Not entirely sure if I would agree with that one.barchetta wrote:I guess the only way we'll know whether Skillaroos works is whether these players go on with it in years to come. I watched many of these boys last year and they did deserve selection on talent but some needed harnessing, particularly in team play. If Skillaroos can do this great, raw talent and vision leads to higher chance of success. Some will be challenged with the team play bit. These boys would've tasted success over the years, getting a thrashing will help them grow.
Getting thumped week in week out is nothing short of a form of negative reinforcement.
If a student starts out in school with a C- average (or has a learning disadvantage) then the expectation is to see them progress in some measurable way. This is not done by bashing them around the playground with a stick every week. If it was then they would not come back to the school. (as we are noticing at the moment with Skillaroos). The curriculum needs to be sufficiently flexible and adaptable for your students.
'Results' for effort is a tangible and measurable guide to progress in football.
In saying that "Results" is difficult to quantify,
- they could be as simple as goals scored or kept out,
- touches and effective passes of individuals, line or team as a whole,
- the use of specific vocabulary etc to enhance communication etc,
- or as simple as touches it takes to play out from the back.
It all depends on what the coach sets as focus topics for the week and game.
Personally I have always found no more than 3 focus points for every or week as sufficient. (a week includes training leading up to and the game).
Note - There is a real difference between individual player focus points and team focus points.
Our curriculum is not sufficiently flexible or adaptable for our local environment at the moment.
