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    #16
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    National Curriculum may be one of the dumbest ideas ever put forward on TS
    Are you sure? Didn't someone suggest switching cars to square wheels? Wait, that was another forum. Ya you're right , national cirriculum is the dumbest idea yet.

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      #17
      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      Are you sure? Didn't someone suggest switching cars to square wheels? Wait, that was another forum. Ya you're right , national cirriculum is the dumbest idea yet.
      So instead, we’re left with a fractured system with no direction and a thousand different ideas and how is that working out?
      Soccer has not reached the wheel yet, it still is square.
      But I’m sure you have better suggestions

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        #18
        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        So instead, we’re left with a fractured system with no direction and a thousand different ideas and how is that working out?
        Soccer has not reached the wheel yet, it still is square.
        But I’m sure you have better suggestions
        Good luck getting all the parties to agree to a unified curriculum. What one league wants may be very different than another and it certainly varies club to club, coach to coach. Put it this way - how many parents bitc* about the core curriculum for our nation's skills? Clubs and coaches will do the same. It would also take someone spearheading the effort that all the parties respected. who will that be - USSF? lol

        Plus what is needed for one 12 year more advanced team is very different than a less skilled team. Fine to have coach's guides by ages, (maybe two sets for low vs higher level skills), that have skill-goals and drills to help get there. But that's about it.

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          #19
          How about a curriculum within each club? A vision within each club for each age group etc... A system? A plan?

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            #20
            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            So instead, we’re left with a fractured system with no direction and a thousand different ideas and how is that working out?
            Soccer has not reached the wheel yet, it still is square.
            But I’m sure you have better suggestions
            you keep asking the same “how is that working out” question.
            Already answered, but you ask again, so we answer again.
            It is working out great! the system is optimized for the needs of the payers. The payers only care about believing they are giving their kid an advantage. Fractured system works perfectly to allow more parents to pay fpay hope.

            So if you want to change things, find a new source of funding. How is that working out?

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              #21
              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              you keep asking the same “how is that working out” question.
              Already answered, but you ask again, so we answer again.
              It is working out great! the system is optimized for the needs of the payers. The payers only care about believing they are giving their kid an advantage. Fractured system works perfectly to allow more parents to pay fpay hope.

              So if you want to change things, find a new source of funding. How is that working out?
              Everyone regards Iceland as the new darling of international soccer and youth development.
              They have instituted a curriculum and training regimen that in a short period of time has provided magnificent results. All those A coaches are teaching the same thing.
              That is how it is working out.

              Funding follows success. And the system should be optimized for the needs of the player, not the payer. They should pay for results, not hope

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                #22
                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                National Curriculum may be one of the dumbest ideas ever put forward on TS
                There is one already just NO one follows. In fact it is in effect for over 5+ years. Everyone is their own expert like you. Each countries have they own national curriculum. One may adopted a base curriculum and adjust to fit they style of play. Modern Soccer follows something like this- Netherlands > Spain > Germany > France > the rest if the world. Two most dominant leagues in the last decade Spain and Germany played similar style (possession) which dictates control the tempo of the game. If you son or daughter play for the top clubs they all tried to emulate that style of play. Not very efficient at it but are trying.

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                  #23
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  Everyone regards Iceland as the new darling of international soccer and youth development.
                  They have instituted a curriculum and training regimen that in a short period of time has provided magnificent results. All those A coaches are teaching the same thing.
                  That is how it is working out.

                  Funding follows success. And the system should be optimized for the needs of the player, not the payer. They should pay for results, not hope
                  The other critical factor is ALL their coaches get UEFA A and B licensure. So all the players, even the youngest, get great and consistent training from the get go. Our youngest have parent volunteers, many of whom never even played the game

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                    #24
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    The other critical factor is ALL their coaches get UEFA A and B licensure. So all the players, even the youngest, get great and consistent training from the get go. Our youngest have parent volunteers, many of whom never even played the game
                    We have a national curriculum, it's called the US Soccer National License program. Coaches from CA to MA and everywhere in between are taught the same methods and materials. It is up to the coaches to then take that to their home clubs amd use it. We even have a national system of play, 1:4:3:3 with an emphasis on buildout from the back and true 6/8/10 midfield. And yet, clubs all over the country have decided to use 1:4:4:2 or 1:3:5:2 or some variant.

                    Only thing stopping coaches feom being licensed is time and money. Iceland paid for all their coaches to get their UEFA A license. Here in the states, that same license and all the licenses before it will cost you upwards of $9k and take a minimum of 5years with waiting periods, scheduling, and such.

                    The biggest issue in our country is a lack of qualified and properly educated coaches, especially at the grassroots level where kids are supposed to be taught fundamentals.

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                      #25
                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      We have a national curriculum, it's called the US Soccer National License program. Coaches from CA to MA and everywhere in between are taught the same methods and materials. It is up to the coaches to then take that to their home clubs amd use it. We even have a national system of play, 1:4:3:3 with an emphasis on buildout from the back and true 6/8/10 midfield. And yet, clubs all over the country have decided to use 1:4:4:2 or 1:3:5:2 or some variant.

                      Only thing stopping coaches feom being licensed is time and money. Iceland paid for all their coaches to get their UEFA A license. Here in the states, that same license and all the licenses before it will cost you upwards of $9k and take a minimum of 5years with waiting periods, scheduling, and such.

                      The biggest issue in our country is a lack of qualified and properly educated coaches, especially at the grassroots level where kids are supposed to be taught fundamentals.

                      It doesn't seem like US Soccer is trying to improve the system. The leadership is truly clueless.

                      https://www.socceramerica.com/public...er-coachi.html

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                        #26
                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        Only thing stopping coaches feom being licensed is time and money. Iceland paid for all their coaches to get their UEFA A license. Here in the states, that same license and all the licenses before it will cost you upwards of $9k and take a minimum of 5years with waiting periods, scheduling, and such.

                        The biggest issue in our country is a lack of qualified and properly educated coaches, especially at the grassroots level where kids are supposed to be taught fundamentals.

                        This guy gets it. Well meaning but completely unqualified volunteer parent coaches are typically kids first soccer experiences. If you're lucky your town pays some college kids with the lowest licensure trying to make some beer money

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                          #27
                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          This guy gets it. Well meaning but completely unqualified volunteer parent coaches are typically kids first soccer experiences. If you're lucky your town pays some college kids with the lowest licensure trying to make some beer money
                          Like in football, basketball, basketball, and hockey? How come soccer kids are the only special athletes that need their coaches to be super-certified to get the game? Why don't they just go out and play more and figure it out like players in every other sport?

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                            #28
                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            It doesn't seem like US Soccer is trying to improve the system. The leadership is truly clueless.

                            https://www.socceramerica.com/public...er-coachi.html
                            from that article - if DA can't get enough qualified coaches just think what happens at other clubs

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                              #29
                              Originally posted by Unregistered
                              from that article - if DA can't get enough qualified coaches just think what happens at other clubs
                              Is that what you got from the article? I got that the US is charging so much for licenses that they don't know if there are enough qualified coaches here. If it's important, then it should be available and coaches shouldn't have to fly from CA to attend a class in VA.

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                                #30
                                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                                from that article - if DA can't get enough qualified coaches just think what happens at other clubs
                                forgot the copied part

                                "SOCCER AMERICA: I’ve heard this: There is a shortage of A and B license coaches, the DA clubs need them, which means that those who have those licenses can demand higher salaries, which is very expensive for the clubs. Clubs that pay the course fees for their coaches say the courses are expensive and that creates another significant hit to their budget. That affects the entire club, not just DA players. That doesn’t seem to be in the best interest of American soccer, does it?"

                                If USSF wants more trained coaches they need to start footing some of the bill and/or lower the cost and make it more readily available. Coaches who want it are a more motivated bunch, but cost/logistics/life can be big hurdles. Their solution? Open a site in Kansas lol

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