f1dave wrote:
Ditto the Decentric character and his constant quoting at random from a dictionary and flashing of costly shiny training badges from Holland.
There is no attempt to flash costly training badges on my part.
I apologise if this is how it has come across in responding to some immature, newer 442 members. One is now banned, and another on the cusp of a ban. They, with a few acolytes, have conducted premeditated attempts, from discussion elsewhere on the football internet, to immaturely discredit some in particular on this forum and to troll/bait/derail most of 442 in general.
My intent has been to disseminate useful European coaching practice for others to use on the training ground. I've had a number of PMs over time asking me how to access KNVB coaching practice, including from a national federation TD. I've helped to the best of my ability.
I've also learnt a fair amount from what other posters have entered in Performance.
FFA under the TD, Han Berger, has started a European style new curriculum , when we previously had an ad hoc system.
The problem with FFA, is that Frank Lowy runs it as a user pays, profit making organisation. Access to FFA training ground practice usually costs a lot of money, through expensive courses. A misplaced elitism is all too apparent in some Australian football settings. This is the opposite of trying to disseminate sound coaching practices as widely as possible, for no cost, that Berger has conceived. We are trying to run a football school, with no cost, that achieves what FFA
should be doing.
Forums like this should foster sharing of information that is useful to all stakeholders in the coaching community. To an extent it is occurring on 442, which is good.
PS
I don't use a dictionary, but point taken. The words used would probably have been in response to a very small minority of cynics with a contrary nature, enjoying the pseudo-anonymity of a keyboard on the internet.
The same guys never proactively post any coaching links, articles, national competition information, club scenarios, junior competitions, football schools, etc, or start any constructive threads or make positive comments about football performance in general in Australia.
It is very easy to sit back and take pot shots at any constructive threads/comments, whilst entering none oneself.
Edited by Decentric: 28/12/2011 07:33:42 PM