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Artificial Intelligence and Grassroots Football

rrussellsportspath

Yes - you read the title correctly. I signed up to chatgpt last week initially to get better translations of emails from English to German , Italian and Japanese. The results were - according to the recipients - much better than Google Translate.


I followed up this morning by asking Chatgpt two questions

1. " What are the major reasons children quit playing soccer ?"

2. " What are the key qualities for a grassroots soccer coach ? "


The answers - from a FREE AI tool in 10 seconds are shown below - not bad for Artificial Intelligence I thought


Has anyone else used AI to assist Growth and Retention in Grassroot Football ?


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1. " What are the major reasons children quit playing soccer ?"


2. " What are the key qualities for a grassroots soccer coach ? "














Has anyone else used AI to assist Growth and Retention in Grassroot Football ?


Please share in this blog below

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FA SOCCER STAR
In1988 after 3 years research the FA Soccer Star tests were  validated by Professor Tim Holt of Southampton University, England following extensive research with over 10,000 children. They had been proven to display over 90% reliability and over 90% validity in distinguishing between different levels of players.The outline of the tests are available and details in PDF form  here Download FA_Soccerstar_challenge

The book of the Programme is still available on Amazon  here . Over 1million children in over 50 countries went on to take the Soccer Star Challenge which involved 6 tests - dribbling, turning,speed slalom,heading, shooting and  running with the ball. It was intended as a ' fun' activity to motivate players to practise in their own time but there was an Talent ID aspect:- 

The Programme of tests produced a final score for the player on a 6 Level rating.Players achieving the highest ( 6 Star ) grading were recommended to their nearest licensed Academy ( previously known as ‘ Centre of Excellence ) Some of the England Full Internationals and England Under 21 players who have undertaken the Soccer Star Challenge and obtained the top six star grading are shown below ( including their age when they achievedthe Soccer Star 6 star rate and the team they went on to play for )

Michael Carrick (Manchester United) 10 years ,Michael Bridges (Leeds United) 11 years ,Matthew Upson (West HamUtd ) 10 years ,10 Jonathan Greening (West Bromwich Albion ) 10 years ,John Curtis Blackburn Rovers 11 years,Matthew Etherington ( West Ham Utd ) 10 years

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