ABSTRACT
The youth department of AFC Ajax has decided to use Athletic Skills Model (ASM) to develop an all-round athlete as the foundation for the football player. The ASM selected four areas of attention within the youth development programme at AFC Ajax: track and field, gymnastics, play and sports and judo. Together they have a diversity of fundamental motor patterns linked to the basic movement skills (BMS), the coordinative abilities (CA) and the conditions of movement (COM). These motor skills can be all connected to the ASM continuum for football. Socceraerobics was more than just a coordinative movement programme: it was fun because moving to music is fun, but it also provided variation in the football programme, which until then had a relatively one-dimensional approach to football training. A programme designed to enhance movement versatility for jumping and landing will be beneficial for children and adolescents who play football.
