There are different ways to evaluate it.

1. Educational benefit from coursework at uni.
2. Football experience.
3. Personal growth development can also be educational in a maturational sense.
4. Fostering independence.

1. The education is most disappointing in the USA. First year uni is a waste of time in USA. Our first year is like their second year.

Paradoxically, a mate, a scientist, says that he knows of two cases where Australian PHDs have been deemed inadequate by US institutions. Unfortunately, my relative appears to have been labelled as a sports scholar with the implication of lacking cerebral qualities. Ironically, journalism, supposedly a major, clashes with soccer. They can't both be taken as subjects at the institution simultaneously.
I don't think good American unis offer sports scholarships.

The relative and one of the fellow Australian players, are considered geniuses in their English class. Americans are so ethnocentric, through blissful ignorance, everything has to be decoded into Americanisms. The relative received high enough marks to qualify for Cornell, one of their Ivy League unis, globally a much higher ranking than any Australian uni.
Luckily, the relative and her five Australian teammates are walking distance from a 55 minutes ferry ride to Vancouver Island, in Canada. Victoria, the capital, is very trendy and interesting.

2. Football experience.
Trains four hours a day. I think It is stupid. 90 minutes weight training per day, 5 days per week. Coaches, have no idea of Raymond Verheijen's periodiasation.
I've checked with an NTC coach, one current senior international coach, one former international senior coach and a former international player. All concur that the four hours is excessive.
There are different ideas about the value of weight training, but the consensus is the amount is excessive. Soccer is like rugby in USA. Very physical!!!

3. This has been extremely beneficial. There has been clarification about future in terms of being a professional athlete (lacks intellectial rigour) compared to pursuing a profession in Australia. Appreciates more things about home and home state. The US teammates seem very nice and welcoming.

4. This has also been particularly beneficial. Relative has thrived.


As far as Krones' child is concerned:

3. and 4. would probably be of great benefit.

1. May be useful too. The Japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and Singaporean kids are very good at maths/science.

2. Will depend on the quality of the football programme.

We were going to work in Japan, but opted for more money in the middle-east.

Edited by Decentric: 18/5/2011 12:01:57 AM

Well I did my best to warn you about 1 & 2, decentric.

And 3 & 4 could have been more easily attained locally without compromising educational aspects.

Edited by judy free: 18/5/2011 09:01:31 AM

I think it would be fair to question the sexual orientation of the person in question.

Was it too prohibitive and discriminatory in little old tassie to display ones sexual orientation hence the need to move overseas?

PS. I have nothing against lesbians.

I think it would be fair to question the sexual orientation of the person in question as being a reason for the move overseas.

Was it too prohibitive and discriminatory in little old tassie to display ones sexual orientation hence the need to move overseas?

PS. I have nothing against lesbians.

Where did this come from?

just putting it out there as i know someone who this happened to.

The USA college football system is very much a lesbo magnet for up and coming sportswomen.

I see. So you know some'one' whom this happened to.

It's so obvious i should have tripped over it.

Edited by skeptic: 18/5/2011 01:28:01 PM

Take into consideration decentics knowledge of the academic world and only now claiming the USA education is inferior to australia's.

Take into consideration decentic's knowledge of worlds best practice(KNVB)in football and now his claim that the USA's football system is inferior.

More to this than meets the eye. Dont you think?

And having considered the above suggestions I've come to the conclusion I think it would be fair to question the sexual orientation of the person in question. How one could possibly reach a different conclusion is beyond my comprehension.

http://forum.soccermanager.com/showthread.php?t=58618

he's the son of ex socceroo alan davidson.

What's your point?

Just pointing out his experiences in Japan