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The UEFA Intelligence Center report “Training Facilities and Youth Investment – Landscape 2020” was recently published. The European federation shares its data from 950…

Sports consultancy NMC Bright and the HAN University of Applied Sciences join forces and developed courses aimed at talent identification in sports. The first…

NMC Bright supports the AVB in several projects, like the formulation and implementation of an overall- and football development strategy. The AVB’s Strategic Plan…

NMC Bright initiated, in cooperation with the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB), the Football Federation Bonaire (FFB) and Dutch Ministry of Health, Well-being and…

The world of sport, as many other sectors, is struck by the Covid-19 crisis. What does this mean for NMC Bright? Work continues Fortunately,…

Ard van Peppen (34) started in March 2020 as Consultant Sport at NMC Bright. Ard had more than 400 appearances in professional football. In 2019,…

We are very proud to announce our partnership with the Bonaire Football Federation. Together with our strategic partners, KNVB and The Ministery of Health,…

In the week of 15 October 2019 the football association of Aruba (AVB) launched Grow Football Aruba in cooperation with NMC Bright. This integral strategy to…

Feedback is a way of telling people what they need to improve. In the world of sports it is also known as coaching, specifically…

The Romanian Football Federation (FRF) has successfully started licensing youth academies in season 2018/2019, using a licensing model designed in co-operation with NMC Bright….

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 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…