FA guidance on heading given ahead of 2021-22 season
FA guidance on heading given ahead of 2021-22 season Photo: Lynne Cameron for The FA
English football will introduce heading guidance across every level of the professional and amateur game from the start of the 2021-22 season.
The new guidance, which is specifically focused on training sessions where the majority of heading occurs, has been designed to meet the requirements of each level of English football. The guidance will be applicable to clubs including those is the WSL, FAWC, the Women’s Football Pyramid Tiers 3 and below, all grassroots football, and across the England national teams.
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Ipswich Town Women have been elevated to the FA Women s National League Southern Premier Division, the third tier of women’s football following a successful application.
Sunderland AFC Ladies has applied to join the FA Womenâs Championship for the 2021-22 season.
Following Aprilâs announcement regarding upward movement for clubs participating in tiers 3-6 of the Womenâs Football Pyramid, SAFC Ladies prepared a detailed, innovative and evidence-based application to support its request to return to the second tier.
This was submitted to the Football Association earlier this week and it will now be considered by the Womenâs Football Board, with a decision expected to be made by the end of May/beginning of June.
Sporting Director Kristjaan Speakman said: âOur strategy is to develop a womenâs programme that fully integrates with our wider football operation and model. It will therefore receive the appropriate support from all of our respective performance domains to ensure it follows the same philosophy and processes as the other teams operating at the Academy of Light. SAFC Ladies are an important part of the clubâs