12 QUALITY AREAS
The working processes connected with the Productivity Quality Area include:
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PRODUCTIVITY Total number of professional players produced, and their playing/staying time; their transition/contract type; plus their involvement in certain competitions/ international participation
Is there an assessment of the technical capacity of the players?
Do you make any assessment of players?
A nalysing the Productivity of an academy involves identifying the quantifiable results of its work. To measure an academy’s productivity is to measure its efficiency, which is to assess its output/results in relation to its
Are there any team-level development goals formally set for age groups?
targets and resources employed. Of course, all the processes within an academy are geared to producing players in the first team, player sales or other possible key performance indicators. However, measuring this Productivity is far from a universal undertaking, not least because in many clubs there is an ongoing debate about the main goal(s), the strategic aims, and
Are there any individual development goals formally set for players?
Is there a diary of each player's development path?
“When we have a player in the academy, we always believe he can become a pro” Sune Smith-Nielsen, FC Copenhagen
Is efficiency of coaches measured?
Do you have 'project players'?
Are there any individual goals formally set for coaches on a regular basis?
what constitutes success. What is universal about
Productivity, though, is that the primary goal for most academies is to produce players for the first team to compete at the highest level possible. For top clubs, these goals may extend to producing players of an international level, too. So, the main challenges for clubs here centre around identifying a common position about its Productivity aims in the first place, then deliver a working structure to reach those targets, and to have the correct measurement and assessment processes to verify results.
Did the coach request details of the playing style in the academy when he came to the club?
Do first team scouts cooperate with youth team scouts?
Is development formally assessed and discussed with players on a regular basis?
Is academy director contract
related to efficiency?
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YOUTH FOOTBALL 2021-23
YOUTH FOOTBALL 2021-23
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