07-08-2012, 01:57 AM
A few people have suggested that other tounaments may be better suited in terms of strength as well as cost for juniors depending at what stage their game is developing. How about starting with our own congresses?
We could get our coaches to go and do the preparation and analysis with the juniors that they would do on foreign trips on a rotational basis so that they can still participate in congresses themselves when they are not on coaching duty.
The more I think about it the congress circuit could offer the solutions in terms of funding as well. I believe it was Andy Burnett that said earlier he wouldn't mind paying a few pounds extra at congresses to help fund the junior internationals and I concur. Also if we moved from the current selection process to a Ryder Cup style process, the race for selection could prove a good motivator as well as offer an exciting product to potential sponsors.
We could get our coaches to go and do the preparation and analysis with the juniors that they would do on foreign trips on a rotational basis so that they can still participate in congresses themselves when they are not on coaching duty.
The more I think about it the congress circuit could offer the solutions in terms of funding as well. I believe it was Andy Burnett that said earlier he wouldn't mind paying a few pounds extra at congresses to help fund the junior internationals and I concur. Also if we moved from the current selection process to a Ryder Cup style process, the race for selection could prove a good motivator as well as offer an exciting product to potential sponsors.