Managers, coaches summit planned

THE PHILIPPINE Football Federation (PFF) will give focus to the future of all Philippine national football teams with PFF national teams committee chair Dan Palami calling a summit this month of all managers and coaches of currently existing age-group national teams as well as those interested in the position.

The summit will be in line with one of PFF’s program to come up with a sustainable program with centralized and homogenous system of play that will be implemented in all age-group levels, said Palami.

He said having a sustainable program and establishing a centralized system of coaching from the players 8 to the senior men’s and women’s team is what Philippine football is missing.

“As someone who have been with the national team, I have observed that one thing we have been missing is a basic sustainable program for the national teams, kaya nawawala, they do not go up to the next level,” Palami said.

“We want to rationalize the system wherein right from the start—players 8, the system of play that we want everybody to follow will already be instilled.”

Palami, who is also the Philippine Azkals team manager, further explained that what they at the PFF want is that from players 8, the seniors’ system of play will already be introduced and followed so they will already be familiar with how the system works.

The summit will not just focus on the basic style of coaching and system of play but will also discuss the role and accountability of managers./CORRESPONDENT MARS G. ALISON