) SUPPORTERS OF THE FUTURE

Important a Project of development of relationship with Schools and Football Schools to increase the number of Young Supporters for Swallows.

The Project should include the visit of students from several different areas, mainly the origin of the Club, Soweto to the club Training Center, picked up by the Club’s Bus and receiving from the Squad gifts and attention, as well as tickets for games (in this case the parents will pay their tickets).

CONCLUSION

In this Program are established the objectives and targets to be achieved in 2008-2009, Philosophy, Methodology, Strategy and general recommendations.

It is necessary to be sensitive to adjust it in according to the eventual needs.

It is recommended to start a Program for the Youth Teams and Woman Teams of Moroka Swallows in the way to reach the international level, to form professionals and, mainly players more responsible and committed to the Club.

Time to build our own Centre of Excellence to test all Swallows players, of every single team.

Also is recommended to settle in written bonus for any important competition to give more incentive to the players and Staff Members.

The experience shows better results in this policy when the bonus is paid two useful days after the game, before the following.

As well as full bonus for those that worked on the field at the game, and half for those did not work direct in the game.

Employers of the Club should be given a bonus for achieving results of the team.

We put ourselves available to help the Marketing Department with our ideas and experiences.

After this Program will be drawn another important means to reach the best performance and results: “The Plan of Working and Training” already being executed. It is the theory in practice.

Program and Plan must be in according to the “Project 2008-2009 and Beyond” in the way when the future comes, Moroka Swallows Football Club has fixed the stick of Its Flag over there.

Together we aspire, together we achieve.

One for all, all for Swallows!

Don´t follow me, Follow the Birds

Johannesburg, September 20^th – 2008

God bless You!

Eddie Lewis

Japhet Borges

Zeca Marques

Daniel Veida

Shaddrack Biemba

Sarah Marcus

Dr. Ephraim

Molefe Junior

Sunny Boy

Julio Leal