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G&G FC Podcast: #14 – Tom Byer on Japan's Football Revolution

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In this special episode, we sit down with Tom Byer — the man behind Japan’s grassroots technical revolution — to unpack how one of Asia’s most successful football nations built its player pipeline from the ground up. Tom explains the science behind early skill development, and why Australia’s national curriculum may have gone wrong. We explore how to create a culture of ball mastery and what Australia can do if it wants to close the growing talent gap.

Whether you're a parent, coach, or just a fan, this episode will change how you think about youth football.



 
Bonus clips a short of what this looks like in practice

Tom Byers football program given for free here

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Get Started The following skills are the basic foundation of ball mastery. Parents are encouraged to spend time with their children for them to learn how to manipulate the ball with their feet. Cre…
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I've been thinking of starting a rivals watch thread. Japan are impressive. The weight of player movements to Europe is huge. They almost can't help not have some perform.

This transfer period.

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You have to admire Japan in the way they have progressed in football, and it has been thoroughly deserved.

When the Japanese do something, they do it right, and with football they are getting it right, by setting up a very competitive league ie. The J-League, the hiring of good foreign coaches, and the way they develop their players.
 
Good listen, we should always looking at ways in improving the sport at all levels so why not improve from what we currently have and add further parts.

Japanese football has come along way, I still think they are at least 10 years away from competing for a World Cup but they closer more than ever before too.
 
Great podcast guys, very well worth the listen.. Dispels some of the often repeated myths being thrown around about the need for a national curriculum and Australia producing technical players.. Who would have thought that "Club and culture" are as important to developing player skill as money is? lol.

The Coerver method is as old as the hills, it seems and it was implemented in Japan so succesfully BECAUSE they didnt have the club structure and the general football culture of other successful football nations.. As Tom mentions frequently, the aim is to have children ENTER the club system with already developed fundamental technical skills... the CLUB is then responsible with developing tactical nous and game experience... Japan used Coerver (as did many other developing countries) as a replacement for the favelas, barrios, slum and 5-a-side pitches of countries where football is a lived and breathed religion.. the result is the same...
 
Consider also.
Baseball is no1 followed by Sumo (call it AFL/NRL) then football followed by other popular sports ie golf/tennis - they have had top tennis (W) and golf have a shedload in both mens/womens top circuits.
Also there sure wouldn't be the Gov bias.
What is the budget of sports in Japan?
The Japan Sports Agency (JSA), established in 2015 as the primary body for sport policy under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, operates with a significant budget of ¥180 billion (approximately $1.24 billion USD).

haha look at the $$$'s and this is old intel.

MSC Coerver agree is good, been around here for sometime - my daughter went into it SAP/Rep.
I wonder how Japan implemented it regards to "cost" down to local clubs, below is 2023 basic cost cover 3/4mths
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U8-U16
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$400.00
 
LFC said:
Consider also.
Baseball is no1 followed by Sumo (call it AFL/NRL) then football followed by other popular sports ie golf/tennis - they have had top tennis (W) and golf have a shedload in both mens/womens top circuits.
Also there sure wouldn't be the Gov bias.
What is the budget of sports in Japan?
The Japan Sports Agency (JSA), established in 2015 as the primary body for sport policy under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, operates with a significant budget of ¥180 billion (approximately $1.24 billion USD).

haha look at the $$$'s and this is old intel.

MSC Coerver agree is good, been around here for sometime - my daughter went into it SAP/Rep.
I wonder how Japan implemented it regards to "cost" down to local clubs, below is 2023 basic cost cover 3/4mths
age.png

U8-U16
dlor.png

$400.00
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I would not say Baseball & Sumo are at same level to AFL & NRL.

AFL has complete dominance in their heartland & Rugby league is very strong in NSW & QLD.

While I agree baseball & Sumo are bigger sports than football, it's not that much bigger, especially Sumo.
 
it was just figuritively speaking comparo robbos......

Main thing is even before the JSA was set up in 2015 they spread their $'s of support much fairier than anything we have Gov wise And they set their PLAN football wise unlike our pockapoop runnings of the last 50yrs incl right now.
 
Robbos said:
I would not say Baseball & Sumo are at same level to AFL & NRL.

AFL has complete dominance in their heartland & Rugby league is very strong in NSW & QLD.

While I agree baseball & Sumo are bigger sports than football, it's not that much bigger, especially Sumo.
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Mate baseball is HUGE in Japan #1 sport by miles.....

They get 6 millions viewers to a High School competition .. just mind blowing stuff...

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What fuels the Japanese high school baseball dream?

Around the world high school baseball stands are filled with friends and parents of the athletes. However, Japanese high school baseball is completely unlike any other country. Over 6 million viewers tune in to the most renowned Japanese high school baseball tournament, Koshien. During the...
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LFC said:
it was just figuritively speaking comparo robbos......

Main thing is even before the JSA was set up in 2015 they spread their $'s of support much fairier than anything we have Gov wise And they set their PLAN football wise unlike our pockapoop runnings of the last 50yrs incl right now.
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100% agree with our pathetic running of football in the last 50 years & people wonder why in 2006 we were equal to them & today we are so far behind. Football Investment.
 
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Monoethnic Social Club said:
Mate baseball is HUGE in Japan #1 sport by miles.....

They get 6 millions viewers to a High School competition .. just mind blowing stuff...

isshinternational.org

What fuels the Japanese high school baseball dream?

Around the world high school baseball stands are filled with friends and parents of the athletes. However, Japanese high school baseball is completely unlike any other country. Over 6 million viewers tune in to the most renowned Japanese high school baseball tournament, Koshien. During the...
isshinternational.org
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Yes, but football is growing & growing very fast.
 
Robbos said:
100% agree with our pathetic running of football in the last 50 years & people wonder why in 2006 we were equal to them & today we are so far behind. Football Investment.
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its not JUST investment mate, thats the point of Byer's comments... Alot of it has to do with football culture.. Japanese society almost completely changed their way of thinking about the sport of football and how it fits in to their society.. Here, we are like the US, football is seen as an entertainment option ....

In the US it will always be an after school activity for kids and here it will always be "wogball".....
 
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