Young players: How much did you grow and how does your club/association assist?

Food for thought:

In football we can simply learn from the best, but how do we and are we able to do it quickly enough in each town/city across Australia?

The way they are developed is fascinating, as Bergkamp explains. 'We don't just classify our players by age, we divide them into three 'wheels' depending on how much they have grown. There is one for players who haven't started growing, one for those who are growing and one for the players who have finished developing.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2047581/Dennis-Bergkamp-interview-Ajax--Arsenal-team-mate-Martin-Keown.html#ixzz1abSBz2en