Quote: mmp "
2) increase participation
If you are running a club in the amateur game you're aim (in my opinion) should fundamentally have to include increasing participation; the fact that the NCL, as our elite amateur competition, requires sides to run reserve teams and also have a junior section is a good thing.'"
That's correct. The ability to increase participation is a fundamental, but not just in a small number of siloed squads within your club. You need to have a big focus on player pathways, enabling progression right from your lowest juniors up to open age.
It not only makes increasing participation a perpetual thing, but gives you the player resources to compete in the long term.
