The dream of every footballer is to become a professional player and be able to represent their country. As such, it is one of the Football Federation Samoa (FFS) main goals to ensure that they help our players achieve their goals.
As part of this, FFS conducted a reintroduction of the Inter Island Centre’s Development Programme Competition, which is one of FFSs’ technical programmes for 2021. The inter-island Centre Development Competition took place in Savaii, which saw teams from Upolu, travelling to Savaii to take part in the Under 10, 12, 14, and 16 boys and girls divisions.
The inter-island programme comprises of talented young players selected from various clubs in Upolu and Savaii competing in the Upolu and Savaii National Youth League tournament.
The FFS Centre’s Programme focuses on the development football skills for children between the ages 10-16 as it strongly believes in nurturing players from a young age. Some important aspects of the Centre’s program include focusing on technical skills as well as discipline as it has been noted that whilst Samoan children naturally have the physical strength, it is equally important to install technical skills and discipline at an early age.
FFS also believes that providing quality programmes and support networks for young Samoan players is crucial to the development of football at the grassroot level which benefits Football development in the long run.
The FFS Centre’s training program runs twice a week since September this year for boys and girls from the Under 10 to Under 16age groups in Upolu and Savaii.
Results of the FFS Inter Island Centre’s Competition.
Results Inter Island Centre Competition
Under 10 Boys: Upolu 7 – 1 Savaii
Under 12 Boys: Upolu 0 – 0 Savaii
Under 12 Girls: Upolu 1 – 0 Savaii
Under 14 Girls: Upolu 0 – 0 Savaii
Under 14 Boys: Upolu 1 – 0 Savaii
Under 16 Girls: Savaii 1 – 0 Upolu
Under 16 Boys: Upolu 4 – 1 Savaii
