Youth system

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In

football and basketball clubs, especially in Europe and Latin America, take responsibility for developing their own players of the future.[3]

A subset of youth academies are referred to as elite academies, designated for teenagers and young adults. These academies typically have a higher cost of capital incurred for maintaining an optimal environment for practice as well as cups and other competitions that may be partaken.

Elite academies often have full time staff including but not limited to coaches, physiotherapists, office staff and other roles that assist in the operations of the academy. Rules of top academies are strict and unlike other association football clubs, most clubs will have strict travel rules and will not allow players to drive to and from matches on the same day if under the age of 21 due to fatigue levels and stress.

Underage players may sign youth contracts with the club or association that owns the elite academy. It is also common for elite academies to offer the ability to study in parallel with the academy training, such as is the case in for example the system of college sports in the United States. Schools may offer sports focused programmes in order to integrate their student experiences with the academies of affiliation.[4]

Youth academies

Youth systems attached exclusively to one club are often called youth academies. In a youth academy, a club will sign multiple players at a very young age and teach them football skills required to play at that club's level and style of football.

Manchester United, and Chelsea have recruited foreign talent, leading to the formation of specialist recruiters such as the La Liga Youth Brokerage, which started in 2016.[6]

Many of the larger

The Academy of Football, and has produced many English talents that have gone on to play with larger clubs in the Premier League.[7]

Another example is lower league clubs who have produced high quality players through the academy and sold them to keep the club running. A prime example of this is

Danny Murphy and Dean Ashton
and sold them.

An alternative name for a youth academy is "Centre of Excellence". In English football, these terms have distinct meanings and are licensed and regulated by

The Football League.[8]

In 2020, Major League Rugby teams started forming youth academies.[9][10][11]

In the

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, and other enterprises.

Youth leagues

While similar to youth academies, youth leagues are built into a club competition rather than an individual club. However, the teams that play in these youth leagues (called

A-League in Australia will begin its own youth league.[12]

Youth leagues are not just exclusive to football (soccer). The

AFL Draft. Basketball clubs in Europe follow the same format as their respective football (soccer) clubs, with youth tournaments in each country, as well as the Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, where the top 32 Under-18 sides compete for the championship. Minor ice hockey and junior ice hockey serve an identical purpose for ice hockey and the National Hockey League (NHL). To a certain extent, Little League Baseball
serves a similar purpose for professional baseball, although the vast majority of development and recruitment comes at the high school level.

The other major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada except Major League Soccer (MLS) do not have an official youth development system. The National Football League's players are developed predominantly through the educational system, first with high school football and then college football. Basketball players are typically developed and recruited straight out of high school, although the National Basketball Association requires at least one year out of high school to be eligible to play. College basketball is also a source of players for the NBA and other professional leagues.

MLS Next (stylized in all caps) is a system of youth soccer leagues that are managed, organized and controlled by Major League Soccer. It was introduced by the league in 2020. The system was introduced in mid 2020 and will be active[needs update] for the first time during the 2020–21 season. It is a successor to the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. The system covers the under-13, under-14, under-15, under-16, under-17, and under-19 age groups.

See also

References

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  2. ^ "When Saturday Comes – Stunted growth". wsc.co.uk. 2016-07-27. Retrieved 2017-04-09.
  3. ^ "Life at a football academy". BBC News. 2005-09-30.
  4. ^ "A network-based ranking system for US college football". IOP Publishing.
  5. ^ "Does United's future still lie in youth?". BBC News. 2004-09-02.
  6. ^ La Liga Youth Brokerage Archived 2016-12-26 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Philip, Robert (2004-06-14). "West Ham in the nation's debt for grooming England talent". The Daily Telegraph. London.[dead link]
  8. ^ "Programme for Excellence". The FA. 2003-11-06. Retrieved 2008-06-20.
  9. ^ "Utah Warriors Co-Founder to build Liberty Boys Academy - djcoilrugby".
  10. ^ "Toronto Arrows Announce 2020 Academy Athletes, Additional Program Details". Major League Rugby.
  11. ^ "MLR Academies Can Be Anything, Which Is OK". Goff Rugby Report.
  12. ^ Davutovic, David (2007-10-30). "Football Federation looks at national youth league". The Daily Telegraph.
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