Attended a workshop lasting about 4 hours at the Football Association building at 2:00 PM on the 6th, “It is important to quickly convey MIK policies to field leaders.”
While the Korea Football Association held a workshop on the Korean Football Technology Philosophy (MIK), Hong Myung-bo, head coach of the men’s national football team, participated and presented the importance of linking national teams at all levels and the steps for applying game models. On the
6th at 2 PM, the Korea Football Association held a MIK workshop for about 4 hours in the conference room on the 2nd floor of the Football Association Building in Jongno-gu, Seoul.
The workshop was attended by about 30 people, including Coach Hong, Technical Director Lee Im-saeng, coaches of national teams by age group, full-time coaches, full-time instructors, and performance analysts from the Technical Headquarters of the Korea Football Association.
Before the full-scale workshop, Director Lee emphasized continuity, saying, “Now, we need to go together with the national team as one Korean soccer team, not as the individual teams of the coaches.” Based on the
game videos he personally experienced while leading the professional soccer K League 1 Ulsan HD, Coach Hong explained the process of creating opportunities in the central and flank areas, maintaining the gap between players, and developing counterattacks. He also suggested eight steps
for successful application of the game model: ▲game model ▲setting training objectives ▲applying the game model to training ▲implementing actual games ▲regular meetings ▲monitoring (linking training to games) ▲evaluation (how much of the trained model was implemented in games?) ▲providing guidelines to the field.
The workshop ended after the participants had discussions by group, presented the results and future plans, and collected suggestions. Coach Hong said, “It was good to have time to talk with former coaches. I shared my game models and how I would operate the game through my experiences and videos.” He added, “It wasn’t easy to have these conversations with the national teams of each age group on site. It was a great opportunity to talk about why we need to have continuity and connection.” He emphasized, “I talked about the concerns of national team coaches by age group while experiencing as the coach of the U-20, U-23, and national teams. Right now, as the national team, it is most important to take the lead in implementing the MIK policy and quickly convey it to the coaches on the ground.” Lee Chang-won, the coach of the men’s U-20 national team, said, “It is right for national teams by age group to follow the national team. I think that developing together with a big picture is very important for the development of Korean soccer. I fully agree with the part about pursuing aggressive, forward-looking soccer.” Kim In-wan, a full-time instructor at the leadership training course, said, “It was a meaningful event where we could bring out the MIK technical philosophy and the Korean soccer model to know exactly what direction we should take and play good soccer with unity from the national team to the national team by age group,” and announced that he would apply MIK to coaching education. After taking office, Coach Hong visited Busan to see the U-19 national team as his first official domestic activity, and then participated in the MIK workshop to meet with coaches of national teams at all levels. He is planning the foundation for the long-term development of Korean soccer, which he mentioned during his inaugural press conference. However, criticism of the Korea Football Association, Coach Hong, and Chairman Chung Mong-gyu continues. Hong Myung-bo will begin his journey toward advancing to the finals for the 11th consecutive time by entering the third round of the Asian region qualifiers for the ‘2026 FIFA World Cup North and Central America’ in September. 파워볼사이트
