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Player Pathway Worksheet

Map entry, local games, development and age out options.

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  • Entry stage
  • Local teams and games
  • Development squads
  • Technical skills by age
  • Optional travel
  • Age out pathway
  • Retention risks

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Include recruitment channels, low-risk first experience, registration and the person responsible for follow up.

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School promotion and open day, followed by two trial sessions, online registration and welcome call from the team manager.

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The pathway should work without relying on optional travel. Describe team formation, game frequency and progression.

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Weekly local team training and fortnightly local games, with balanced teams and a mid-season review of placement.

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Avoid creating an elite label without a clear purpose, transparent criteria and enough coaching support.

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Optional eight-week development block for committed participants, selected through published attendance, skill and behaviour criteria.

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Focus on a small progression of age-appropriate fundamentals rather than an exhaustive coaching manual.

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Entry: basic movement and safety. Intermediate: decision making and positional skills. Youth: advanced technique, game awareness and leadership.

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Make travel an explicit optional layer unless it is essential to ordinary participation.

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Two optional regional events per year, entered only with coach capacity, a parent manager and an approved team budget.

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Include playing, coaching, officiating, social and leadership options so people do not fall out at transition points.

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Older participants can move into the youth team, social senior programme, junior coaching or officials training.

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Common risks include cost, travel, weak competition, poor communication, age transitions, coach quality and social fit.

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Age 13 transition: appoint a youth coordinator and offer a clear next programme. Cost: equipment loan pool and payment plans.

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