By BigTheo56 - 17 Jan 2012 4:11 PM
A major problem with the FFA's current system for developing players is that in order to be discovered you would have to be known at a very young age to have talent. What I mean is not that 'late-bloomers' are rare here but that players who only really start to develop in their mid to late teens are not being given a chance as opposed to players who have had these skills since they were barley walking. Studies have shown that potential athletes should only start to pay attention to their sport of choice when they turn 14 yet in the current system 14 is way too late. Who else believes this is a problem? If so how would you go about fixing it?
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By Aussiesrus - 18 Jan 2012 1:30 PM
Dimi,
There will be no b-league. State league clubs have already said they cannot sustain the cost involved.
I agree there should be a widening of the amount of players that receive top level training. Only then can the real cream eventually get to the top. But there is also an issue with "some" state league clubs that have a different agenda to giving cream a chance. We all know those clubs.
The NSL was stripped of it's national status because some clubs were not open to everyone. I think the underpinning state league clubs that are not open need to be stripped from underpinning the A-League clubs. This is why I think there is a push for local associations to move towards owning more underpinning state league clubs.
Many players that rise to the top don't necessarily make it through the standard system. In my opinion the system is too narrow in methods and narrow in thinking and skills. I still don't agree we should be embracing a system which is not in line with our wide cultures and differing skillsets. But by the same token a national side playing a combination of differing styles would be a mish mash to blend into a uniform team.
The system needs to open up more and provide more to everyone. This ridiculous situation of identifying 11 and 12 year olds as future stars is simply ludicrous. Late bloomers can bloom anywhere from 16 upto 22 years old. And isn't it about putting the best on the park. Not who we thought was the best 10 years ago...
I've coached kids that were absolute stars at 9-10 year old then when I check back 5 years later their fat and taken up the whistle. I also coached 11 year olds that could dribble past 9 players with ease simply dissappear off the face of the football earth when I checked 5 years later on. Wow I thought what a waste of talent. These kids would have pawned silly the SAP players.
As I've said previously with coaching different kids respond to different methods. What works for some draws blank faces for others. Then a differing method is used and the penny drops. So if our system is stoic which it appears then we will not harness all the talent.
This is why the system needs to be open to differing methods of training and development instead of drawing a very closed method.
Edited by Aussiesrus: 18/1/2012 01:38:34 PM
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