Women’s Football Review
OVERVIEW
Football NSW participated in the FFA Women’s National Competition Review working group in
September 2012. Recommendations and feedback by the Member Federations were collated and
the FFA outcomes paper was presented to Member Federations in November 2012.
The paper documents nine (9) recommendations under five (5) categorised topics. Similarly to the
2012 Competitions Review considering Men’s elite football pathways and competitions, FNSW will
enlist a panel of Football Community representatives to debate the outcomes of the FFA National
Women’s Competition Review in the NSW context.
The purpose of the FNSW Women’s Football Review is to consider the existing structure,
composition and viability of the Women’s Premier and State League Competitions, the various Cups
and knockout competitions held by Football NSW and the Girls State titles and their link to National
Competitions and ascertain any ways to improve the product and opportunity provided to female
participants in the State.
TERMS OF REFERENCE
The following Terms of Reference were developed to seek FNSW specific outcomes measured
against the key outcomes of the FFA Women’s Competition Review.
1. Review current FNSW talented player competitions in football and futsal, including age groups,
number of teams and leagues.
2. Review the format for Promotion and Relegation between Premier and State League?
3. Review implementation of a Player Point System to the WPL and WSL.
4. Review integration of Male and Female structures within clubs.
5. Review minimum coaching standards across WPL, WSL and Futsal.
6. Review current talented player development programs
7. Review FNSW Women’s cup competitions
8. Explore ways to link grassroots female players through WPL / WSL to W-League clubs and
Matildas (i.e. community engagement).
9. Review Women’s football in grassroots competitions
10. Review access to coaching opportunities for women in all football and futsal
11. Review access to referee opportunities for women
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FOOTBALL COMMUNITY SUBMISSIONS
Football NSW invites constituent submissions relating to the Women’s Football Review panel terms
of reference. This feedback will provide relevant background information to the Women’s Football
Review panel that are responsible for developing a proposal for FNSW Board consideration.
Football NSW is committed to ensuring the final proposal to the FNSW Board provides an
appropriate framework for the administration of Women’s Football in NSW and clarity for all
members. Football community participation is vital to ensuring this outcome is met, and we are
thankful for people’s time in making submissions.
All submissions from the Football Community must be emailed to
[email protected] by close of business on Friday 19th April 2013.
Please send as a word document – DO NOT PDF
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1. Review current FNSW talented player competitions in football and futsal, including age
groups, number of teams and leagues.
a) Football
What do you believe is the optimal structure (i.e. number of leagues and teams per league) for FNSW
Women’s Premier and State League Competitions? Why?
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What do you believe are the optimal age grades for the FNSW Women’s Premier and State Leagues?
(noting the age groups of U13, U15, U17, Reserve Grand and 1st Grade have been recommended by
FFA to align with the National Youth Team Age Groups).
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b) Futsal
What do you believe is the optimal structure (i.e. number of leagues and teams per league) for FNSW
Women’s Premier and State League Competitions? Why?
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Do you believe the current format of combining male and female competition (including promotion
and relegation) best serves development of female futsal? Please provide reasoning.
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2. Review the format for Promotion and Relegation between Premier and State League?
What do you believe is the optimal format for promotion and relegation between Women’s Premier
and State League?
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Should all ages within the competition count towards club championship points? If so, should the
points be weighted? Please provide reasoning?
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Do you have any other recommendations for the promotion relegation system, i.e. number of teams
promoted, decoupling of senior and youth etc.
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3. Review implementation of a Player Point System to the WPL and WSL.
Do you believe that a Player Point System should be applied to WPL or WSL?
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Do you believe that the model applied to the National Premier League’s for Men is an appropriate
base line for developing a Player Points System for the WPL and WSL?
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4. Review integration of Male and Female structures within clubs.
a) Football
Do you believe that women’s football should be aligned with the IGA National Premier league Men’s
1 and Supa IGA National Premier League Men’s 2?
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Is there an existing NPL club that you are/could be aligned with?
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b) Futsal
Do you believe that women’s Premier and State League futsal should be aligned with the men’s
program as per the current format?
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If not, what do you believe the optimal format for futsal is in providing clubs for female players?
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5) Review minimum coaching standards across WPL, WSL and Futsal.
a) Football
What are the current coaching qualifications held within your club?
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What coach accreditation requirements should be in place at each age grade and league?
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b) Futsal
What are the current coaching qualifications held within your club?
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What coach accreditation requirements should be in place at each age grade and league?
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6. Review current talented player development programs
Do you believe the current FNSW talented player development programs are appropriate and
successful? (i.e. FNSW Institute, State teams, state titles etc)
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Is a “girls only” SAP program (years below the WPL and WSL competition commencing, down to U9)
feasible within your club?
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Does your Club or Association have a current female development program?
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What obligations to talent development should Associations and clubs have on a uniform basis?
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What do you believe is the optimal model for talented player development for females in the state?
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7. Review FNSW Women’s cup competitions
Do you believe the current schedule of cups and tournaments provides an appropriate development
and identification opportunity for FNSW talented female players across all age groups?
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Do you believe FNSW needs a new schedule of talented player development tournaments or cups? If
so, in what way should the schedule differ?
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Do you believe FNSW needs a new schedule of participation tournaments or cups? If so, in what way
should the schedule differ?
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8. Explore ways to link grassroots female players through WPL / WSL to W-League clubs and
Matildas (i.e. community engagement).
What programs could FNSW, its’ football Associations and clubs implement to create better links to
the Westfield W-League and Matildas?
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Is there currently any engagement by W-League clubs and National Teams with your club? If so
please elaborate.
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What engagement would you like to see from W-League clubs and National Teams with your club?
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9. Review Women’s football in grassroots competitions
What programs can we implement to promote and build female numbers in grassroots football?
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What programs can we implement to retain female players on grassroots football?
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What are the impacts at grassroots level when girls are identified to play at an elite level? How do
we sustain female only grassroots competitions when talented players leave to participate in
talented player development programs and Women’s Premier League and State League.
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10. Review access to coaching opportunities for women in all football and futsal
Within your club or association, how many accredited female coaches do you have currently
coaching?
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What are your thoughts on requiring that the Technical Director or First Grade coach at and
Association or club must be female?
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Do you believe that female only courses will motivate more female coaches to attend education
courses? Why?
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11. Review access to referee opportunities for women
What programs can we implement to recruit and retain female referees?
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Do you believe that female only courses will motivate more female coaches to attend education
courses? Why?
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Do you believe that requiring female referees (where enough female referees are available) is
beneficial to the WPL, WSL and grassroots football competitions?
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Any additional comments
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