Canberra turns out for Frank Farina.

Frank Farina with Capital Football's Alex Butt

Over 100 people turned out at the AIS on Friday night to get some junior coaching tips from Former Socceroo Coach Frank Farina.


Farina, who has just returned from 10 day scouting mission to Brazil for his Queensland Roar side said, “I enjoy getting back to the grassroots. I’m involved with the professional game all the time. For me these TipTop seminars give me a chance to talk to Junior Coaches and I enjoy that.”





With the Brumbies playing next door, it was an impressive turnout of men and women eager to get a few tips for their children.

Farina emphasied, “there is no-one way to coach kids. A lot of what you hear from me is just my opinion. Somebody else may have other ideas that work just as well or better.
“It’s about making it fun for the kids, helping them improve their skills and enjoy the game,” said Farina.

The seminar was split into three parts.

Farina laid out a suggested philosophy, and coaching session structures.
Then he put the junior coaches to the test. Enabling them to show off their skills and learn a few new drills.

Finally there was an open questions session where Farina took questions from ‘how to motivate young people’ to ‘would his trip to Brazil score any results.’

“Hopefully we’ve got two Brazilian players coming to the Roar next season,” said Farina.

Central Coast Mariners Lawrie McKinna and Matildas Tom Sermanni will present further coaching seminars in the coming months. Watch the Capital Football website for details

You can hear an interview with Frank Farina on the Nearpost Radio show this week 2XX 98.3FM 6:30-7:30pm Tuesday or catch it on the podcast on this site on Wednesday.