Basic Skills Profile for Tracing the Talent of Football Athletes aged 16-19 years in North Sumatra

The process of coaching sports is a procedure that must be carried out for achieve an achievement. In these efforts of course many things must be prepared, so that every stage in the coaching process goes well and correctly. Many factors influence the success of a coaching process sports. The results of sports coaching in the form of the best achievements are not easily obtained. Many challenges and obstacles must be faced. Every sportsman must be able to work together continuously. So that later if later the problem occurs in the process of coaching sports can be completed wisely, starting from the management of sports management to the pattern of coaching athletes. If talking about the process of developing sports achievements, it certainly will not be separated from the topic of talent search at an early age stage. The early age stage is a period where the initial process of coaching needs to be carried out appropriately. Likewise for football. This study emphasizes the basic ability test process, the use of tests to trace the talents of prospective soccer athletes arranged based on the characteristics of the 16-19 year age group. The test instrument contains various test items that specifically refer only to basic skills in football, given the definition of giftedness that is very complex. Therefore, based on field observations it is necessary to use basic skills tests to trace the talent of prospective football athletes in the 16-19 years age group to facilitate the performance of trainers in the field in the process of coaching early football in North Sumatra.