‘If you want to go quickly, travel alone. If you want to go far, travel together, “
‘Together we stand strong’ is a statement that has been used over the centuries to inspire people to strive for a unity. Yet too often we forget how much power we have as a collective. Together you are always stronger. It was not possible to be more strict than this in Schellingwoude at ASV de Dijk, where the first ‘girls -hub’ was opened by the municipality of Amsterdam on Saturday morning and afternoon. Together with three other hubs, namely OSV (also Amsterdam Noord) Atletico Club Amsterdam And Southeast United they will serve as a flywheel. The coupled ‘girls above’ t IJ tournament for MO8 to MO13 ′ with a total of 400 participating players was a great success. The nominated alderman Sofyan Mbarki gave the presence at the end of the afternoon.
While Wytse van der Goot, father of two, sports reporter at Veronica, Ziggo Sport, ESPN and SBS, among others, it is easy to chat together and in between the ‘Hamburger-hub’ manages to promote the public, his members of the girls’ committee are actively acting on their cuttings and around the fields to ensure that the day runs stale. Football clubs Diemen‘s Graveland, De Dijk, SDW, SDZ, SVA, WV-HEDW, AC Amsterdam, IVV, Kadoelen, OSV, TOS-Actief, BFC, FC Weesp, SC’ t Gooi, AVV SwiftAFC IJburg and Sporting Krommenie are present, which ensures an old -fashioned football atmosphere with a DJ who provides appropriate music. Sometimes there is some care, there is absolute ambition, there is mainly a future. The pillars? “Making women/girls football bigger, more accessible, and girls who are still inactive recruiting plus strengthening the girl departments within all Amsterdam associations.” Because: the departments that are already there within the associations must expand and further anchor within the existing organization.
They see this at the dike too. ,, Statistics at the other club show that things are going pretty well in terms of intake. Also at De Dijk we now have a really nice girl department. But that is no longer enough. It is nice that we arrange it well, but the needs are greater than that. For many associations, or perhaps almost all, the boys are much bigger, which means that attention is also made. But it would be good if there was also attention for the playing girls. In practice, that is still quite a challenge. We are happy with the new initiative to designate some clubs like girls-hub so that they can play an example role for the rest for the coming years. Those associations can also grow to the next level. “
‘The associations will literally have to go into the neighborhood to find girls. That goes differently than with the boys, they almost automatically walk.‘
The hub has a specific goal, namely growing in the broadest sense of the word. The associations will literally have to go into the neighborhood to recruit. This is possible through the schools, which will soon know that there are certain girlshubs. The right thing about the plan is that it does not work for a year, but for a longer term. That sounds like a very good idea, because associations can now think about growth. That gives them time to build relationships in the neighborhood and to take the time for that. That of course does not work in one year. The intake is the pillar of the entire plan.
HJOs for girls’ football
In the eyes of the KNVB, the municipality of Amsterdam and all its partners, the board of the association has a board member for girls ‘football or there is a girls’ committee. From the municipality of Amsterdam, a girl’s hjo is financed and appointed as a pilot. Intention is signed. At De Dijk, Samya Hassani gets the lead in the HJO (Voetbal Coordinator) role. She only started football at the age of sixteen, although she played football on the street. Hassani made progress quickly, four years later she played in the Dutch Eredivisie and became Moroccan international. In 2024 Hassani made the switch to Fenerbahce, Turkish, but Hassani returned to Telstar for six months that will be absorbed in Hera United in the coming season when all the signals go green. The collaboration with the ROC, where Hassani follows the Sports and Exercise Sports course, the KNVB and other partners, will also ensure that there is guidance for (starting) trainers and more qualified trainers come to the field. Ultimately, De Dijk, OSV, Zuidoost United and Atletico will have to start supporting themselves, especially if the possibilities become the same as is the case with the boys. In any case, that is the ambition, but also a matter of the long breath and especially persist in the coming years.
Football -technical
The goal also seems to open even more girls hubs. These four associations can be a good example and boast. In any case, it is a great challenge. Not only will the attention be paid to football pedagogical climate, but also the football -technical side. Everything forms a part in the big picture.
No longer at the bottom of the agenda
While the words still penetrate during the girl tournament, especially the geniality along the line. Well, of course there is sometimes a parent ‘in foam basin’ along the line when it becomes very exciting, the voluntary football father with the flag in hand provides his daughter and her fellow players with professional tips (‘go higher’) but seems to be in the store anyway. That also sees one soccer mother With her adolescent son, happening in a sandwich between the competitions. Normally the sister was supporter, but this Saturday the roles were reversed and the big brother Supporter of his footballing sister: ,, I see it especially very positively; More and more girls are going to play football and they no longer bump after the boys. They are no longer at the bottom of the agenda and much more than before in the spotlights. For the boys there were always several tournaments, boys could train for several days and there is a selection. You see change slowly or rather improvement. My daughter plays in a nice team. At first she was in ballet, football actually didn’t like anything at all. But, after having been with her brother for years, she really enjoyed it. It is nice at the club, there is a nice atmosphere. It is getting better organized. Yes, the attention is now. There are, however, a lot of level differences within teams, that makes it more challenging. If more girls come, then it is also better to organize the level. I hope. That indeed means recruiting. ” Whether parents are involved in the annual input or girlfriends, but actively recruit.
‘We love playing football’
How do the playing girls actually look at themselves by a day like this? Three players from SDW MO13-1 from SDW have a lot of fun. ,, It is super fun to be able to play some extra matches after our competition matches. This is our second tournament this season. We have been playing at our association for about three years now. We also watch football on television. The best club after SDW? “Ajax of course!”
