There’s plenty that have been asked to play with jets but prefer to stick with there clubs for some reason
yeah the limited amount ive watched junior Jets this year its stood out to me how 'similar' all the players are. this looks good when you are playing at a high tempo on a slick surface and you boss possession. can only imagine out and out 'defenders' dont get the same opportunities as the skill kids at the early ages. Prob only later in their development when they start facing bigger stronger kids that a lumbering oaf of a defender (yes im being a bit silly but you get what i mean) is probably more of a necessity.
it just made me think, as the more successful of the 2 young kids that the Jets have brought in (from different youth clubs of course) in Champness and Jackson seem very very different players. There are a lot of Champness' in the Jets kids, but no Jacksons. Yet by the time they get to the jets they are both considered valuable.
would love to know at what age Jackson got into the youth setup.
Saw some academy stuff
Former Buderim junior Lachlan Jackson, who spent time in Coast representative teams as a junior, as well as at the Queensland Academy of Sport and three years in the Roar system, said he was hoping to find more opportunities at the Jets, after he found himself stuck behind a plethora of centre-backs in Brisbane.
In theory yes. In practice I have my doubts. I'll give you an example:
There was a kid in my son's NPL side in 2017 that is now playing in his second season with the Mariner's youth programme in the Sydney NPL. He has been selected to train / trial with the u16 national side. He didn't make it.
While in the Newcastle NPL side, his club side came 3rd or 4th but won the grand final. No one from the Jets set up spoke to him and apart from games against the Jets I don't recall ever seeing a Jets rep at any game (admittedly I may simply have not seen them). The Mariners had a coach at at least 3 of my son's games and spoke to him at length.
In my view, the kid was a substantially better player than the kid the Jets had in the same role.
Interestingly, the only changes that occurred to the Jets side that year were two kids that were in the side that topped the table.
The general consensus amongst the parents I know at various clubs is that the Jets take a look at the top of the table side late in the year to see if anyone is better than what they have and that is about it. I hope it is changing under the Jets stewardship from what NNSW were doing when they ran it.
Will my son's mate make it to A League? Possibly. He is apparently highly thought of at the Mariners, but at 15 who knows what could happen in the next 2 years.
Jets Youth are a bit like the Aussie cricket team: harder to get out than get in
"It is not that I am afraid to die; its just that I don't want to be there when it happens" - Woody Allen
Makes sense. The 3 players from Jaffs were in a team that finished top.
If there were too many changes it would make the Jets recruitment look bad. They may stick with the choices and not want to lose the investment in time they already have.
I still believe there may be some families that are close knit to the organisation and that may assist the odd player with similar ability or if the team is weak in that position.
And dont forget dollars. Highest around for the age group that Ive heard.
I see Olympic youth defeated Mid North Coast by a combined 38 goals scored to one conceded across the 4 youth grades.
MNC used to be competitive but what the hell has happened?
"It is not that I am afraid to die; its just that I don't want to be there when it happens" - Woody Allen
I think initially it is a larger player pool to select from, after that the club has a good reputation for coaching and supporting their youth players.
You have to think, up until recently Hamilton would get a lot of the Newcastle (or NNSWF) SAP team players coming to them in Under 13 NPL. On top of that they also had players from some of the Newcastle clubs that don't have NPL teams (Cooks Hill, Merewether, Mayfield, Stockton, etc, etc) trying out for them as well.
These days with the introduction of the Premier club SAP program, these players will be trialling with them from 8 years of age.
From my own circumstances I was recommended by multiple friends who have or had kids in SAP, NPL, NL1 programs to have my son try out for multiple teams just in case. But when club names were suggested Olympic was always mentioned, the other frequent clubs mentioned were Jaffas, Edgeworth & sometimes Magic (Very polarising opinions on Magic, it was absolutely love or hate them).
As it worked out Olympic and Jaffas held their trials on the same day so I had to choose early, basically came down to the fact Jaffas were closer to home.
Hamilton 13s and 14s and 15s are top. 16s are third. However it is only round 8 of 26.
Hamilton have, over the years, always recruited well out of Newcastle Football's SAP/NET programmes often getting the lion's share of kids and they appear (from the outside) to be a well run and well coached club. No idea on how things are internally, but Hamilton's results over the years make them a club of choice for a lot of kids.
They also have a great canteen!!
"It is not that I am afraid to die; its just that I don't want to be there when it happens" - Woody Allen
Hamilton and Jaffas get 90% of the NF Net kids...
Hamilton have provided the Newcastle NET with training equipment every year in exchange for preference. Also as of 2019 the NET TD now runs the SAP of Jaffas and Olympic.
Magic holds their own, when the NET is dissolved next year Olympic will have to develop their own 12s... and currently in the SAP over the last 2 year's no Olympic SAP has beaten a Magic SAP.
In the end toast the players that make it from SAP to NPL 16's with the one club. MAGIC has one of the highest retention rates for player registrations carrying over at 83% so it must not be that bad... some of the "top" clubs last season only kept 3/16 players in some grades.
yeah this was a weird one when i heard it.
because when we were sold on SAP, it was made clear that this program was to be run by the individual clubs, and away from the NET program.
to have them all getting back under the same umbrella with the same dude seems to be against the intentions of NNSW.
The way it was explained to parents was twofold.
1- The need for ground space for training and games.
2- Leveraging off Newcastle Football’s TD’s experience in early player development.
As I understand it, Newcastle Football reached out to other clubs from the Newcastle association extending the same offer as they did to Olympic and Jaffa’s but were declined.