The detection from football

Many people still remember about the FIFA Confederations Cup in June 2005 in Germany. We were impressed with the comments of the Japanese national players. They respect not only developing techniques but also raising consciousness by each of them. We sympathize with their way of thinking. The comments have proven their �gprofessionalism�h that most of them do have. In the football world in Japan, the environment surrounding athletes and coaches has reached �gthe professional level�h generating significant difference from other sports including the volleyball society.

The football society in Japan has the environment for learning and coaching their own sport, which has worldwide communications. The information demanded by Japanese coaches are provided through the foreign coaches those belong to the J-League teams, and this system seems to fit into young football athletes. The era in which most coaches had concentrated on only spirit, gut, stimulating that we used to see has been over. The attitude of trying to figure out how to make your own athletes concentrate on training with high level of consciousness should be the critical element to get success in the future on the international stage.