Articles

In executing the Quality & Performance Program, we get to talk to many people who fulfil the role of Head of Academy for different…

Overly involved parents are increasingly becoming a source of annoyance in youth sports. In last week’s article I already wrote about this phenomenon. This…

Parents in youth football (1) More and more clubs express their concern with regards to the role parents have within youth football. It has…

The NMC Bright team wishes everybody a merry christmas and a bright 2019!

The Review is one of two main parts from the Quality & Performance Program. Goal of the Review is to focus specifically on development…

Now that we’re already a few months into the season it is time to give an update in relation to the Q&P Program. The…

The Football Federation Bonaire (FFB) recently presented their strategic development plan 2018 – 2022. Within this strategic plan the FFB stated the ambition of…

Earlier this year, the Aruba Football Federation (AFF) invited NMC Bright to contribute in the development of a strategic plan. Within this document the…

Now that we’re already a few months into the season it is time to give an update in relation to the Quality & Performance…

After a successful project with the Romanian Football Federation NMC Bright got invited to speak at the Sport Business Chain event in Bucharest. The…

More and more amateur football clubs have started adding Head of Academy or Technical Youth Coordinator positions to their organisation structure. Previously conducted research…

How much does a youth trainer employed by a professional football club earn? Is it possible for a youth trainer to work fulltime and…

We are proud to announce our partnership with Futbal Aruba! After a week long visit to the Caribbean island, while participating in a seminar…

The KNVB (Royal Dutch Football Association) and NMC Bright introduced the Quality & Performance Program for youth academies in the 2014/’15 season. The aim…

In my previous publication I presented some results with regards to my research about selection policy. Football clubs want to perform at the highest…

I have not come across a club who does not have it; a team selection policy. Amateur clubs scout the best players from a…

We are proud to announce our partnership with the Romanian Football Federation (FRF). The ambitions of the FRF are formulated in a strategic plan…

How do you measure the quality of a youth academy? There are different ways, as a football club, to get a better insight into…

All amateur football clubs that took part in the Q&P program throughout the 2016-2017 season were invited to the annual symposium, which was held…

New accreditations have been given to the different Dutch High-Performance Sports Centres in February 2017. Following this procedure, the visitation cycle will commence spring,…

From the 11th until the 13th of April, NMC Bright reviewed Belgian club KV Oostende’s youth academy. NMC Bright’s team of experts went to…

An increasing amount of amateur football clubs have begun appointing a Head of Academy, or something similar like a Technical Youth Coordinator for example….

Every day ten thousands of trainers step on the pitch to train Dutch football players. Oftentimes, these trainers are volunteers and highly-involved parents. On…