I thought young Ben Stroud was very unlucky not to be selected , he trained with Tech at the end of the season and he improved a lot with his time at the nix .
Is it coaching
Is it lack of competition
Do clubs need to invest in more coaches have academy's where they can try and seek games against other academies in nz
I do know something we need to as fraternity seek a way to get our young lads better equiped to be selected
How successful have academies been in Christchurch? Currently it is PA's 0, FTC 2. The gossip I have is CFA merge with FC2011 this summer.
Club based Academies a preferable option on this but for sure this will then make the competition part suffer. We don't have enough 'competition' from MPL/WPL down to 13th Grade. Even the SI Tournament Rep program we will see player drift as 'serious' players/parents will depart to a new club. Seriously John who could offer a proper option? CTFC and Coastal. FC? Selwyn (soon). So player migration would hasten.
Quality of coaches? Or is it FTC content? IMO neither are an issue or a hinderance. Potentialy too many players in each age band?
As far as individiuals selections are concerned being in the shop window is massively important. 2x NTC, 1 x Interfeds and maybe ACFC U17 in no way is visibilty comparative to the exposure two other centres can expect.