Khaberni - In line with the directives of Prince Hussein bin Abdullah II, Crown Prince, the Jordan Football Association has signed a partnership agreement with the Ministry of Youth and the Greater Amman Municipality to relaunch the Prince Ali Centers for promising young male and female players, with a new vision and on a larger scale.
The project aims to expand the base of football practice in various provinces of the Kingdom adhering to the highest standards for training programs, to develop youth and sports programs, to launch specialized training programs to build basic skills, and to enhance values of fair play, discipline, and teamwork, thus contributing to the discovery and refinement of football talent at an early age and creating a new generation of talented players capable of representing Jordanian football in the future.
The Ministry of Youth and the Greater Amman Municipality will provide infrastructure and stadiums as per the agreement, in addition to covering part of the operating cost, while the Association oversees the technical and training aspects and the implementation of approved curricula, enhancing the project's sustainability and its spread across various regions of the Kingdom.
The total number of centers reaches 65 training centers distributed across all provinces of the Kingdom, to reach the largest possible segment of talents, enabling male and female players to showcase their abilities and develop their skills.
The project includes the provision of 40 training centers in various provinces of the Kingdom in cooperation with the Ministry of Youth, in addition to 14 centers inside the capital Amman in cooperation with the Greater Amman Municipality. The Association directly manages three centers in the cities of Ramtha, Zarqa, and Sahab, in addition to eight centers for promising young female players.
The project includes eight training centers for promising young female players distributed across several provinces: Amman, Zarqa, Irbid, Ajloun, Jerash, Karak, and Aqaba, aiming to provide equal training opportunities for talented female players.
The project, which will be gradually relaunched, targets the age group born in 2015 and 2016, with plans to increase the number of teams and age categories in the future to reach three categories in each center, where each center includes 30 players selected through open performance trials to discover the best talents.
The performance trials are scheduled to start on Friday, May 1, to select the players who will join the centers, then the official training sessions will begin afterwards and continue until the end of the current year, where they will culminate in a special championship bringing together participants from all centers, aimed at enhancing a competitive spirit and interaction among them.
Those interested can register online through the dedicated link (click here) and fill out the required data to join the training centers.
Each center will have a complete technical and administrative team, consisting of a head coach, a goalkeeper coach, a physical therapist, an administrator, in addition to a technical supervisor for each region, who will follow up the implementation of the training program and ensure the application of the technical curriculum approved by the Association, where the Jordan Football Association announced the opening of technical job vacancies through the website (click here).
The training sessions are held on the five-a-side football fields belonging to the Ministry of Youth and the Greater Amman Municipality, where the promising young players have three training sessions per week (Friday, Saturday, Tuesday), while the promising young female players train two days a week (Friday and Saturday).
The project will also create job opportunities for age-group coaches, and prepare a generation capable of supporting national teams in the future, in addition to stimulating the private sector to invest in sports social responsibility projects.
The Crown Prince directed during his chairing a meeting at the Jordan Football Association last week, directing the relaunch of the Prince Ali Centers for promising players with a new vision based on the highest standards for training programs and a wider inclusivity to cover all provinces.
It is worth mentioning that the Prince Ali Centers for promising players have been operating since the beginning of the millennium until the year 2015 and witnessed significant expansion during that period, reaching 30 centers distributed across various provinces of the Kingdom, where they contributed to the discovery and refinement of many football talents who continued their journey to represent national teams and clubs.
