Where next in Australia’s pursuit of football's next golden generation? | Richard Parkin

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African and Middle Eastern communities are increasingly paving the way in the search for world-class players

Between Adelaide United’s stunning FFA Cup final rout and the pulsating return of the Sydney derby to Parramatta, it has been a good news week for Australian football. But lost in the fanfare was something critically important to the men’s domestic game – the release of Professional Footballers Australia’s insightful study into football’s golden generation, Culture Amplifies Talent.

In an era of curriculum wars, the 10,000 hours principle and a proliferation of financially-motivated academies professing to have “the secret” to unlocking your child’s development, the need to sort fact from fiction is crucial, and the PFA deserve praise for commissioning such work.

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from Football | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/oct/31/where-next-in-australias-pursuit-of-footballs-next-golden-generation

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