Ajax Youth Development – When The Real World Meets Football Manager
Before I start and explain what this thread is about I'd like to thank some people for allowing me to use certain images, use of certain articles and for providing me links for elsewhere to better answer my questions.
So firstly I'd like to thank everyone at http://www.ecaeurope.com/ and in particular Olivier Jarosz who kindly game me permission to use his detailed ECA report on Youth Academies.
Secondly I'd like to t
Training
In this part I'll touch upon General and Match training because they cause a bit of confusion at times.
The General training focuses you can train are:
Balanced
Fitness
Tactics
Ball Control
Defending
Attacking
Team Cohesion
All of the above focus on sets of attributes so lets break them down and take a look;
Fitness : Acceleration, Agility,Balance, Jumping, Natural Fitness, Pace, Stamina, Strength, Workrate
Tactics: Anticipation, Composure, Concentra