COMMON WORKING PROCESSES
25 % Least used working processes in youth academy environment, carried out by 25%- of clubs in survey
TID - environment 22% Do offer employment to parents if they are from another city and consider moving their child to your club Youth academy – players 8% IQ of players is measured after signing Youth academy – coaches 5% Do conduct IQ test of coaches 19% Do conduct any other psychological test of coaches Youth academy – infrastructure 14 % Do invest in infrastructure in your partner clubs Youth academy – staff 22% Do have a full time HR specialist at youth academy Youth academy – player agents 5% Do suggest the use of specific agents to your academy players 6% Do have any rules limiting or excluding agent use in place 9% There are group meetings with agents 20% Assessment of agents is made for each player Selling/leaving the club 11% Do ask a departing player to complete a "leaving the club" questionnaire before moving Other departments 16% The club does employ anyone to take care of players personal brand
90% margin
85% - 90% margin
BUY-IN FROM CLUB 2 STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE 4 PHYSICAL CARE 12
PRODUCTIVITY 30 TALENT ID 14 HUMAN CAPITAL 14
BUY-IN FROM CLUB 5 FINANCES 10 PHYSICAL CARE 10
PRODUCTIVITY 19 TALENT ID 19 HUMAN CAPITAL 10
COMMUNITY CONNECTIVITY 8
STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE 10 COGNITIVE CARE 16
COMMUNITY CONNECTIVITY; FACILITIES; PROFESSIONAL CONNECTIVITY; COMPETITION 0
psychological test or HR specialists employed in the academy are also present. In most cases, most clubs don’t have a formalised system or trackable process when it comes to recording the players’ opinions on their experiences in the academy after they leave it.
There is new focus in this selection related to signing/selling processes and partners through relations with parents, and especially agents. New
FINANCES; FACILITIES; PROFESSIONAL CONNECTIVITY; COMPETITION 0
COGNITIVE CARE 16
25% margin
There is a very strong focus on Productivity and Cognitive Care throughout. In the 85%-90% set, the Quality Areas in focus are more balanced than in the 90%+ set. And while Strategic Importance and Finances are important for academies, they are not top priorities. In the least used subset, Talent ID, as well as Human Capital and Finances are present in residual form, while Physical Care and Strategic Importance disappear altogether, suggesting that these aren’t experimental areas for academies. This is the only subset with working processes related to Professional Connectivity and Facilities. Obviously, there are some Quality Areas which are covered by most, if not all, academies: Productivity, Talent ID, Human Capital, Cognitive Care, Physical Care and Strategic Importance. These Quality Areas deal with the fundamental processes to an academy’s operations and overall targets.
PRODUCTIVITY 33 TALENT ID 5 HUMAN CAPITAL 10
PROFESSIONAL CONNECTIVITY 5
“Social media is the methodology of how young people communicate nowadays; they get praise and criticism through it” Liam Brady, former Arsenal FC Academy Director
methods of assessment or preparation for cognitive care through IQ or other
FACILITIES 10 FINANCES 10
COMMUNITY CONNECTIVITY 10 COGNITIVE CARE 24
PHYSICAL CARE; STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE; BUY IN FROM CLUB; COMPETITION 0
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