Youth Football In China
China has three systems through which youth can participate in organised association football, football: the school system, the National Youth Football Training Centre, and the professional system. Historically, youth football in China began its modern rise in the early 1980s under Deng Xiaoping, but this excitement died down before the end of the decade. Youth football has recently seen another boom under Xi Jinping, especially with the 2015 Football Reform Plan. History Ancient The ancient game of ''cuju'' was played by both adults and children. Start of modern rise (c. 1980 - 2012) Chinese youth football rose to political prominence under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping, who pursued an Open Door Policy, open door policy, which allowed for an increase in Westernization, western influence within the country. Similarly, the introduction of the Workweek and weekend, 5-day work week boosted football interest due to the ensuing activity gap. Officials saw the potential fina ...
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Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ...
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