Reporter Chen Yong reports On July 20, CCTV's "Football Night" broadcast a feature film "The Current Situation of Football Specialty Students: Confidence and Worry", which explored the problem of the upward channel of Chinese campus football through interviews with the first Centennial Famous School Cup and the Centennial Famous School Principals Forum.

"Because my child was born prematurely, I initially let him play football for exercise, and I didn't consider going to school at that time, but then I went to the city team in junior high school, got a second-level athlete certificate, and got the opportunity to go to Hefei No. 1 Middle School to study and play football. I made many attempts about his future, including going to Evergrande Football School for a trial, and I passed it at that time, but finally chose to study and play football in Hefei No. 1 Middle School. Shao Xu, the father of Hefei No. 1 Middle School player Shao Boxuan, said in an interview with CCTV.

Hefei No. 1 Middle School Principal Feng Baoan, has always been for Shao Boxuan and other children's future appeal, in the centennial school principal forum, Feng Baoan talked about the current campus football ascent channel problems, first of all, the level of high-level athletes from the previous level two to the first level, increased the difficulty of high-level athletes to go to school, followed by the level of the first athlete level certificate is getting more and more difficult, which also affects the confidence of parents. He also called on all parties to increase the opportunities for certified campus football matches.

The national level has been working hard to promote the development and improvement of the rising channel in recent years, and has made corresponding progress recently, among which the training of primary and junior high schools tends to be perfect and mature, and the enrollment of universities and colleges and universities is also fully promoted.

This summer, Jinan Campus Football is ready to carry out a positive exploration, Jinan Youth Campus Football Development Fund launched the "Quanquan (Quan) City Looking for Outstanding Football Talents" public welfare football training camp, select primary school graduates who are about to enter junior high school to kick football, through the summer vacation public welfare football training camp, to further stimulate their interest in football, to explore the "12-year-old retirement phenomenon" solution.

"We have been doing regular summer camps, including the "Campus Football and Professional Youth Training Integration Summer Camp" jointly organized by us and Shandong Taishan Football Club in August, which is also in preparation, but the Jinan Municipal Education Bureau has been paying attention to the phenomenon of retirement at the age of 12. This public welfare football training camp is mainly selected for students who have graduated from primary school, hoping to keep their love for football through the summer vacation and explore the problem of retirement at the age of 12. Li Cheng, who is also the person in charge of logistics support for the first Centennial Famous School Cup, told reporters.

At present, in the rising channel of the development of campus football in China, the enrollment of small schools and colleges and universities is two key stages, the two complement each other, from the logical relationship, only to solve the enrollment problem of colleges and universities, in order to give more confidence to the parents of campus football, and then solve the problem of 12-year-old retirement phenomenon of small promotion. On the contrary, at this stage from junior high school to high school, campus football basically remains stable.

The phenomenon of retirement at the age of 12, in addition to the confidence of parents, is actually affected by the policies of primary, junior and senior high schools in various places, but the current problems at the policy level are gradually being resolved. Taking the national football development key cities as an example, at present, 16 key football cities have laid out the "631 policy", that is, each district and county has built at least 6 primary schools, 3 junior high schools and 1 high school smooth upward channel.

Jinan City is currently applying for the national football development key city, Jinan Municipal Education Bureau Deputy Director Song Yu interpreted Jinan City's through training: "Jinan campus football focuses on solving the problem of retirement at the age of 12, establishing a system of primary, junior and senior high schools that connect with each other, promoting the 631 one-stop enrollment and training mechanism, and allowing outstanding players to follow the school team when they are promoted to junior high school" one-stop layout of the school's cross-school district reasonable flow, so that the city's 10 districts and counties cover 100 schools. The second is to establish a "pilot project for football reserve talents" for the enrollment of ordinary high schools, set out a separate enrollment plan, expand the autonomy of school enrollment, and add exceptional admission conditions for students with particularly excellent football specialties, so as to open up the channel for football students to go on to higher education. ”

Licheng District of Jinan City is led by Licheng No. 2 Middle School, the establishment of Licheng District School Football Office, the overall development of football in the whole district has reached 41 schools, 39 schools with men's school teams, 31 schools with women's school teams, and at the same time created a total of 4 groups of primary and junior high school boys and girls campus football leagues, with 67 participating teams.

The reporter also learned during the interview of the first Centennial Famous School Cup that the city where the relevant high school teams are located, the enrollment of high school football students has corresponding policies, such as Chongqing Tongliang Middle School, which has a history of 117 years, they can enroll students independently in the city, "It's just that we are not a school in the main urban area, and the competitiveness is slightly insufficient, Chongqing Fengmingshan Middle School and Chongqing No. 8 Middle School are more attractive, but through our own efforts, our school's campus football has also made great progress." Wang Jian, head coach of Chongqing Tongliang Middle School, said.

With a history of 140 years, Hengyang No. 1 Middle School, as a key middle school in Hengyang, can also enroll students independently in the district, but they are actually confused, that is, many children will go to Changsha to study and play football after graduating from primary school.

These confusions of Chongqing Tongliang Middle School and Hunan Hengyang No. 1 Middle School are actually only confusions at the competitive level, which in turn means that the upward channel of small and junior high schools has gradually opened. Of course, there are more non-football key cities, as well as cities with poor campus football, there may also be various problems, but the upward channel model of small junior high schools is actually relatively mature.

In order to completely solve the phenomenon of retirement at the age of 12, all parties need to work together, the primary and junior high school access is one of them, through the comprehensive training of cultural courses and moral education, changing the stereotype of sports students is another aspect, and at the policy level, improving the college enrollment mechanism is the main work at present.

On March 19, the Ministry of Education announced the results of the filing and approval of undergraduate majors in ordinary colleges and universities, and the "football major" was established in 30 colleges and universities, and the specific development measures of campus football were fully implemented. In the relevant plan, the number of colleges and universities enrolling "football majors" in 2025 will further increase.

At the level of college enrollment, relevant parties are working hard to promote the football enrollment of "985 universities" and "211 universities", as a key guiding policy for the upward channel. This point is indeed the key to solving the anxiety of parents, and the leadership of the head colleges and universities is very important, and the value of improving parents' confidence is extremely huge.

On the other hand, like the general college entrance examination admissions, the number of students entering the top universities is still a minority, so another practical question for the education department to consider is where more children should go to school.

More explorations are also being actively underway, and there are three main modes: "3+4" mode, namely:High School/Sports Schooland undergraduate colleges and universities; "3+2" model, that is, the continuous training of colleges and universities; "3+2+2 mode", ieHigh School/Sports School/Secondary Vocational School, colleges and universities and undergraduate colleges and universities.

The above model is the same as the enrollment of high-level athletes, there are certain policy barriers, and there is a trend of tightening, but at the level of campus football, the pilot is advancing, taking "3+4" as an example, the pilot is currently mainly promoted in sports colleges. In June 2024, with the approval of the Ministry of Education and the Shandong Provincial Department of Education, the High School Affiliated to Shandong University of Physical Education and Shandong University of Physical Education will cooperate to recruit "3+4" counterpart training students majoring in football. The project will select 20 outstanding football teenagers, not only under the age of 16, but also need to obtain the status of the main players of the top eight teams in the football competitions above the provincial level at the junior high school level. Selected students will undergo a three-year study in the High School Affiliated to Shandong University of Physical Education. After the transfer test, the qualified person will successfully enter the undergraduate stage of Shandong University of Physical Education to continue his studies.

The "3+2" policy of junior college docking undergraduate and the "3+2+2" policy of technical secondary school, junior college and undergraduate,In fact, on the basis of the supporting function, another channel has been formed through the cultivation.

On July 5th, the Ministry of Education conducted a survey and held a seminar in Qingdao Preschool Normal College, and Qingdao Preschool Normal College applied to become a pilot college of the Ministry of Education's vocational college and was ready to openSoccer Career Academy, docking secondary vocational colleges at the bottom, and undergraduate colleges at the top.

The core logic of this model is embodied in three aspects: one is the continuous training of secondary schools, colleges and universities, and the other is to directly connect with all directions of campus football, including coaches, referees, competition management, field management, etc.; The third is to focus on solving the practical ability of players, through cooperation with the Football Association, clubs, sports professional companies, sports industry companies, etc., through a large number of practices to comprehensively improve their ability, which is also the advantage of vocational colleges.

In other words, at the "university level", China's campus football will be led by 985 colleges and universities and 211 universities, with more ordinary colleges and universities as the main force.