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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The guy above wrote he complained about coach/kids ratio and was shamed for that by BSC.

Now lets return to development. In European academies usually there are 3 coaches per 18 kids. Coach, assistant coach  and technical/tactical/agility coach. The technical/tactical/agility coach can work some time with all kids or with some group of kids etc. Kids get often feedback and homeworks (improve weak foot, shooting, close control etc). Never saw good feedback here.

Here I saw many times 1 coach and 30 kids, top team combine with other coach team. What quality and development you expect?

By the way many coaches in Europe work for peanuts(including academy coaches). Coaching is like a hobby for them.

here it is all about money. The guy who wrote "Many college professors of Freshmen are struggling with this mentality of kids not understanding their responsibilities in contributing to their success." does not understand soccer development. What he said is right about almost everything but not soccer, that's why it sucks here.
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[b]Some[/b] European academies. MOST academies are not dissimilar to what people complain about here. You’re example is of
Cat1 and Cat2. There are a few clubs in the US that get close to meeting the requirements, like indoor fields, etc. but very very few. BSC and most US clubs are closer the Cat 3/4 (sans parents lounges…).

But let’s just take the FIFA guidelines on costs, the “genuine development” in UEFA for a Cat 4 is estimated to be $10k, about 2-3x the cost in the US (and as mentioned above, they’re paying their coaches peanuts because many of the coaches are part time…something about the work hours going into that $10k per kid). In the US, that same Cat is $2k….

The real issue here is that we’re all working with Cat 3/4 academies in the US and complaining that we’re not getting Cat 1 service ($2k vs $90k).

As for what the club means by development, they tell you exactly what they’ll give you, ie 2 hours practices 3-4 times a week, a league with x number of games and friendliest, x number of tournies, etc. If you don’t take them at their word, and expect more, that’s not on them. [/quote]

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