Aaron's makes debut!

[Stonigut]

Let's see!

[Stonigut]

Fast and skillful, can we ever make that combination locally?

[Karl]

Fast and skillful, can we ever make that combination locally?

...and why not if we have good teachers/coaches?

[Gamma]

Poor fields....

[myYout]

Biggest problem wi hab fi real.

[Assasin]

More than poor field. You need more quality training at a young age. Only kids in Kingston and maybe few other parishes start getting decent quality training before 12 years old. At least 2 structured training a week with decent qualified coaches.

[Stonigut]

Gamma, poor fields is definitely an issue but there are many with even worse fields than us and the supply line of players from the west african countries whose per capita GDP make jamaica look like a rich country.

Our biggest issue is lack of a true development program to identify and encourage specific players.

We are not developing and coupling speed with skill and we see consistently that it is this combination that is lethal.

We have speed without skill and skill without speed or decent skill with average speed or more in our case which is average skill with Nuff speed. We seem to be developing silos of specialization rather than being able to combine the silos and produce a more rounded combination.

Also discipline is an area where we are woefully short, this is a skill/learning that can be taught.

Where is the program that lists every single player in the island between 8 and 14 with data on speed, reaction time, thinking ability, ability to listen and learn, with that data you can quickly identify the most talented kids and then focus your resources on the top 3-5 % of each age with knowledge and discipline! diet! etc.

Field are great and great fields are wonderful but at the end of the day it is the training and knowledge environment that is important.

Grassy, soft pitches are just the icing on the cake, nice to have but they are not the cake and you must have cake to make icing work.

[Stonigut]

Bada bing bada boom!

[Gamma]

Correct

[Gamma]

The boom in the prevalence of African players is not a sudden fancy .... There are academies springing up all over the place in Africa

[Dunny]

The boom in the prevalence of African players is not a sudden fancy .... There are academies springing up all over the place in Africa

Gamma I spent a week in Ghana a month ago and you are right there are lots of little Academies all over the place, however the playing surfaces are worst than Jamaica but the one thing that separates their youngsters from ours is the absolute passion for the game. They live and breathe football and they see it as an opportunity to escape poverty. I am not so sure that we have that passion in JA.

[Sir X]

Of course not ,we dont have mini academies or a youth transfer policy,the passion is untapped because there is no belief in a system to get out.

Again the powers that be need to set a youth transfer policy for a way out,academies will spring up,the policy must involve a vehicle to track youth.

[Gamma]

Which came first the passion or the academies?

[Don1]

Gamma, poor fields is definitely an issue but there are many with even worse fields than us and the supply line of players from the west african countries whose per capita GDP make jamaica look like a rich country.

Our biggest issue is lack of a true development program to identify and encourage specific players.

We are not developing and coupling speed with skill and we see consistently that it is this combination that is lethal.

We have speed without skill and skill without speed or decent skill with average speed or more in our case which is average skill with Nuff speed. We seem to be developing silos of specialization rather than being able to combine the silos and produce a more rounded combination.

Also discipline is an area where we are woefully short, this is a skill/learning that can be taught.

Where is the program that lists every single player in the island between 8 and 14 with data on speed, reaction time, thinking ability, ability to listen and learn, with that data you can quickly identify the most talented kids and then focus your resources on the top 3-5 % of each age with knowledge and discipline! diet! etc.

Field are great and great fields are wonderful but at the end of the day it is the training and knowledge environment that is important.

Grassy, soft pitches are just the icing on the cake, nice to have but they are not the cake and you must have cake to make icing work.

Stoni you've clearly experienced a Come to Jeezas moment... this is the crystal clear view from Outside the Matrix