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[PSV] is the first professional academy where a girl will play alongside the boys to further her development, 9 year old Liz will play alongside the boys at PSV U10 (www.psv.nl)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Something else the book argues is that opportunities were very important, and you can also think that it was the opportunities given to those who had more physical development at the earliest stage increased their likelihood to make it. This is sort of like her getting selected for the special team outside the odds.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Something else the book argues is that opportunities were very important, and you can also think that it was the opportunities given to those who had more physical development at the earliest stage increased their likelihood to make it.

Absolutely, I even reference this.

This is sort of like her getting selected for the special team outside the odds.

Yep. She's the Outlier - geddit!?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

They're looking for outliers and outliers only. Average players in an academy get thrown in the bin. Just look at what TAA said https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65399672

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I would argue that it is mostly about amount of ball involvement while playing. A kid born earlier in the year will on average be physically stronger and therefore have the ball more and therefore develop skills faster, even if players born later in the year plays an equal amount. When the player born later catches up physical the early born players will have better football specific skills which is hard to catch up on.