No, but as the last forumites posted, give more opportunities for kids to have the ball at their feet, mostly uncoached, in a zero or close to zero cost environment. The current club system from 5s-11s is totally inadequate for proper development.
No, but as the last forumites posted, give more opportunities for kids to have the ball at their feet, mostly uncoached, in a zero or close to zero cost environment. The current club system from 5s-11s is totally inadequate for proper development.
That was like 20 years ago, right?
Nothing wrong with them being coached. There may be a problem with the way they’re being coached though.
What, are you suggesting the obvious Coever in Burgess’ game has turned him into a do nothing ball poncer?
100%. The focus needs to be on the players themselves, not the parents who can afford to pay well into four figures.
I actually think the problem is at the top. We need more 17-23 year olds in full time environments playing 30+ games a season.
The youth system is more or less what it has been for years, including the golden generation. The only difference is the AIS/NSWIS programs that need to be reintroduced (somehow). Football at a grass root level can be improved but I don’t think it’s the first place to look for changes.
I think it is time to move on from AIS/NSWIS systems and to move to club institutes/academies.
Hopefully the CCM model will prove so successful that other clubs pour more into not only training and developing youth but giving them exposure and a pathway.
I agree, and I didn’t mean to literally bring it back under a different banner but we need to bring back what made that so successful. I remember every player in the state back in the day aspiring to get picked for that program, and that desire has now somewhat diluted.
Having all the gear and no idea is a trap we can’t fall into. All the facilities are great but ultimately the Mariners are playing these kids each week and will reap the rewards if they continue to in years to come.
Why have 1 AIS when there currently 5 AIS equivalents in A-Liga clubs in this state alone?
Turn bowling clubs into Futsol clubs!
They did that in cammeray, then knocked it all down for apartments
Corridor football!
Get rid of state based associations. Increase SAP licences in areas that are strong (Manly, Sutherland, NSFA) and reduce them in areas that are weak (west, south west). Regionalise SAP regions to reduce travel times. Require all SAP teams to have access to synthetic pitches (to avoid washouts). Fund coaching and fund SAP referees. Junior soccer at the SAP level is too physical rather than technical driven by poor coaching and “dad referees” who are not willing to call fouls.
I developed more as a player from school lunch games on a concrete basketball court (board on 2 poles made a perfect 2 ft goal) than from any outdoor training or coaching session. And of course I started playing full size pitches at age 8 or 9. Would have been better again if not competing for same court with 2 other sports, or if there were other hours for more pick up games. Small field, public access facilities would do a mountain of good
In Germany there are loads of public access small pitches, and kids are always playing on them.
Yeah, and in Germany you have the highest attended League in the world and football is number one for government funding. I’d love to live in a world where football-exclusive public spaces are funded in this country, but have some perspective. Our strategy to address the issues with youth development can’t depend on changing things we don’t really control.
To be fair we’re the biggest sport in the country at a canter participation wise . We should be expecting governments to be putting money into grass roots football. 1,957,552 people participating in the sport in 2019.
That’s been the case as long as I’ve been following the sport, yet we remain chronically underfunded. If our plan to fix youth development is to expect governments to put money into grass roots football so we can fund SAP sides or build free single-use public facilities, without any concrete plan to get them to do it and despite the fact that they have consistently funded other codes ahead of us, then we don’t have a plan.
#ArnieOut
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