Welcome and thank you for taking the time to visit our website. We are at the beginning of establishing a football academy to operate in South Sudan. In order to achieve this aim, it is important that we start with raising awareness in the community through the provision of a football program in Australia. Therefore, I wholeheartedly invite you to support the Nile Football Program here in Australia as we work on the logistic for the Nile Football Academy in South Sudan. We take your child’s individual learning very serious and important. Our core values are to cultivate the best out of your child’s talent and prepare them for future career in Football. We believe that a child needs to develop his/her physical, psychological, emotional and social skills to be able to make it into professional football career; therefore our programs target these areas of a child’s development. We work day and night to research, trial and gather information for the betterment of your child’s talent.
I hope that we will get the same commitment from you to enable us to achieve our goal, which is to develop your child’s talent.
Join us today and let us build a future for South Sudan, moreover, a future for your child!!
Regards,
Abraham Ajhok Kuol,
CEO, Nile Football Academy
The aims of the Nile Football Program are to:
Nile Football Program (NFP) is a registered not-for-profit organisation. Its head office is in Sydney and there are plans to open other branches across Australia.
A world-class football program that promotes leadership and social cohesion
Our mission is two-fold:
Our coaching philosophy guides our work with football players and coaches. It comprises of four elements:
Many of the players may not have access to football programs and support in maintaining a healthy lifestyle if it were not through NFP.
Players will be mentored on how to respond and develop resilience in addressing life issues. This may include learning how to manage, racism and developing appropriate conflict resolution skills. Players will be mentored to broaden their minds to what opportunities lie ahead with and beyond football.
This includes promoting volunteerism, leadership and teamwork. Parents will be mentored on how to develop healthy relationships with their children (the players). They will also be encouraged to identify and support their children’s talents. In addition, NFP will contribute towards breaking down social exclusion by providing opportunities for players to interact with the wider Australian community, and in turn open their network of friends and colleagues.
In order for coaches to bring out the best in players, they will work to understand individual players and identify specific approaches to coach each player. Coaches and players will work in partnership to make each training session and game relevant and enjoyable.
Our coaching philosophy is underpinned by seven values:
Abraham Ajhok Kuol
Abraham has over 30 years experience in the football industry as a player and as a coach at national and international levels. He has also spearheaded the development and promotion of a number of football programs in Australia and in Kenya. Abraham was the head coach of Football United Program that became a success in Sydney Australia. As a result, he was awarded a free ticket to the 2010 South African World Cup. He also coached a group of young Australians to the FIFA 2010 World Cup Youth street soccer. Abraham also managed the South Sudanese Football Association in NSW in Australia. The program was later developed into Western Sydney Multicultural Football Program under Abraham’s leadership. Prior to coming to Australia, Abraham was one of the coaches at the Kenyan Ligi Ndogo Academy in Nairobi. Has played more than 400 games at international, national, provincial, district and school levels. Abraham’s vast accomplishments are evident through the numerous championships he and his teams have won.
Dor Akech Achiek
Dor has graduate qualifications and significant work experience in human resource and project management. He has led a number of projects and initiatives in Australia in the areas of youth development, community and children services, along with coaching and mentoring young football players in Western Sydney, Australia.
Click HERE to download a membership form
We invite you to support us through:
Contact details for the Nile Football Program:
23A Portico Parade
Toongabbie NSW 2146
Ph: +61432220744
M: +61470119924
E: abrahamajok@gmail.com
Nile Football Academy is a football program, which provides player development, grassroots football coaching and community building initiatives through football philosophy. Nile Football Academy emerged out of the dire need to foster football development among South Sudanese Youth at local, national and international level. The activities we offer include; coaching, mentoring, selling and buying gears, storage, workshops, tours/camps, tournaments, football registration and services relevant to football customers. Nile Football Academy is an instrument of rebuilding society and producing future elite athletes for South Sudanese football
A world-class football academy that develops and promotes football athletes
To train and inspire football athletes to reach their potential as professional football players by developing their physical, psychological, social and technical abilities
Our coaching philosophy is four-fold:
Players will be encourage to drink plenty of water, avoiding junk food and be active in their day-to-day activities.
Having the right mind-set on and off the football field is important. Players are to be dedicated and maintain a positive attitude and to be composed under pressure. Players will be mentored on how to respond and develop resilience in addressing life issues. This may include learning how to managing things such as racism, developing mental toughness and appropriate conflict resolution skills. Players will be mentored in such as way that they learn how to broaden their minds to what opportunities lay ahead, within and beyond football.
This includes promoting volunteerism, leadership and teamwork.
Parents will be mentored on how to develop healthy relationships with their children (the players). They will also be encouraged to identify and support their children’s talents. In addition, NFP will contribute towards breaking down social exclusion by providing opportunities for players to interact with the wider Australian community, and in turn open their network of friends and colleagues.
Skills and technique are essential to inspire creativity, excitement and entertainment. African children are taught to play football with a rag ball[1]. This ball is extremely difficult to manoeuvre. All players within the academy will learn how to play with a rag doll within the first 6-8 weeks of enrolment. Many African coaches believe that the ability to successfully manoeuvre a rag ball is a predictor of advanced ball handling prowess.
NFA will promote the unique African goal keeping style, which is different to goal keeping styles used in other parts of the world. The goalkeepers will be taught how to follow the direction of the ball and not the direction of the player’s foot. There are also techniques in control and passing that are unique among African football players, which NFP will cultivate. Players will also be encouraged to embrace their coach’s ideas but also to be creative.
Our coaching philosophy is underpinned by seven values:
[1] A rag ball is made out of paper and plastic bags. The ball does not bounce and does not have any air inside.
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Abraham Ajhok Kuol
Abraham has over 30 years experience in the football industry as a player and as a coach at national and international levels. He has also spearheaded the development and promotion of a number of football programs in Australia and in Kenya. Abraham was the head coach of Football United Program that became a success in Sydney Australia. As a result, he was awarded a free ticket to the 2010 South African World Cup. He also coached a group of young Australians to the FIFA 2010 World Cup Youth street soccer. Abraham also managed the South Sudanese Football Association in NSW in Australia. The program was later developed into Western Sydney Multicultural Football Program under Abraham’s leadership. Prior to coming to Australia, Abraham was one of the coaches at the Kenyan Ligi Ndogo Academy in Nairobi. Has played more than 400 games at international, national, provincial, district and school levels. Abraham’s vast accomplishments are evident through the numerous championships he and his teams have won.
Dor Akech Achiek
Dor has graduate qualifications and significant work experience in human resource and project management. He has led a number of projects and initiatives in Australia in the areas of youth development, community and children services, along with coaching and mentoring young football players in Western Sydney, Australia.
Click HERE to download a membership form
We invite you to support us through:
Contact details for the Nile Football Academy:
23A Portico Parade
Toongabbie NSW 2146
Ph: +61432220744
M: +61470119924
Dor Akech Achiek, Ambassador and Relations Manager
Mob: +61 470 603 877
Email: ambassador@nilefootballacademy.com
South Sudan Office, Juba
Mob: +211954630725
Email: Opmanager@nilefootballacademy.com
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