Academy System Has Its Flaws, But

By Jason de Vos CBC Sports

Offside: Fixing Canadian Soccer – Coaching the coaches
Many of you have commented on the suggestions made in my previous blog regarding player development. The regional system that I put forward evolved from the current system of player development, whereby the provincial associations would play a central role in the coaching and training of players at the regional level.

Many of you have also expressed a frustration with the governing bodies in Canada, both provincial and national, citing a lack of faith in their ability to effectively administer such a program. So before I discuss coaching, I’m going to put forward another suggestion for player development.

This plan would involve the following:

1) Scrapping the provincial and regional development programs.
2) Implementing an academy system across the country, whereby player development would be the responsibility of the clubs who meet the academy criteria.

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