A 19 team comp?

Surely your association has the good sense to split this into div1 and div2, no?[/quote]

No.
The players are not graded and neither are the teams.

A couple of weeks ago we had selectors from around the state select players from U12 –U15’s.
IMO they did an expert job the only fault I could find with them is that they were not vocal with their opinions. Of both the players they selected and the ones they rejected.

We also had local selectors choose players from U10-U12’s IMO they did a s---- job. So at present if we have grading of players for DIV1 teams many errors will be made due to the abilities of the selectors.

No.
The players are not graded and neither are the teams.
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Not good.

Your opinion?

Not good.

Your opinion?[/quote]

Not sure
I would like better opposition,
but
At present if we have grading of players for DIV1 teams many errors will be made due to the abilities of the selectors.

A 19 team comp, yeah?

Top 10 teams from previous season play div 1.

Other 9 play div 2.

Why is this so hard?

no ladder from last year?

Is there a ladder kept this year?

NO
None competitive means no ladder.

I see.

Guess you have to live with all the usual problems associated with playing in a non competitive environment.

Backward association up your way.

I think I've read a number of top coaching regimes overseas try to emphasise competitions without ladders.

Somewhere I've read the English are very concerned that they are struggling to produce good players. The onus is on results in juniors, whilst Spain (at least , maybe France and Holland too) teach children more how to play without ladders ( onus on development).

Gregory Thank you for your great blog.I am a community club coach of u/11s and stumbled upon your blog whist trying to find practice content from the National Curriculum.I have been running training sessions( 2 per week )based on your model sessions and the improvement in the team has been amazing.I especially like the passing diamond which teaches the importance of receiving with the furthest thereby allowing players to play the way they are facing. All my players look better, receiving this way and have more time to assess the options which leads to better decisions. We have included many variations with overlapping runs, through balls off a bounce pass, set up goals for a 1 touch turn and shoot and even wing play with a third man running. Also your coaching points on 1 v 1 defense ( from 12 / 13's blog ) has made a huge difference as they now know the right time to tackle ( stop forward motion of the attacker ) and are not diving in or just kicking at the feet hoping to get the ball. I am hoping that you will write more blogs soon as there does not seem to be much else available to community coaches.

Gregory Thank you for your great blog.I am a community club coach of u/11s and stumbled upon your blog whist trying to find practice content from the National Curriculum.I have been running training sessions( 2 per week )based on your model sessions and the improvement in the team has been amazing.I especially like the passing diamond which teaches the importance of receiving with the furthest thereby allowing players to play the way they are facing. All my players look better, receiving this way and have more time to assess the options which leads to better decisions. We have included many variations with overlapping runs, through balls off a bounce pass, set up goals for a 1 touch turn and shoot and even wing play with a third man running. Also your coaching points on 1 v 1 defense ( from 12 / 13's blog ) has made a huge difference as they now know the right time to tackle ( stop forward motion of the attacker ) and are not diving in or just kicking at the feet hoping to get the ball. I am hoping that you will write more blogs soon as there does not seem to be much else available to community coaches.

Thank you Dan T. The whole point of my blogs was to get the message of the Curriculum out to community clubs. Be consistent with your coaching points and re-enforce them regularly. Your team is still in the skill aquisition phase which means plenty of touches on the ball, 1v1, running with the ball striking the ball etc. Next year you have a whole new set of problems when the team goes on the field for 11 v 11. We hope 442 sees fit to publish new blogs even if it is in the analysis section.