21-12-2011, 05:41 PM
Andrew
Please point out where I said you would set an arbitary grade?? That would be stupid. I am aware that for younger ones that it is harder to do but far from impossible.
If we want to set a five year plan to drive players strengths upwards we need set targets and gradually rise them. My idea is that the bar is set low enough that almost everyone who would have normally qualified does so in the first year and then the bar is raised slowly year on year.
BTW for the older players one could easily define a grade that would indicate that they are likely to score a certain % of points.
Quote:Setting an arbitrary minimum grade standard fails to realise that grade is rarely a reliable measure of true strengh internationally (especially among juniors)
Please point out where I said you would set an arbitary grade?? That would be stupid. I am aware that for younger ones that it is harder to do but far from impossible.
Quote:How many young players go abroad and consistently smash players well above their own grade?Very very few do so. And certainly not on a regular basis. There are indeed some excellent wins but most players really struggle because of their lack of experience and technical knowledge.
If we want to set a five year plan to drive players strengths upwards we need set targets and gradually rise them. My idea is that the bar is set low enough that almost everyone who would have normally qualified does so in the first year and then the bar is raised slowly year on year.
BTW for the older players one could easily define a grade that would indicate that they are likely to score a certain % of points.