20-12-2011, 07:58 AM
Number received from Dougie and crunched. My Interpretations follow the numbers.
Comments anyone ?
Using the measurement proposed by Andrew McHarg here are trend data for Junior grades between July 2006 and July 2011.
The numbers reported below are the average grade of the top 10 players in each age group category. First number July 2006 last number July 2011. J15 includes all age f groups &c &c
The two numbers in bold are for the start and end of my time as IJD. I assume that the readers will not be upset by this egostatistical approach.
U8
304/355/427/321/453/367
U9
504/517/509/598/566/573
U10
751/660/651/689/762/733
U11
973/940/816/772/877/1003
U12
1206/1165/1050/996/939/1109
U13
1249/1427/1324/1218/1138/1201
U14
1527/1447/1536/1480/1385/1337
U15
1633/1733/1554/1657/1678/1526
So what do I conclude from the above?
(1) While I was chair of SJC and not in post at CS I had little influence upon grades of elite players. This is not surprising since SJC deals with the grass roots of the game and CS deals with elite players.
(2) At J13 to J15 grades of elite players (measured as average of top 10 players) have declined. Conclusion applies over 3 years or over 5 years. This I find disappointing but not altogether surprising, most of my efforts went into developing primary school players.
(3) For age groups J9 and J12 there were sizeable increases in junior grades between 2008 and 2011 with on the whole a falling trend up to 2008.
(4) J8 Is the youngest of the categories. I don’t see a trend. I suggest because these are very young players who are essentially uncoached.
Comments anyone ?
Using the measurement proposed by Andrew McHarg here are trend data for Junior grades between July 2006 and July 2011.
The numbers reported below are the average grade of the top 10 players in each age group category. First number July 2006 last number July 2011. J15 includes all age f groups &c &c
The two numbers in bold are for the start and end of my time as IJD. I assume that the readers will not be upset by this egostatistical approach.
U8
304/355/427/321/453/367
U9
504/517/509/598/566/573
U10
751/660/651/689/762/733
U11
973/940/816/772/877/1003
U12
1206/1165/1050/996/939/1109
U13
1249/1427/1324/1218/1138/1201
U14
1527/1447/1536/1480/1385/1337
U15
1633/1733/1554/1657/1678/1526
So what do I conclude from the above?
(1) While I was chair of SJC and not in post at CS I had little influence upon grades of elite players. This is not surprising since SJC deals with the grass roots of the game and CS deals with elite players.
(2) At J13 to J15 grades of elite players (measured as average of top 10 players) have declined. Conclusion applies over 3 years or over 5 years. This I find disappointing but not altogether surprising, most of my efforts went into developing primary school players.
(3) For age groups J9 and J12 there were sizeable increases in junior grades between 2008 and 2011 with on the whole a falling trend up to 2008.
(4) J8 Is the youngest of the categories. I don’t see a trend. I suggest because these are very young players who are essentially uncoached.