Therefore, teaching and learning should be the focus for preadolescence and adolescence. This is difficult as the coach gets caught up in the demand for instant success and match results. Far too often the coaches are evaluated on their record rather than their abilities to present the game in a meaningful manner. There is pressure to win at every age level, when the real barometer should in fact be playing well. The phase of training is a repetition of what is already known.
Coaches can only train when all else has been explored and mastered.
Training fixes the existing knowledge. Too often players are being trained when they still need to be taught, but teaching takes time and teaching is hard work. There is little time to teaching midweek when the entire focus of the coach, club, parents and players is on the weekend s game. That is why the academy focuses on the learning process. Results are only significant if our teams show retention of knowledge.