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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We see people talk about 'development' often in the forum

What is development to you U8 to U14 and how do you see realistically the contribution of local clubs to your kid's individual development?[/quote]

Clubs have resources and they can Manage the Coaches and Playing Environments.  They Can help player development in a few ways:

-Spend 1 day per week working on foot skills, ball mastery. (Some clubs work on this for 5-10 minutes only as a warm up.)
-Conduct 2-3 player performance reviews per year. (Some clubs don't do this at all.)
-Bring in the Coaching Director/ Technical Director of Director of Coaching to oversee a few practices and have them work with the current coach.  (Some Clubs never utilize other coaches on staff to round out practice sessions.)
-Go over game footage or hold tactics sessions. (Some clubs record the games and then the coach never goes over that footage with the kids.)
-Incorporate some measurable amount of fitness or skills for the players.... timed half mile for example or counted juggles.  Reward kids who beat their records each season. (Some clubs just have kids run with no real measure. Some clubs have kids juggle, but there is no measure or reward for doing well.)
-Bring in some well thought out drills for offense and defense. (Some clubs just do basic passing drills and rondos over and over, with scrimmages... no plays are being developed.)
-Utilize US Soccer's developmental framework for youth soccer players and help the kids in those areas.  (Coaches learn about those player needs, but never go back to incorporate those items.)
-Work on 1 theme at practice for 2 weeks and look for improvements in the game.  (Some clubs don't work on anything with a theme at practice and then they don't expect much at the game on the weekends.)

These are a few examples of successes in player development that clubs can accomplish.... if the coach gets lackadaisical and the club does not have much oversight... players won't develop as much as they could.  I have been on teams that scrimmage a lot and they are not that much better at the end of 9 months.  [/quote]

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