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identified players with talent. 103 There are around 100 youth football players, between 7 to 17years old, playing for the seven youth teams of the club. The connection is clearly strong, asthe Turbine Potsdam U15 and U17 youth teams are completely composed of players from theSport School Potsdam. 104"This kind of cooperation can be highlighted by the success ofTurbine Potsdam players in the youth national teams. So far over 15 players from TurbinePotsdam development system have participated in international tournaments for Germany. 105Also, just domestically, a testament to the youth development is the recent championship atthe U17 level, as well as 8 U17s from last year joining the full women’s 2 nd team. 1064.2.2 Best Practice 2: Dutch System of Satellite ClubsWhile clubs like Turbine Potsdam utilize developments outside of football by their NationalOlympic Committee, the Dutch have a different but effective system. Each EredivisieVrouwen club is linked to a Hoofdklaase club (2nd division club) and acts as a so-called"Sattelietclub". In this cooperation, the second division club acts as the amateur, youth anddevelopment section of the Eredivisie club, but not a financial burden to the Eredivisie club.Despite being two different clubs, players are registered for both clubs simultaneously, thuscan freely move between teams. This gives youth players the opportunity to play at thehighest level at any time in a season, and struggling first team players valuable match play. 107The unique closed league system is what really allows this type of youth development. Theegalitarian attitude of the Dutch league, such as player exchanges after each season tomaintain a balanced league, 108lends itself to full cooperation between the EredivisieVrouwen club and its 2 nd division partner without fear of relegation or player poaching.4.2.3 Best Practice 3: Youth AcademiesWhile Turbine Potsdam cooperates with local sports schools, and Eredivisie Vrouwen withlocal clubs, teams part of a larger men’s club often look inwardly for a youth development""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""103 Apart from school education these students attend up to nine football-training sessions per week.104 FFC Turbine Potsdam (2010) Mädchenfußball - Eliteschule in Potsdam [WWW]. Available from:http://www.turbine-potsdam.de/sportschule-potsdam.php [Accessed 31/05/2010]105 6 players for the 2007 European Championship U19 National team. 4 currently play for the U23 YouthNational Team, 5 for the U20 National Team. This does not take into account players on the full national team106 FFC Turbine Potsdam (2010) Turbine-Feriencamps 2010 [WWW]. Available from:http://www.turbine-potsdam.de/feriencamps.php [Accessed 15/06/2010].!"# $Janssens, Interview, 10, May 2010.$108 Marleen Molenaar, AZ Alkmaar Women's Team Manager, interview by Sarah Schmitter, phone interview,14, June 2010.$9"
structure. An excellent example is Olympique Lyonnais and their integration of female youthteams into their academy system. Olympique Lyonnais has a 5.5 million euro a year trainingacademy. While it does not divulge the exact portion spent on female youth development, itdoes explicitly state in the financial statements that the youth academy services both genders.Likewise, additional resources such as academic tutors are also available and utilized by thefemale youth teams. 109 Similarly, as one of the first in England, 110 Arsenal Ladies Academyuses the men’s training facility for its on-field training, and also receives outside supportthrough the English FA. In 1997, The Football Association launched a Talent DevelopmentPlan for Women's Football, as part of The FA Charter for Quality. The Plan aimed to providea sound structure for the development of elite talent in the female game. Arsenal LFC nowruns one of these Centres of Excellence, and has incorporated it into their youthdevelopment. 1114.2.4 The Political FactorWomen’s football, like all sports, does not exist in a vacuum but is greatly impacted on bythe social and political context. Scandinavia, in particular, has a strong governmentalinfluence. The NFF made a decision to focus on creating facilities for young people to playfootball by building mini artificial football pitches all over Norway. While just this fact maynot directly translate into more access for girls, combined with the Norwegian focus ongender equality, it has created the right environment for young girls to be encouraged toparticipate in sport. This has resulted in one of the highest participation rates in the world,with almost a third of all registered football players in Norway being female. 112 Equality lawsin Norway have also resulted in it being mandatory for organizations such as the NFF to havefemale representatives on various boards and decision making bodies, resulting in a greaterfemale focus. Governmental actions have directly influenced the opportunities given to girls""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""109 Olympique Lyonnais, Annual Financial Report 2008/2009. Published by The OL Group.110 Arsenal Ladies (2010) The Arsenal FC Youth Academy [WWW]. Available from:http://www.arsenal.com/ladies/ladies-academy [Accessed 15/06/2010].111 Arsenal Ladies (2010) Centre of Excellence [WWW]. Available from: http://www.arsenal.com/ladies/centreof-excellence[Accessed 15/06/2010].112 Skille, “Norway”, 522."$:"
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