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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I like the way Belgium does it.

They divide youth games into 4 quarters.  No subbing allowed during the quarters (except for injury), but at every break, EVERY kid on the bench must come into the game.  This ensures that everyone plays at least 50% of every game, but there is still competition for playing time because the better players can still play 3/4 or possibly even the whole game.

Another benefit would be the coaches wouldn't have to spend half the time looking at their watches and trying to focus on making substitutions, so they can focus more on actually coaching.  [/quote]

They also do a few other things in Belgium. They don't keep stats on wins and losses before U14 - the idea is for coaches to focus on the development of all players, not on team development. They also allow, if appropriate, smaller kids to play down an age group.

If you look at players that smaller nations like Belgium have produced or look at a very small country like Iceland that has made great strides in the soccer world in a short period of time, emphasis on fun , quality coaching, and training the players you have (not constantly looking for other players from other clubs) at younger ages are common themes. In lceland, all young players are treated the same - they get the same coaching and training on quality fields. The focus for young players should not be on identifying and grouping talent and building super teams. Focus on training the players, not on winning games.[/quote]

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