The second he mentioned Johan Cruyff as his role model, I already knew this guy is an intellect in football. Johan Cruyff lives through his teachings and his contribution to the sport. Hands down the most revolutionary figure in football.
Yep. As Ruben said - "play - is childrens work". And I say we must think about it and learn from that. Adults must search for the work that thay can play, not accomplish.)
Change football by not making it so competitive and catered to young kids to begin with that are divided by age anyway. Pretty self evident that soccer (football) and all sports in general should be more accessible to the public and not just for people under 22 years of age then it’s pro or nothing. Backwards society.
What's needed is to eliminate cheating from the game. Players need to be penalised retro-actively (i.e after match analysis) for diving, shirt-pulling and heinous intentional fouling etc. Cheats are not the role-models that will change the world.
So basically use age ranges instead of by year Like Jamaica U14, U16, U19 so once u in the age range u can play If you are 13 and you are good enough you can play U16 or U19
This is a very good TEDTalk by Ruben Jongkind but do Ruben Jongkind Jasper Van Leeuwen & Wim Jonk at FC Volendam practise what Ruben is preaching here ? Not with the salaries of the FC Volendam youth trainers !
One more thing needs to be adressed. Football is a pretty traumatic sport (obviously, professional players train at the limit of their physical capabilities, participate in long matches and training sessions...) we can't change that. However, both children and teenagers and adults who play football unprofessionally, for fun themselves, in educational institutions or sports sections, regularly injure themselves and each other. Football is a contact sport, a serious injury can put an end to a career at an early age or professional stage. An injury that will heal, but the process will take time, can knock a child out of the training schedule for a long time. Because of this, it will be difficult for him to catch up with other players of the team, or maybe he will start to be afraid of the game because of the possibility of getting hurt... We need to find a working solution for that, one thet wont make a game less entertaining, but one that will work!
Soccer can change the world. By putting everyone to sleep from boredom, the crime rate will drop because no one is in the streets, and the use of all sorts of addictive sleep-inducing drugs will disappear.
This is things I have thought about since I stopped playing football way back when I was about 20. All your points is spot on! Great talk! Keep on fighting for more equal football, and let's focus on the KIDS having FUUUUUN!
I was so proud of the Russian and Ukrainian, amongst other, football teams who refused to take a knee to the Neo-marxist God during the Euro's. This is the kind of bravery the world needs going forward in the face of the self-righteous left-wing monster.
What’s so wrong for taking a knee to say “hey, racism goes on and there is no room for it, so it is a 0 tolerance situation”? That isn’t “Neo-Marxist”, that is called humane.
@@maxmac7845 not the rest of the world, but yes a majority calls it football, there are a few places that call it leg ball(in their own language) like Croatia, some places that call it kick ball(in their own language) like south Korea, some places call it soccer, and some places that call it either soccer or football Australia, Ireland, and Japan are some examples. Not just Americans call it soccer, and "the rest of the world" doesn't call it football.
you mean that one we all played as children for some reason adults get paid to play it so we watch them as adults instead of our own children who are also now... all playing the same game... are any of you pureBred fukpotatos even putting your big plastic ears on anymore?
@@Dimitris_Half You don’t understand the comment. I love a good meritocracy. But equity of course I hate, it’s an immoral concept propagated by children.
Jason, your comment provides nothing of value to anything. The speaker here works in one of the best football youth systems in the world. (If you are American: the guy is talking about soccer!). He is Head of Talent Development of Ajax Amsterdam, who are known in the entire world for their extra class talent academy. The Netherlands are a quite small country that produces top class players every year, thanks to people like the one who held this talk. And you sit on your chair extrapolating some reductive point from it that has nothing to do with the content of the video. The approach he proposes would be more based on merit rather than less! What merit is there in being born in January rather than in December? A 14 year old who is already better than some 15 or 16 year old players surely deserves to play on their level, so age-based systems, as the speaker describes, are less meritocratic. Think before you speak.
@Δ.Μ Wrong, equity is about making sure everybody ends up at the same level. I don’t care where everybody ends up I believe in equal treatment not different treatment so that we can have the same results.
I have heard it said before, but I did't pick up on it being mentioned by Ruben here, is that one of the biggest downsides the "relative age effect", is that the talent pool is artificially smaller as a result of it - how many Mini-Messies has the system failed to pick up because that gifted child was born too late in their year group? It makes a great deal of sense to one way or another soften the year group approach, not to be "fair" to all children, not to diffuse "meritocracy", but to increase the chances of the best players making it into the system, staying in the system, and developing to the highest standard they are capable of. Football benefits as a result of a system that increases the talent pools at all levels. Hats off to Ruben for pioneering so many improvement pathways. Football is lucky to have such thinkers.
The second he mentioned Johan Cruyff as his role model, I already knew this guy is an intellect in football. Johan Cruyff lives through his teachings and his contribution to the sport. Hands down the most revolutionary figure in football.
This is relevant in more fields than just football or even sports in general. Thank you!
Yep. As Ruben said - "play - is childrens work". And I say we must think about it and learn from that. Adults must search for the work that thay can play, not accomplish.)
“ I love football, if it weren’t for football, I wouldn’t be playing football today”
I wish someone put pressure on me to become the next cr7 or messi instead of pressuring me to study like Einstein ( yes I'm from India)
xD
Even Einstein is nothing infront of govt job
@@vishalsharma-pj7jr yess 😂😂😂
Fantastic presentation and absolutely vital points to improve youth sport, not just football 👏
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Change football by not making it so competitive and catered to young kids to begin with that are divided by age anyway. Pretty self evident that soccer (football) and all sports in general should be more accessible to the public and not just for people under 22 years of age then it’s pro or nothing. Backwards society.
What's needed is to eliminate cheating from the game. Players need to be penalised retro-actively (i.e after match analysis) for diving, shirt-pulling and heinous intentional fouling etc. Cheats are not the role-models that will change the world.
When players fall over at the slightest gust of wind and games are decided on whos the best actor the need for a video ref is well overdue.
@@Dimitris_Half I have for over 45 years and yes the gust of wind is real.
Jesus can change this world.
👏👏👏
So basically use age ranges instead of by year
Like Jamaica U14, U16, U19 so once u in the age range u can play
If you are 13 and you are good enough you can play U16 or U19
This is a very good TEDTalk by Ruben Jongkind
but do Ruben Jongkind Jasper Van Leeuwen & Wim Jonk at FC Volendam practise what Ruben is preaching here ?
Not with the salaries of the FC Volendam youth trainers !
Amazing Ruben, such a nice and interesting talk !
One more thing needs to be adressed. Football is a pretty traumatic sport (obviously, professional players train at the limit of their physical capabilities, participate in long matches and training sessions...) we can't change that. However, both children and teenagers and adults who play football unprofessionally, for fun themselves, in educational institutions or sports sections, regularly injure themselves and each other. Football is a contact sport, a serious injury can put an end to a career at an early age or professional stage. An injury that will heal, but the process will take time, can knock a child out of the training schedule for a long time. Because of this, it will be difficult for him to catch up with other players of the team, or maybe he will start to be afraid of the game because of the possibility of getting hurt... We need to find a working solution for that, one thet wont make a game less entertaining, but one that will work!
Great sir 👌👌
He made a Ted Lasso reference, that’s incredible.
If you like football so much host.. why don’t you talk about you playing and not kids rising though the “ranks” which is basically politics.
The best stage ever is TED.
Love 💕 you
Soccer can change the world.
By putting everyone to sleep from boredom, the crime rate will drop because no one is in the streets, and the use of all sorts of addictive sleep-inducing drugs will disappear.
This is things I have thought about since I stopped playing football way back when I was about 20. All your points is spot on! Great talk! Keep on fighting for more equal football, and let's focus on the KIDS having FUUUUUN!
It really starts with the higher ups abs positions in power first and for most.
Very good
Welcome to real life. Get on with it.
The game in all times
Montessori like the children school? any connection ?
You can see more on the connection with Montessori in the description.
@@candicevonderwehl796 thanks
Football unfortunately is ruled by money and overcompetitiveness. Unless that is tackled all dreams of equity will fail.
Exactly. Soccer and sports in general need to be forced upon the public like a job and family are. Simple as that.
Ohhhh soccer. Classic mix up. Yawn....next video.
I was so proud of the Russian and Ukrainian, amongst other, football teams who refused to take a knee to the Neo-marxist God during the Euro's. This is the kind of bravery the world needs going forward in the face of the self-righteous left-wing monster.
What’s so wrong for taking a knee to say “hey, racism goes on and there is no room for it, so it is a 0 tolerance situation”? That isn’t “Neo-Marxist”, that is called humane.
Also no one was forcing anyone to take a knee. So, "refusing" is adding a bit of inaccurate context.
@@brandonmiotke death to all that is woke.
Only MMA can change the 🌎 world.
Hi all, how can I contact TEDx Talks? Cheers
Ah yes football, the sport played with ones feet …🏈
He actually talks about soccer..
@@Golden5er Only Americas call it soccer. The rest of the world, football.
@@maxmac7845 not the rest of the world, but yes a majority calls it football, there are a few places that call it leg ball(in their own language) like Croatia, some places that call it kick ball(in their own language) like south Korea, some places call it soccer, and some places that call it either soccer or football Australia, Ireland, and Japan are some examples. Not just Americans call it soccer, and "the rest of the world" doesn't call it football.
you mean that one we all played as children for some reason adults get paid to play it so we watch them as adults instead of our own children who are also now... all playing the same game... are any of you pureBred fukpotatos even putting your big plastic ears on anymore?
@@SakuraShuuichi yes they do, Only americans call it soccer
*soccer
~ Football, except its a shockingly relevant metaphor for good economic stewardship.
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@@blair5475 thanks man. You too
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Title is an oxymoron. If football must first be changed, then it can't change the world.
I think it was done on purpose
damn saw the title and was exited to watch a ted talk about football just to see a video about soccer
It is football
@@footballheritage942 they mean American football
OMG, I can’t listen to this. Oh no a meritocracy!!!
@@Dimitris_Half You don’t understand the comment. I love a good meritocracy. But equity of course I hate, it’s an immoral concept propagated by children.
Jason, your comment provides nothing of value to anything. The speaker here works in one of the best football youth systems in the world. (If you are American: the guy is talking about soccer!). He is Head of Talent Development of Ajax Amsterdam, who are known in the entire world for their extra class talent academy.
The Netherlands are a quite small country that produces top class players every year, thanks to people like the one who held this talk. And you sit on your chair extrapolating some reductive point from it that has nothing to do with the content of the video.
The approach he proposes would be more based on merit rather than less! What merit is there in being born in January rather than in December? A 14 year old who is already better than some 15 or 16 year old players surely deserves to play on their level, so age-based systems, as the speaker describes, are less meritocratic.
Think before you speak.
@Sascha Husenbeth You could be right, I had to stop listening because you sounded like one of those people who wanted to give every kid a trophy.
@Δ.Μ Wrong, equity is about making sure everybody ends up at the same level. I don’t care where everybody ends up I believe in equal treatment not different treatment so that we can have the same results.
Ooooohhhh soccer, i thought he meant actual football
You mean rugby right
He is talking about actual football. U r talking about a game which only Americans play which is rugby
I have heard it said before, but I did't pick up on it being mentioned by Ruben here, is that one of the biggest downsides the "relative age effect", is that the talent pool is artificially smaller as a result of it - how many Mini-Messies has the system failed to pick up because that gifted child was born too late in their year group? It makes a great deal of sense to one way or another soften the year group approach, not to be "fair" to all children, not to diffuse "meritocracy", but to increase the chances of the best players making it into the system, staying in the system, and developing to the highest standard they are capable of. Football benefits as a result of a system that increases the talent pools at all levels.
Hats off to Ruben for pioneering so many improvement pathways. Football is lucky to have such thinkers.