Time stamp 1:02:00 I like how what was said about when a child asks about where the player get changed into their kit and when the dad responds that they go a different way to get changed and go on pitch and that the child will do the same. Very clever way of building the determination of wanted to become a football player. With my son when he was around 2 going on 3 years old and just getting started with playing football what I did to get him ready to learn was created him on Pro Evolution Soccer 6 years ago and showed him scoring goals, assisting etc and from then the love he has for football kept growing
20:00 You missed the point around genetics. If both parents aren’t athletic and fragile. Then you should know that the Traits go further back to the grand parents. The parents might just have the poorer athletic genes, but their parents have top athletic genes. Therefore you can have a great athlete because the boy inherits his grandparents characteristics.
Brilliant podcast and very informative I’ve learned a lot as a parent from this I have 3 sons all under the age of 9 this was really refreshing thank you top stuff and keep it coming 👍
For those parents that are considering to load kids physically after listening to the podcast, please put a personality and age first. A healthy young child, playing daily at the playground tag games, develops agility and spatial awareness naturally. The more the kids play, the more they develop and the more chances they will not get injured. Free active play develops essential areas of the brain for an athlete (and a healthy adult): vision, vestibular and body awareness. Kids always develop “ big to small” way (swinging develops core control), adults develop “small to big” (training core helps to get better in swinging)
Great podcast - surprised so few people are watching these. As a parent of a son that plays football I find it fascinating. The nature / nurture debate has existed in all fields and always creates the same debate. I think it's a bit of lazy way to answer the question what makes a good footballer. Focus on people taking unnatural routes into football - Ian Wright, Michail Antonio, Drogba etc all reaching the top of the sport and spent much time academy training. What about the negatives of academy training - if it's so good why do so few people make it through academies?
So few players make it, because there are very few places available in first team squads. Also a lot of signed players at academies certainly at older age groups end up being training partners for players they think can make it. They need 15 boys at an age group to train and play with the 3-4 who they think can make it. Once they get to 16 year old age, then can let go most of those as they join a larger pool of players. At U13. U14 and U15 a lot of players still signed are just training partners for the best kids who they believe can make it.
29:40 The guy who thinks that boys who have two athletic parents will make it doesn’t understand genetics properly. As the other man says, a boy can have two super sprinters and end up getting the non athletic genes from both and not be athletic.
@@lukebignell7846 He has no knowledge of how genetics works but he's scouting kids based on genetics and athleticism... But he doesn't even know what athleticism means... Tell me you're stupid without telling me you're stupid.
Great episode 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 - Need a conversation in how to approach coaching a kids team with a view player development (so they can individually excel) vs team development - I’m gonna be taking my sons u6 team in September
Lets me put it simple. Train the team as a team, but do small snippets(ten minutes of skills and ask the kids to practice at home in the week.. (check their homework .. videos and demos( ie 2 types if turns!!!) then keep 1v1, 2v2 and 3v3 (3v2) part of your practice core(practice in small groups and make everything game related. Also have a games night SSGs let them play. I would advice 2/3 sessions a week. If children are keen to learn get them to practice skills at home(or get a local skills coach) Then play as many matches as possible, league and tournaments. Objective has to be fun, lots of variety, lots of touches and challenges , plus a bit of chaos and free play.Enjoy.. lots of ball touches, no lines or standing around. Good luck Coach, get help from other parents too.. enjoy
Great Podcast..This may help some parents: 7s of SPORT -STRENGTH (Muscular, Power-how to keep the ball, body use) -STAMINA (physical and cardiovascular endurance) -SPEED (Body, Mind & exp). -SUPPLENESS (flexibility & Agility)!!! -SENSITIVITY & cordination -SKILL (physical ability to use body/ Technique/ coordination, reaction time & balance). ---Mind process -PSYCHOLOGY (mental strength /capability & fitness, speed and experience of the sport. FOOTBALL MOVEMENTS; Running Jump Lunge Push Pull Twist Squat Bending of joints(particularly Hips).
Smarts (taking pictures quickly and making good decisions) > is Greater Than SKILL/SPEED/STRENGTH/STAMINA Smart players are key. I can get a smart player to have Stamina and SKILL easier than teaching a skillful player to be SMART.
Some players aren't very athletic - for ex Harry Kane. You could take this to NFL too. Tom Brady was not viewed as athletic. But became one of the greats. And Kane is world class. If their hard work and IQ can compensate and make them effective... well then the results will speak for themselves. I think Pirlo was not considered athletic. But sure, these are anomalies. Athleticism I think will always be valued, subconsciously we are attracted to it.
It's like four journalists talking. A man who leads the debate persistently wants to emphasize the importance of genetics and athleticism. Can anyone explain to him that it's not all about that? Let's take a closer look at the top footballers today; most of them were youth selections and did not dominate. In football, one can succeed in many ways without using the formula of whether one is durable or fast. It doesn't guarantee anything.
Brilliant podcast Sean & Marcelo. This is probably a long shot, but I'd love to speak with you both regarding my 6 year old son's development, who's currently with a category 1 pre-academy. How can I reach out to you both? Thanks,
Why do you think mukhtar ali from Chelsea and zalalem from arsenal didn’t make it at the top grade In English football it was due to their athletic ability and you could see that by the way they look! Having athletic ability is needed at the top! Mukhtar ali plays in Saudi and zalalem plays at the mls
Hi My son is technically a very good footballer however he is not physically big. This goes against him when he goes to academies even though his technical ability is excellent. He’s 8 and young for his school year which makes him 10-11 months younger that many of his peers. He learnt the hardest bit which is footballing ability. Will his physical side catch up at the age of 13/14? Should his physical side go against him? In parts of Europe this is not the case.
perhaps you should start introducing a better diet to him an small exercises like push ups. When I was younger I played football but I also did wrestling and my dad made me do calesthetics. this meant I wasn't as easy to shove and much more physically fit. unfortunately my technique was crap which is why I was released but physicality is something that can be easily developed
Have a good diet and join gymnastics to strengthen his core strength you could also get that with wrestling. Alexis sanchez is a small player but difficult to get off the ball due to his strength. Yoga/pilates also helps with agility. A lot of smaller players are released too quickly I have seen many resigned later on after growth spurt but they had one on one coaching from academy coaches, if you can afford it do so Saul isaksson Hurst is probably the most famous but he has cheaper coaches under him
I am months off, but I don't think its a flip of a coin when it comes to a kids natural athletic ability. You definitely have a better chance of having natural athletic ability if your parents were athletes. There are plenty of examples across different sports. There are also examples of parents who were athletes and all there children became elite athletes in there sports. It is not a coincidence that Cristiano Ronaldo son is naturally gifted or Wayne Rooney's son or Abedi Pele's sons Andre and Jordan Ayew. This shows athletic ability is definitely genetic but the persons environment is a factor in the level the kid gets to.
Athleticism is a big factor at the top, it’s a simple case of a bigger man with bigger body frame, superior bone structure, and explosive power that will dominate a person on the field and that’s with having top tier ball mastery! It’s the ultimate combination. Look at how Romeo lavia dominated odegaard at the emirates last season, he was just superior athletically that made odegaard struggle against him and on top of that he was technically good. Look at how top footballers are built… wide shoulders, good musculature, balanced upper and lower body, 5ft10-6ft1. The blonde guy is right (sorry I don’t know your name) but athleticsm is a big factor, look at how East Africans dominate endurance with their small body frame and their Hugh slow twitch fibres but you don’t see that in football? West Africans dominate football because of their superior structure and high fast twitch fibres compared to East Africans.
He's right but got the answer in the wrong way.... Being athletic is important but there are different kinds of athleticism not just speed and just because your parents aren't particularly athletic doesn't guarantee you won't be. He's basically looking at the kids parents and ruling the kid out if they're not tall/fast/agile before he's even seen the kid develop... This is the whole problem that England have had for 30 years that they say they're fixing but they're clearly not. The big tall strong fast kids get picked because their athletic ability at the younger ages can compensate for not being as good at football but by the time they're 18 they're not as good. The problem with this is the less athletic ones but with great ability get dropped as they're considered not good enough at the younger ages but by the time they're 18 they'd have closed the athletic gap a bit and their ability and IQ would surpass the ones who were just big and fast. Don't get me wrong there's always gonna be the ones who have all of the qualities but generally the average English player is considered, big/strong/fast and fit. I randomly came across an u12 Chelsea vs Malaga the other day and the Malaga lads had 70%+ possession to the Chelsea boys. The Spanish lads could pass it in tight spaces, keep the ball even under pressure and all round looked much more intelligent on the pitch whereas the Chelsea lads were fast and agile but could barely get the ball off the Malaga lads to do anything with it. Chelsea won 1-0 with maybe 1 shot compared to Spain who lacked the final piece of the puzzle. so you could say that the English way works but realistically if they played 10 times the Malaga lads would have won 7/8 of them. Imagine if the Barcelona u12 played them not Malaga and I'd expect Chelsea to lose 5-0 10/10 times if not more. Clearly even at the u12 level English scouting/coaching system is too focused on speed and stamina compared to actual footballing ability.
In regards height, my mum was 5'6" my dad 5'9",I am 6'1"my dad play some football and mainly cricket, I was always involved in sport, football being the main sport. I Had ex Pro's as coaches, I played I played 3rd div state league in Australia, Div 1 Lancs and Devon League. I don't think parents have any bearing on height, my great grandfather were tall apparently.
Parents absolutely have a bearing on height there's scientific studies to support this but you can never be 100% accurate. I'm 5"6 and my dad was 5"7 but my half brother is 6" with the same dad.
Same with my son . I personally think it’s due to football becoming so structured most of the games are teams holding possession. The excitement has been taken out of the game . I’ve managed to get my 6 year old son watching Match of the day which he seems to enjoy and can still learn a lot from .
You’re all sick training 4 & 5 year olds -let them be kids-talent is innate and will rise and announce when it needs to develop -Oh my bad so many people are now making money out of the football dream🤔
Statistically 85%+ of England's football team were in the academy under 10's so no it won't. If you're not in the academy before this age you're significantly less likely to be scouted to begin with even if you have the potential. They're training 3+ times a week compared to 2 at best for the rest and since they've been training from 5 they're already better than you and the gap will get bigger and bigger because they train more and have better and more efficient coaching so even if there's thousands of kids with the potential to be better they don't achieve it because of these factors. And lastly, learning something from a younger age greatly improves their ability compared to somebody who started at 10 or later as their ability to learn and develop skills and muscle memory at that early age is almost insurmountable for a kid who starts at 11.
Doesn't realise he's narrowing minded and picking the same types of player... He literally said he's scanning the pitch for fast agile players to scout but nothing else... So many young talents will not get even half a chance it's a shame. There's probably hundreds if not thousands of kids with the potential that just need the right coaching and training but instead Harry Speed gets picked because he can run quicker than him.
@@Nothinghere23135Yep. The obsession with physical characteristics is to blame. Elite English players lack the mental side of things and lack that intelligence. Every time they play in semi and finals of majors the players choke and they don’t know how to win. Way too much emphasis on physical characteristics which all equalise anyway by the age of 17-18. It’s a pointless competition to have the most effective players at lower age groups, when you are trying to build complete players in every facet including intelligence and mental strength.
Weaponize your fitness kids. That's the best thing I can tell you, make it a point to be Mr sprint endurance, Mr agility, Mr strength just be a dawg, train harder than everyone else and sleep easy at night knowing you left nothing to chance, living with regrets awful.
The host has a very fixed opinion, giving anecdotal evidence collected at the side of a pitch and trying to correlate that to make him right. If a player has unhealthy parents ie. Diet, exercise etc that simply tells you how they live, it doesn’t say anything about their genetics, you can’t know what would happen if that Mum and Dad suddenly went to the gym and cleaned up their lifestyle……….very frustrating listen……your mate keeps laughing because you are wrong
You're gonna ask a kids parent if he was fast/ athletic when he was a kid?? He's hardly gonna say "No I was slow and fat" You literally make it obvious you're looking for fast kids why the fuck would the parents ever say "No I'm slow as fuck".... Don't ever ask a question where they can only give you the answer you want to hear.
No one can tell me you can tell who will be a footballer at 4yrs old even 8yrs old and to be honest the academy environment is not the most pleasant and full of selfish personalities
Love these pod casts, great info for parents
Time stamp 1:02:00
I like how what was said about when a child asks about where the player get changed into their kit and when the dad responds that they go a different way to get changed and go on pitch and that the child will do the same. Very clever way of building the determination of wanted to become a football player.
With my son when he was around 2 going on 3 years old and just getting started with playing football what I did to get him ready to learn was created him on Pro Evolution Soccer 6 years ago and showed him scoring goals, assisting etc and from then the love he has for football kept growing
20:00 You missed the point around genetics.
If both parents aren’t athletic and fragile. Then you should know that the Traits go further back to the grand parents. The parents might just have the poorer athletic genes, but their parents have top athletic genes.
Therefore you can have a great athlete because the boy inherits his grandparents characteristics.
Brilliant podcast and very informative I’ve learned a lot as a parent from this I have 3 sons all under the age of 9 this was really refreshing thank you
top stuff and keep it coming 👍
For those parents that are considering to load kids physically after listening to the podcast, please put a personality and age first. A healthy young child, playing daily at the playground tag games, develops agility and spatial awareness naturally. The more the kids play, the more they develop and the more chances they will not get injured. Free active play develops essential areas of the brain for an athlete (and a healthy adult): vision, vestibular and body awareness. Kids always develop “ big to small” way (swinging develops core control), adults develop “small to big” (training core helps to get better in swinging)
Great podcast - surprised so few people are watching these. As a parent of a son that plays football I find it fascinating. The nature / nurture debate has existed in all fields and always creates the same debate. I think it's a bit of lazy way to answer the question what makes a good footballer. Focus on people taking unnatural routes into football - Ian Wright, Michail Antonio, Drogba etc all reaching the top of the sport and spent much time academy training. What about the negatives of academy training - if it's so good why do so few people make it through academies?
So few players make it, because there are very few places available in first team squads.
Also a lot of signed players at academies certainly at older age groups end up being training partners for players they think can make it.
They need 15 boys at an age group to train and play with the 3-4 who they think can make it. Once they get to 16 year old age, then can let go most of those as they join a larger pool of players.
At U13. U14 and U15 a lot of players still signed are just training partners for the best kids who they believe can make it.
29:40 The guy who thinks that boys who have two athletic parents will make it doesn’t understand genetics properly.
As the other man says, a boy can have two super sprinters and end up getting the non athletic genes from both and not be athletic.
@@lukebignell7846 He has no knowledge of how genetics works but he's scouting kids based on genetics and athleticism... But he doesn't even know what athleticism means... Tell me you're stupid without telling me you're stupid.
Love your podcasts! I’ve watched nearly all of them. Full of gems. Keep them coming :)
Athleticism is really important because it gives you the extra edge on the pitch.
Great podcast will be sharing with all they boys n my son's to watch 👊🏾
Great episode 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 - Need a conversation in how to approach coaching a kids team with a view player development (so they can individually excel) vs team development - I’m gonna be taking my sons u6 team in September
Lets me put it simple. Train the team as a team, but do small snippets(ten minutes of skills and ask the kids to practice at home in the week.. (check their homework .. videos and demos( ie 2 types if turns!!!) then keep 1v1, 2v2 and 3v3 (3v2) part of your practice core(practice in small groups and make everything game related. Also have a games night SSGs let them play. I would advice 2/3 sessions a week. If children are keen to learn get them to practice skills at home(or get a local skills coach) Then play as many matches as possible, league and tournaments. Objective has to be fun, lots of variety, lots of touches and challenges , plus a bit of chaos and free play.Enjoy.. lots of ball touches, no lines or standing around. Good luck Coach, get help from other parents too.. enjoy
Hi,
Thanks so much for you doing.
What's the name of your academy.
Thanks
Thank you! It is We Make Footballers :)
Great Podcast..This may help some parents:
7s of SPORT
-STRENGTH (Muscular,
Power-how to keep the ball, body use)
-STAMINA (physical and
cardiovascular endurance)
-SPEED (Body, Mind & exp).
-SUPPLENESS (flexibility &
Agility)!!!
-SENSITIVITY & cordination
-SKILL (physical ability to use
body/ Technique/ coordination, reaction
time & balance).
---Mind process
-PSYCHOLOGY (mental strength /capability & fitness, speed and experience of the sport.
FOOTBALL MOVEMENTS;
Running
Jump
Lunge
Push
Pull
Twist
Squat
Bending of joints(particularly Hips).
Smarts (taking pictures quickly and making good decisions) > is Greater Than SKILL/SPEED/STRENGTH/STAMINA
Smart players are key. I can get a smart player to have Stamina and SKILL easier than teaching a skillful player to be SMART.
Some players aren't very athletic - for ex Harry Kane. You could take this to NFL too. Tom Brady was not viewed as athletic. But became one of the greats.
And Kane is world class. If their hard work and IQ can compensate and make them effective... well then the results will speak for themselves.
I think Pirlo was not considered athletic.
But sure, these are anomalies. Athleticism I think will always be valued, subconsciously we are attracted to it.
Brady is a QB. Alot of statue QB proceeded him and we're successful.
So many 5 10 players out there
It's like four journalists talking. A man who leads the debate persistently wants to emphasize the importance of genetics and athleticism. Can anyone explain to him that it's not all about that? Let's take a closer look at the top footballers today; most of them were youth selections and did not dominate. In football, one can succeed in many ways without using the formula of whether one is durable or fast. It doesn't guarantee anything.
You all in England have so much resources and options to make it in football. We have nothing like that here in america.
What level of coaching do you think a grassroots team coach should be at to help their players?
My son is with Nigel James they train like your at a academy x3 week 2 hrs each
Brilliant podcast Sean & Marcelo.
This is probably a long shot, but I'd love to speak with you both regarding my 6 year old son's development, who's currently with a category 1 pre-academy.
How can I reach out to you both?
Thanks,
they have a company We are footballers im sure you could contact them through that or sign your kid up to your local We make footballers
Why do you think mukhtar ali from Chelsea and zalalem from arsenal didn’t make it at the top grade In English football it was due to their athletic ability and you could see that by the way they look! Having athletic ability is needed at the top! Mukhtar ali plays in Saudi and zalalem plays at the mls
Hi
My son is technically a very good footballer however he is not physically big. This goes against him when he goes to academies even though his technical ability is excellent. He’s 8 and young for his school year which makes him 10-11 months younger that many of his peers.
He learnt the hardest bit which is footballing ability. Will his physical side catch up at the age of 13/14? Should his physical side go against him? In parts of Europe this is not the case.
perhaps you should start introducing a better diet to him an small exercises like push ups. When I was younger I played football but I also did wrestling and my dad made me do calesthetics. this meant I wasn't as easy to shove and much more physically fit. unfortunately my technique was crap which is why I was released but physicality is something that can be easily developed
Have a good diet and join gymnastics to strengthen his core strength you could also get that with wrestling. Alexis sanchez is a small player but difficult to get off the ball due to his strength. Yoga/pilates also helps with agility. A lot of smaller players are released too quickly I have seen many resigned later on after growth spurt but they had one on one coaching from academy coaches, if you can afford it do so Saul isaksson Hurst is probably the most famous but he has cheaper coaches under him
What’s hoop work
You cannot be whatever you want but rather you can be whatever you are=parenting
Yuriy have 1 year old.
He will be footballer?
What the stupid question???😅
I am months off, but I don't think its a flip of a coin when it comes to a kids natural athletic ability. You definitely have a better chance of having natural athletic ability if your parents were athletes. There are plenty of examples across different sports. There are also examples of parents who were athletes and all there children became elite athletes in there sports. It is not a coincidence that Cristiano Ronaldo son is naturally gifted or Wayne Rooney's son or Abedi Pele's sons Andre and Jordan Ayew. This shows athletic ability is definitely genetic but the persons environment is a factor in the level the kid gets to.
Athleticism is a big factor at the top, it’s a simple case of a bigger man with bigger body frame, superior bone structure, and explosive power that will dominate a person on the field and that’s with having top tier ball mastery! It’s the ultimate combination. Look at how Romeo lavia dominated odegaard at the emirates last season, he was just superior athletically that made odegaard struggle against him and on top of that he was technically good. Look at how top footballers are built… wide shoulders, good musculature, balanced upper and lower body, 5ft10-6ft1. The blonde guy is right (sorry I don’t know your name) but athleticsm is a big factor, look at how East Africans dominate endurance with their small body frame and their Hugh slow twitch fibres but you don’t see that in football? West Africans dominate football because of their superior structure and high fast twitch fibres compared to East Africans.
He's right but got the answer in the wrong way.... Being athletic is important but there are different kinds of athleticism not just speed and just because your parents aren't particularly athletic doesn't guarantee you won't be. He's basically looking at the kids parents and ruling the kid out if they're not tall/fast/agile before he's even seen the kid develop... This is the whole problem that England have had for 30 years that they say they're fixing but they're clearly not. The big tall strong fast kids get picked because their athletic ability at the younger ages can compensate for not being as good at football but by the time they're 18 they're not as good. The problem with this is the less athletic ones but with great ability get dropped as they're considered not good enough at the younger ages but by the time they're 18 they'd have closed the athletic gap a bit and their ability and IQ would surpass the ones who were just big and fast. Don't get me wrong there's always gonna be the ones who have all of the qualities but generally the average English player is considered, big/strong/fast and fit. I randomly came across an u12 Chelsea vs Malaga the other day and the Malaga lads had 70%+ possession to the Chelsea boys. The Spanish lads could pass it in tight spaces, keep the ball even under pressure and all round looked much more intelligent on the pitch whereas the Chelsea lads were fast and agile but could barely get the ball off the Malaga lads to do anything with it. Chelsea won 1-0 with maybe 1 shot compared to Spain who lacked the final piece of the puzzle. so you could say that the English way works but realistically if they played 10 times the Malaga lads would have won 7/8 of them. Imagine if the Barcelona u12 played them not Malaga and I'd expect Chelsea to lose 5-0 10/10 times if not more. Clearly even at the u12 level English scouting/coaching system is too focused on speed and stamina compared to actual footballing ability.
In regards height, my mum was 5'6" my dad 5'9",I am 6'1"my dad play some football and mainly cricket, I was always involved in sport, football being the main sport. I Had ex Pro's as coaches, I played I played 3rd div state league in Australia, Div 1 Lancs and Devon League. I don't think parents have any bearing on height, my great grandfather were tall apparently.
Parents absolutely have a bearing on height there's scientific studies to support this but you can never be 100% accurate. I'm 5"6 and my dad was 5"7 but my half brother is 6" with the same dad.
Cant athleticism be taught easier than skill and finesse?
Hi how important is it ,that my 9 year old son watches football , as he enjoys playing but not watching ?
Same with my son . I personally think it’s due to football becoming so structured most of the games are teams holding possession. The excitement has been taken out of the game . I’ve managed to get my 6 year old son watching Match of the day which he seems to enjoy and can still learn a lot from .
You’re all sick training 4 & 5 year olds -let them be kids-talent is innate and will rise and announce when it needs to develop -Oh my bad so many people are now making money out of the football dream🤔
Statistically 85%+ of England's football team were in the academy under 10's so no it won't. If you're not in the academy before this age you're significantly less likely to be scouted to begin with even if you have the potential. They're training 3+ times a week compared to 2 at best for the rest and since they've been training from 5 they're already better than you and the gap will get bigger and bigger because they train more and have better and more efficient coaching so even if there's thousands of kids with the potential to be better they don't achieve it because of these factors. And lastly, learning something from a younger age greatly improves their ability compared to somebody who started at 10 or later as their ability to learn and develop skills and muscle memory at that early age is almost insurmountable for a kid who starts at 11.
Blonde is the reason the English will never win the World Cup, and perhaps y the English never win any sport in general.
Doesn't realise he's narrowing minded and picking the same types of player... He literally said he's scanning the pitch for fast agile players to scout but nothing else... So many young talents will not get even half a chance it's a shame. There's probably hundreds if not thousands of kids with the potential that just need the right coaching and training but instead Harry Speed gets picked because he can run quicker than him.
Blonde tells truth
Blonde is the reason the English will never win the World Cup, and perhaps y the English never win any sport in general
@@Nothinghere23135Yep. The obsession with physical characteristics is to blame.
Elite English players lack the mental side of things and lack that intelligence. Every time they play in semi and finals of majors the players choke and they don’t know how to win.
Way too much emphasis on physical characteristics which all equalise anyway by the age of 17-18.
It’s a pointless competition to have the most effective players at lower age groups, when you are trying to build complete players in every facet including intelligence and mental strength.
Weaponize your fitness kids. That's the best thing I can tell you, make it a point to be Mr sprint endurance, Mr agility, Mr strength just be a dawg, train harder than everyone else and sleep easy at night knowing you left nothing to chance, living with regrets awful.
Andrew pirlo type will never be scouted in this cointry
The host has a very fixed opinion, giving anecdotal evidence collected at the side of a pitch and trying to correlate that to make him right. If a player has unhealthy parents ie. Diet, exercise etc that simply tells you how they live, it doesn’t say anything about their genetics, you can’t know what would happen if that Mum and Dad suddenly went to the gym and cleaned up their lifestyle……….very frustrating listen……your mate keeps laughing because you are wrong
You're gonna ask a kids parent if he was fast/ athletic when he was a kid?? He's hardly gonna say "No I was slow and fat" You literally make it obvious you're looking for fast kids why the fuck would the parents ever say "No I'm slow as fuck".... Don't ever ask a question where they can only give you the answer you want to hear.
Amazed how narrow minded Sean is as a scout.
He's clueless that's why. somehow got his way into a scouting job but doesn't actually know what he's doing.
No one can tell me you can tell who will be a footballer at 4yrs old even 8yrs old and to be honest the academy environment is not the most pleasant and full of selfish personalities