Quote: Uncle Rico "Really interesting thread thanks for your and others contribution.
Without sounding completely daft, is youth development purely a number game? I understand that statistically if 1 player in X makes it, the more you start with the more you should end up with, but, are we as a club or as a sport, capable of attracting better youngsters and by that I mean talent that in the past may have been lost to another sport, or just would have been off the radar?
If numbers are static, or disappointingly as you report dwindling is there anyway we can increase our chances (and hopefully) are we doing it/our best?'"
It's not just junior/youth that's struggling open age amateur are struggling For numbers its the way society has changed kids love xboxes nowadays , and a lot of adults work different shift patterns nowadays or self employed and if you pick up a serious injury who's gonna pay the bills.
