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Originally Posted by Pendle Red
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Links of any kind that can help build up Football particulary Stanley can only be good for both sides of the pond.
Pre-Season stuff for our first team I would imagine would be amazing for all concerend if it got to that sort of stage, but even scholars and academy players could benefit from maybe part schooling and different angles on the game.
What is the grass roots system like in the US is football taught from an early age at school or does it tend to be more of an extra curriculum activity or summer school thing?
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Very little football is taught in school as part of a physical education class. Most communities in the US have recreational football through a volunteer-run local soccer association or club, and that is where most of the football is played. For more competitive players, there are travel and premier teams. As the first name implies, these teams travel to other communities to play against other competitive teams. In general, kids dont start playing football for their school (it is an after school, extra-curricular activity) until high school (U15 through U18). People say the grass roots system in the US is a problem because it is run and coached by parents that have never played the game. This may still be true in very rural areas but I dont think it is true any longer around cities of any significant size. There are tons of former pro players, european coaches, and south american/mexican coaches that are coaching at the youth level over here. My sons coach has the top dutch coaching license and the top USA youth license.