Achievement of colts football in Ghana

                                   ACHIEVEMENT OF COLTS FOOTBALL IN GHANA

It is said that one cannot put up a building without a foundation, for a plant to grow well it has to stand on a fertile land, human beings cannot move without the ground. Colts football is the ground on which the professional football stands. the various colts teams in Ghana have proved beyond all reasonable doubts that without them no one can boost or talk of professional football. Indeed, when it comes player development colts teams are the major contributors. Throughout our second cycle institutions across Ghana there a of talented young footballers who can help Ghana football in future.
I remember in the year 2000, Daniel Opare was part of the volta regional under 12 soccer team in the basic schools competition i was then an athlete, after that competition Daniel Opare was called into one the colts teams in Ho, before  moving to  obuasi Ashanti gold and. Subsequently to the National teams.
Most of these colts teams are  doing very well interns player development, they go to  the grass-roots level where nobody recognise, to pick up these inexperienced players, group them together, train them and also prepare them for future use. In fact, in Ghana, over 95 percent of the players we have, started their football from the colts teams.
Coaches  who coach these colts teams across the country are the most experience coaches even though they are not recognised. It is never easy to bring someone from nowhere to somewhere. I always prefer watching colts football to premier league matches because of the passion players from that level have for the game. This is the level where no one seems not to care about, and yet beautiful football is displayed. I got an opportunity to interview a group of players after a football match between two colts teams, i asked them if they really enjoy playing colts football since they do not get any support from any body? They said, "indeed, we do enjoy playing at colts level because we are playing for our future and one day we shall surely make it to the top", according to the players they believe that there no shortcuts in success players with talent need to work more hard so as to perform at every top level. Without hard work commitment they cannot succeed.
Indeed, colts football has done alot for Ghana football, the following past players all started from a very lower division side. Ibrahim otoo started his football career whilst a student of kaneshie secondary technical school with CYO football club at mateheko a suburb of Accra. He later played for palm fire dc a second division and kwabiriem fc first division. Due to the passion he had  for football he entered into coaching and brought up a player like Laryea Kingston who did well for the black stars. Another player who also started his football career at a juvenile level was Nuhu Anyetei Cofie, he played for soccer. Missionaries football club of abosey Okai in Accra in the early 80s. He later played for hearts of Oak and other big teams in the country. If all these great players have played for juvenile level football before,then there is no doubt that juvenile football has achieve a lot for Ghana.