General Secretary To Lam recently gave a speech on Vietnamese Teachers' Day, November 20, in which, besides achievements, he pointed out the limitations of education and training in Vietnam, emphasizing the issue of "heavy" theory, "light" practice;... Tens of thousands of bachelors, engineers, and masters graduates cannot find jobs, or do not work in the profession they were trained for;... Educational methods have not promoted the positivity and creativity of learners, and have not focused on training skills and qualities for learners.
In general, that is a common problem. So, what does Vietnamese football have to do with it? Absolutely inseparable. The question is, why is a sport that focuses on movement equated with the “heavy theory” factor? Because training and practice on the training ground, training floor… is the “theory of sports”, and practice is competing in tournaments.
But look, how many young players are “good in theory but bad in practice”. Or even have no chance to practice. As a result, the national team is lacking talented young players.
Football training in Vietnam today almost follows a model - this actually also happens with world football, when modern football requires a lot of physical strength and discipline and gradually reduces the creative element.
Youth football training is now called “furnace”, so that it can be understood that the product is almost identical players. This is also partly the fault of the teachers and coaches. For young players, the real job is to train and “teach” football skills. But when they are adults, teaching is teaching football thinking, so that in a disciplined game, each individual dares to express creativity, playing football with inspiration - the lifeblood of football.
There are teachers who not only try to teach and force players to play football the way they want, but also leave a bad image with negative reactions and blame for many things. Because they stop learning when they think that what they have is enough, leading to a lack of ideas, a lack of methods...
Good coaches are always learning and are also a motivation for their students.
