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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Club sponsors provide plans and development guides- often, that's exactly what they're giving you, just with the club logo. Some clubs pay a lot of money to be associated with a name European Club- our team played a West Virginia bayern munich affiliate which supposedly follows their philosophy - if you believe that they have a club staffed by Munich quality coaches all adhering to that philosophy, I have a bridge to sell you.

As far as technical skill vs tactics, there is a good argument that teaching tactics at all stunts development and creativity before certain ages.US soccer wants 2v2 skills at U12, 1v1 below that- not full field tactics.

https://cdn2.sportngin.com/attachments/document/0090/7006/US_Youth_Soccer_Player_Development_Model.pdf[/quote]

OP here: Thank you, this a very good read. I've never seen this before.  Although six years old, a lot of what I was thinking is mentioned in the document. This thread is directly related to Chapter 3. I have talked to multiple coaches, and all of them seem to indicate that they either do not use them or have no clue if there is a plan for their process of teaching the game within the club—very strange behavior. Then, you look at games and notice certain clubs clearly are teaching the same things year over year. If you look at an older group, you see the results of what was happening at a younger group. They are not identical, but a framework is clear. It may not be what I think is best, but it is clear. Then, you see clubs, and there is a wildly different game between different teams/ages, and there is no way to tell what they are doing or where they are going based on looking at different teams. I think those are good coaches.

There is no doubt that the experience and knowledge of the coach are integral in the teaching, but without some milestones and guideposts, there will be development missed. Just because they were a good player or have licenses, does not directly indicate that subjective bias within a certain area of development or evaluation will not show up. Whether a coach decides that 1v1, 2v1, 3v2 progressions or a rondo focused training is best at U-Whatever for however long, it is largely irrelevant. My point is that whatever it maybe should be available and written down with milestones/objectives and that it is available as it largely should not change drastically within a club. Whatever club you are at, the coach should be able to show you where they are going. How they get there is up to the coach, but where they are going should be clear to everyone involved. If that is supplied, then at least a parent, if they care, can tell if they are getting what they are paying for with the club/coach. The kids may not achieve it, but even a person without "in-depth knowledge of the game" will know and can follow. The overarching thought that I see is, trust the coach and hope for the best. You are not Bielsa; you need a plan.

Why is a plan bad?[/quote]

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