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ABILITY BANDING
Generally,
competetive football is about fielding your best team.
Ability
banding is about ensuring that teams and players are evenly
matched. This way, all competitions and individual teams can
cater for the diverse ability of their players. It means that
you don't have to be the best to be able take part and they'll
be able to compete against teams and players of a similar ability.
Different organisations use various bandings and terminology
to identify ability levels
Special
Olympics
Mencap
FA Ability Counts
The
following grids attempt to draw a comparrison to the different
banding systems in use
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MENCAP |
LOWER
NOVICE
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Very
limited mobility & fitness.
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NOVICE
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For
those player who have less experience of playing football,
are less familiar with the team situation, who don't show
any sophistication in their football skill and who may well
have impaired mobility
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INTERMEDIATE
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Aimed
at those players whose level of aptitude falls somewhere
between that required for the Novice Section above and the
Advanced Section below, i.e. those who have a knowledge
of the requirements of the game but who do not possess the
same level of skill of co-ordination as those in the advanced
section.
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ADVANCED
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For
those players who are experienced in the team situation,
play regularly, possess identifiable football skills, co-ordination,
and have unrestricted mobility.
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OLYMPICS |
LEVEL
FOUR
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- Low
level of ball control
- Low
level of spacial awareness
- Little
teamwork or integration between players & No use of
game tactics
- Goalkeepers
- sruggle to distribute the ball where intended, slow reactions
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LEVEL
THREE
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- Moderate
individual skills but strugles under pressure. Lacks power
& direction
- Better
spacial awareness & level of integration between players
- Strugles
to work as a team in defensive situations
- Goalkeepers
- Better awareness, saves by blocking the ball, lacks strength
when distributing the ball
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LEVEL
TWO
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- Certain
ball skills advanced but effected by pressure
- Uses
physical pressure in defence and attack
- Good
spacial awareness & high level of interaction between
players
- Works
as a team in defensive plays & uses game tactics at
set pieces
- Goalkeepers
- Saves by blocking & catching, good timing and coordination
under pressure, distributes the ball well both phisically
and tactically
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LEVEL
ONE
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- Excellent
ball skills in all areas of the game, combining skills under
pressure
- Able
to provide a strong defence when tackled
- Very
good spacial awareness and uses entire playing area
- Good
team work in attack and defence, adapts set pieces &
tactics as required
- Goalkeepers
- Very good match awareness & organises defence, saves
by catching & blocking under pressure, distribues ball
with power and high level of precision
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FA
Ability Counts |
Ability
Counts teams do not routineley play in ability banded groups
like the systems described above. Most leagues have adopted
a three tier system which encourages teams to play their
strongest team in the top division.
- Premier
League
- Championship
- Division
One
In some cases a club's "B" team could be as strong
as their "Premier League" team, but will still
play in the "Championship" section.
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| Comparison
Between Banding Systems |
| Special
Olympics |
Mencap/Gateway |
FA
Ability Counts |
| A
Banding |
Advanced |
Premier
League |
| B
Banding |
Intermediate |
Championship
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| C
Banding |
Novice |
League
One |
| D
Banding |
Lower
Novice |
League
Two
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| E
Banding |
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League
Three |
| This
should be used as a only a rough guide when comparing the
different banding systems.
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