Youth Development
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School teaches kids a lot of bad habits they need to unlearn when they leave. Five things you can do to *deschool* your kid: 1. Learn for pleasure. Go to museums *just for fun.*...
Traditional school spends 12 years teaching some highly detrimental lessons to your kids. Some of the most insidious: 1. Learning is coercive and unpleasant 2. The authority is...
We tend to frown upon the 'dictator' coach but is it much better than the coach who simply agrees with all afraid to set boundaries and copying trends without understanding? The m...
Five myths about school, debunked: Myth #1: Kids learn best in a classroom setting. Especially in the era of the internet, this isn't unilaterally true. Kids can learn anything...
What if your kid learned every day through projects? (Like they do at @soraschools) What if your kid never had a teacher? (Like they do at @AlphaSchoolATX) What if your kid regul...
Why are we wasting 12+ years of kids’ lives on busywork that doesn’t matter, memorizing topics they don’t care about, trapped inside a system they hate? There’s a better way.
Why Balde can’t be our backup for Jordi Alba! ❌ https://t.co/J9C6eMakho
We have a lot of flawed assumptions about education. They're hindering our ability to learn effectively — and our success in the real world. And most of them are things we learned...
Harvey Elliott and Fabio Carvalho are interesting because they're both clearly very talented but do they have the physical edge to be considered an elite level difference maker whi...
The best thing happening in education? People quitting their jobs to build alternatives. Like @JoshCLC, who quit his public school teaching job two weeks ago. He's spending the s...
School does a terrible job preparing kids for the real world. It hyper-focuses on theory and barely touches the practical, and then we wonder why kids struggle after they graduate...
[THREAD] The academy of Manchester United consistently produces highly-rated young footballers. Today, I’m going to show you its finest gem in the 2007 generation: Shea Lacey. 💎...
My understanding with Levi Colwill is there is no shortage of interest. Southampton and Leicester both rate the 19-year-old. Colwill has not asked for a permanent move. He seeks cl...
Amario Cozier-Duberry Age: 17 Nationality: 🏴 Position: LW/RW/ST Youth Stats: 28 apps, 5⚽️, 5🅰️ (Thread) https://t.co/laTH2BiDoA
It's time for a thread about Lamine Yamal. 🔎 Probably the most prominent talent at La Masia and one of the most complete young players in the world. We will look at his profile, c...
When kids leave traditional school, they have to go through a deschooling process. Deschooling = unlearning all the bad habits you picked up in school. Some of the biggest habits...
This article by @ground_guru, explains how La Liga clubs are working together to improve their youth systems. It's an inspiring project but it made me reflect on two ideas; 1....
Want to learn how to code? Here’s a list of resources for you to get started [THREAD]👩🏾💻
🌟 How bright can Barca's future be under the right board and coaches? Insight into Barcelona's u21 talents to show how they could very well be the core for future of the club (th...
The table of teams giving most minutes to homegrown players in Europe. https://t.co/LtSwPILpvu
FC Bayern talents to keep an eye on. Part 1. [A THREAD] 1. Gabriel Vidovic 🇭🇷🇩🇪 Age: 18 Positions: ST/CF/CAM/LW Market value: €2m 3 Bundesliga games Arguably the best talent a...
[THREAD #U19 #U19EURO] THE MOST INTERESTING TALENTS TO FOLLOW DURING THE EURO U-19 Writer: Ron Dor (@RdScouting) https://t.co/Q57pwcZVMP
The 20 best players to have graduated from Barcelona La Masia youth academy PART 1 |A THREAD|👇 https://t.co/KCuU2Q4ViV
🌟 The best XI of this season in La Masia in my opinion. 🌟 It was not easy and I decided on the 4-2-3-1 formation. I also chose 7 players for the bench - those who also had a great...