Post by jollyroger on May 8, 2007 22:53:21 GMT 10
It can be easy to think that some of the issues at hand in relation to youth/player development are addressed at levels higher up the Football tree and there isnt much that we can do about it at grass roots level. This is true to some extent.
It is also true that at club land, where even the best players started there football journey, there is lots that can be done to improve the standard of junior players.
I have played and coached all my life and I thought i knew something about coaching until i did the youth license Mark Boyd several months ago. The course was a real eye opener and quite a learning experience. Probably an awakening!
If you look at the clubs on the coast, there is lots that we can do to improve the standard of junior players and perhaps improve the stardard of players prior to entering representative programs when they hit the right age.
Clubs being selective about who coaches their top tier team in each of there age groups for instance. Perhaps a youth license in conjuction with significant playing experience should be the minimum requirement for anyone coaching the "A" division team at a club. This may also go some way to improving the standard of competition in the divisions. I think that too many clubs are happy to let the "enthusiastic guy" who has a son in the team, but very little football knowledge run the side.
Perhaps a reduction in field size, or player numbers in the U10's to U12's divisions are also possible. I watched a video on the World Game website where the guy who runs the youth program as PSG was interviewed where this subject was discussed at some length. In france, apparently kids play 11v11 on full size fields for the first time in under 13's. IN Oz, they start and struggle to do it in U10's.
I dont have the knowledge or experience to pass comments on all the things that can be done to improve the standard of youth players. The above maybe some points for consideration. The answers however are certainly out there, and i am sure clubs on the Central Coast would be only to keen to to introduce policys and procedures aimed at improving the standard of youth players on the coast within an enjoyable learning environment.
Perhaps as a collective (all clubs) adopting the same systems and policies, we would go along way towards turning the central coast into a football player factory. We in club land we just need to be shown the way.
It is also true that at club land, where even the best players started there football journey, there is lots that can be done to improve the standard of junior players.
I have played and coached all my life and I thought i knew something about coaching until i did the youth license Mark Boyd several months ago. The course was a real eye opener and quite a learning experience. Probably an awakening!
If you look at the clubs on the coast, there is lots that we can do to improve the standard of junior players and perhaps improve the stardard of players prior to entering representative programs when they hit the right age.
Clubs being selective about who coaches their top tier team in each of there age groups for instance. Perhaps a youth license in conjuction with significant playing experience should be the minimum requirement for anyone coaching the "A" division team at a club. This may also go some way to improving the standard of competition in the divisions. I think that too many clubs are happy to let the "enthusiastic guy" who has a son in the team, but very little football knowledge run the side.
Perhaps a reduction in field size, or player numbers in the U10's to U12's divisions are also possible. I watched a video on the World Game website where the guy who runs the youth program as PSG was interviewed where this subject was discussed at some length. In france, apparently kids play 11v11 on full size fields for the first time in under 13's. IN Oz, they start and struggle to do it in U10's.
I dont have the knowledge or experience to pass comments on all the things that can be done to improve the standard of youth players. The above maybe some points for consideration. The answers however are certainly out there, and i am sure clubs on the Central Coast would be only to keen to to introduce policys and procedures aimed at improving the standard of youth players on the coast within an enjoyable learning environment.
Perhaps as a collective (all clubs) adopting the same systems and policies, we would go along way towards turning the central coast into a football player factory. We in club land we just need to be shown the way.