Football is now the top participation sport for women and girls in England
The FA have unveiled a new four-year strategy, titled Inspiring Positive Change, it pledges to create a sustainable future for women’s and girls’ football in England.
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Crucial to the vision of more England-qualified players and world-class players within the system, will be a well-signposted, inclusive and accessible club player pathway. Supporting the recruitment, development and transition of players, the pathway will also consider their needs from tactical, technical, psychological, physiological, social and dual-career perspective.
Attracting and developing world-class players, maximising and engaging audiences and growing commercial revenue will be central to the ambition of establishing England as the home of the world’s best professional women’s sports leagues and competitions.
The FA’s strategy outlines The EIGHT transformational objectives to be achieved by 2024:
- EARLY PARTICIPATION – Every primary school-aged girl to have equal access to football in school and in clubs
- DEVELOPMENT PARTICIPATION – Every girl to have equal access to participate for fun, for competition and for excellence
- CLUB PLAYER PATHWAY – Collaborate with clubs to develop an effective high-performance, inclusive player-centred pathway
- ELITE DOMESTIC LEAGUES AND COMPETITIONS – Create the best professional women’s sports leagues and competitions in the world
- ENGLAND – Win a major tournament
- FOOTBALL FOR ALL – Recruit and support a motivated, diverse range of local leaders organising football for their communities
- COACHING – Support the development of exceptional coaches at every level of the game who are representative of our society
- REFEREEING – Ensure that every female referee afforded high-quality bespoke learning and development opportunities from grassroots through to the elite game
Football's not just about the professionals. It's for everyone. Today, 11.8million people play football in England. And The FA’s here to ensure everyone who participates has a great experience – regardless of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, ability or disability, faith or age. Whether that’s for a kickabout or when an England team walks out at Wembley – and all the levels of football in between.
