For this, the Ukrainian Football Association (UAF) gathered representatives of regional associations responsible for training coaches. The main goal is to announce strategic changes aimed at developing a professional environment for coaches across the country. Pavlo Boychuk, the first vice-president of the Ukrainian Association of Football, also joined the meeting.

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The UAF team presented an updated unified training program for coaches, created based on modern approaches. Considering best practices, the program is aimed at raising the level of coaching education and changing the mindset of instructors, focusing on quality preparation of specialists.

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“We are building a unified training system that will raise the level of coach education and simultaneously ensure quality preparation for young football players across Ukraine. It is at this age that the foundations of football are laid — those basic skills and values that become the foundation for further development of athletes. Therefore, it is important for us to unite efforts with regions, support them at every stage of implementing the program, and control its quality implementation. So that in the future such changes in children's and youth football help form a new generation of players with a strong knowledge base and skills.” — noted the head of the UAF’s children and youth football department, Bohdan Horodnyuk.