Parents in youth football (2)
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…
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Parents in youth football (1)
Parents in youth football (1) More and more clubs express their concern with regards to the role parents have within youth football. It has…
Reviews in Professional Football
The Review is one of two main parts from the Quality & Performance Program. Goal of the Review is to focus specifically on development…
Update Quality & Performance Program professional football
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…
NMC Bright contributes to development youth football on Bonaire
The Football Federation Bonaire (FFB) recently presented their strategic development plan 2018 – 2022. Within this strategic plan the FFB stated the ambition of…
FIFA-president compliments Aruba Football Federation on their Strategic Plan
Earlier this year, the Aruba Football Federation (AFF) invited NMC Bright to contribute in the development of a strategic plan. Within this document the…
Update Quality & Performance Program amateur football
Now that we’re already a few months into the season it is time to give an update in relation to the Quality & Performance…
NMC Bright visits Sport Business Chain event in Bucharest
After a successful project with the Romanian Football Federation NMC Bright got invited to speak at the Sport Business Chain event in Bucharest. The…
Research: Academy Director in amateur football
More and more amateur football clubs have started adding Head of Academy or Technical Youth Coordinator positions to their organisation structure. Previously conducted research…
Research: Professional football youth trainer remuneration
How much does a youth trainer employed by a professional football club earn? Is it possible for a youth trainer to work fulltime and…
Futbal Aruba partners with NMC Bright
We are proud to announce our partnership with Futbal Aruba! After a week long visit to the Caribbean island, while participating in a seminar…
A hundred amateur football clubs enrolled in the Quality & Performance Program!
The KNVB (Royal Dutch Football Association) and NMC Bright introduced the Quality & Performance Program for youth academies in the 2014/’15 season. The aim…
Selection policy in amateur football: labelling (youth) players is dangerous
In my previous publication I presented some results with regards to my research about selection policy. Football clubs want to perform at the highest…
Selection policy in amateur football is unfair
I have not come across a club who does not have it; a team selection policy. Amateur clubs scout the best players from a…
Romanian Football Federation partners with NMC Bright
We are proud to announce our partnership with the Romanian Football Federation (FRF). The ambitions of the FRF are formulated in a strategic plan…
NMC Bright launches Learning Environment Monitor in Football!
How do you measure the quality of a youth academy? There are different ways, as a football club, to get a better insight into…
Looking back at the 2017 Q&P Symposium
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…
Visitation High Performance Sports Centres
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,…