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Post by Strikermom on Apr 15, 2014 20:31:49 GMT -5
Any NSA or UFA parents attend town hall on merger tonight???
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2014 22:19:09 GMT -5
No secrets.
Tony and iggy have had a very good relationship over the years. In the past 12 months they discussed what needed to be done to take their clubs to the next level and the idea to merge came up.
They spoke a lot about learning from the mistakes other clubs have made when merging. This will be a slow process. Not jumping to create super teams of top players. Pooled resources will benefit all. Norcross has a curriculum that will be greatly benefit UFA. For the immediate future not much will change. Structure might change more at UFA to be consistent with Norcross training regiment and training philosophy. Rec programs will benefit greatly as well. Nike cup will become Norcross cup.
Will wear Adidas.
Black and white
Tony is in charge.
Not encouraging kids to move from current locations, unless they want to. So really no different than before. Their is no intent to take on the world tomorrow, it's a long term vision.
Most will not even notice the change.
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Post by rifle on Apr 16, 2014 5:28:47 GMT -5
Sounds a lot more "thought out" than the last big merger.
Does the curriculum comment mean that UFA didn't have one?!?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 16, 2014 7:48:54 GMT -5
No, i think just that Tony likes the way he has done things and some of his technical training style and philosophies will be incorporated into UFA - number of training days a week, length of training, no pooling of players, coaching education opportunities, etc.
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Post by youthsoccerdad on Apr 18, 2014 8:32:47 GMT -5
What does pooling of players mean, in what environment? What are your thoughts on that and what is the alternative?
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Post by reinalocura on Apr 18, 2014 10:10:30 GMT -5
Pooling is an Academy thing. I like the pooling concept, but everyone needs to be "IN" - parents AND coaches. Way too many egos spoil the concept. My son has done both - he's a top level player. Didn't like it for him because the skill level in his pool forced the top skilled players to "wait" for the lesser skilled players to catch up. My daughter has also done well in a pooling of 2 similarly skilled teams and she's a mid level player. So it can work but typically parents don't buy into the not knowing which "team" you'll play games on until the last minute which tends to happen when players are pooled. Just my two cents.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2014 10:45:59 GMT -5
pooling from my understanding is not considered the optimal solution any more given the example reinalocura mentions above. you take your top 20 u9 boys for example, and train them all together. then your second 20 all train together. some might train all 40 together. then come saturday, you pick which players will play with who and when. that being said, some clubs have to pool based upon their sample size and costs. the optimal solution is to think of kids in thirds on each team. top 1/3 kids are your best players and have no reason to be mixed in with players on 2nd/3rd teams etc. on a regular basis. They will just be held back and the other kids will struggle to keep up! top kids also will get lazy from not being challenged. ( all players should be pushed every session and challenged regardless of level of play and team they are on) Middle 1/3 kids are challenged greatly by top third players and then also push the bottom 1/3 of each team. the bottom 1/3 of each team have a lot to gain by being on the higher team, but they probably play less in games but are pushed and challenged more in each training session. but for playing time, they might have a lot to gain by occasionally playing on a 2nd team for example. typically on the boys side, the difference in speed of play from top teams to 2nd teams is night and day. decisions have to be made extremely quickly. by them occasionally playing with a 2nd team they can have success more often and help the 2nd team players with the style of play that is being enforced. at u9-u11, its all about training. games are great, a chance to show what you have learned and be competitive, but the true value comes monday - friday. what i describe above is the benefit of u9-u12 academy in georgia. no fixed teams, kids can move around as needed based upon their playing ability and wants. yes, most clubs do not move kids around during the season because of potential disruptions, but it allows for kids to grow. unfortunately also given the competitive landscape of soccer in suburbia atlanta, with many many clubs to choose from, clubs are forced to assign players to a playing level at tryouts in may vs lets say after an august team camp. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2014 21:51:48 GMT -5
Too bad NSA isn't keeping gold colors. Their gold kit is one of the nicest in Georgia for sure.
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