Some notes on Merricks document
- he highlights scanning as an area that needs to improve (agree, this is something I've noticed. Apart from ccm players and our imports we for some reason scan less often than euro players)
- he wants to change from a team centric approach to a player centric approach citing the player centric approach as more successful. The NTC did indeed focus on a team centric approach
- This statement also signals an ideological change "The ability to cope with the physical demands of the game, often determines the level of football a player will reach, more than technical ability. Profiling players in their mid-teens is the best time to assess physiological potential." Not sure about this. Our players have become physically remedial while becoming technically good. People often compare the club success of todays youth with yesteryear, but its not a like for like comparison. There were a lot better pathways back then (NYL, colts, underage teams, AIS, more aussie teams)
- striking is still in the same category as passing (page 20) there was a worry that this underemphasizes goal scoring
- gives a plan for how to improve players physically.
