One coaches PTP player is another coaches cut.
A few seasons ago the U16 PTP program played against the Coastal FC SYL U16 Boys program and lost 3-1. I believe the U15 PTP also played the Abbotsford SYL U15 boys and tied 1-1.
The coastal and Abby players had all been looked over for PTP...
BB - no doubt about it...even at the B Provincial level far too many people pass who should not.
The problem is there is no actual coach education process in BC. Coach development is not even done at most club levels. Coaching development for the average individual is a mentorship and...
BC Soccer just posted the following...
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I know for a fact that they did not offer one of the female coaches a position on the course until she contacted the Executive Director with the questions "why?". The coach fits in with everyone of the candidate selection criteria (she is a...
Who said "thank God for the Assessors"? I simply stated WHY clubs go that route...mostly to avoid the headaches that moronic parents with too much time on their hands can create and the ineptitude of a handful of coaches who can't and won't do a proper job...which tends to happen just as much...
No it is not the answer but it does go towards the hiring of professional evaluators to observe and assess the players. This allows clubs to defend against the many claims of "dishonest" and "racist" selections they get from parents whose kids have been "cut" from the team. It can get ugly and...
WRT the Okanagan - I think that through an HPL franchise you would see a much greater coordinated effort to field competitive teams. Where as the LISA operates ONE team in each gender and age group to compete in A Cup the Okanagan (currently) is not ONE entity and any of a number of clubs can...
If they continue to operate the way they have in the past...then anyone who declares themselves Metro will get a team...so you could have 17 one year and 6 the next.
Let's hope there has been some CLEAR standards set in this regard.
BC Soccer introduces the High Performance League Selection Panel > British Columbia Soccer Association > Rotate News Article View
Selection panel announced...
The panel is comprised of Paul Barber, Chief Executive Officer with the Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Sean Fleming, the Canadian Soccer...
You will probably find that the tier 2 kids will get better looked after then before HPL. Take Surrey FC for example...they currently have a full and part time paid technical staff as well as paid office staff (not sure if they still have a full time Executive Director). Guarenteed that this...
It would be difficult to draw current club head coaches or TD's away from their full time positions with their current clubs to take on the "part time" challenges of TD at an HPL club at a significant pay cut.
It is possible that clubs not awarded an HPL franchise will build on their current...
Our kids literally have nothing to play for after U15/16. They end up against the same opponents at U18 that they have played against since they were U14...there is no fresh challenge. I have always believed that we should abolish the top tier of youth soccer after U16 and blend the top kids...