PREMIER LEAGUE

YOUTH DEVELOPMENT RULES
GENERAL
1.42. “Parent” shall be interpreted to include, if appropriate, a guardian.
1.43. “Parents’ Charter” means the information to be provided by the League to the Parent of each
Academy Player upon each occasion of his registration for a Club and which will contain:
(a) information about the consequences of the Academy Player becoming registered with a Club;
(b) a summary of the Club’s obligations to the Academy Player, and the Academy Player’s
obligations to the Club.
Guidance
The Parents’ Charter will be drafted by the League and circulated to Clubs prior to the end of Season 2011/12.
1.44. “Part Time” means, when applied to a role specified under these Rules, one where the working
hours are less than 35 hours per week. A Part Time role may be fulfilled by two or more
Officials (e.g. on a job-share basis).
Guidance
No minimum number of hours is specified for Part Time roles required under these Rules. This is left to Clubs’ discretion.
However, the League and the ISO will require to be satisfied that the required outputs and results are achieved by a Club’s
staffing structure. See further, by way of comparison, Rule 44 and the Guidance thereunder.
1.45. “Part Time Training Model” means a coaching programme whereby the coaching of
Academy Players takes place outside Core Coaching Time.
1.46. “Performance Analysis” means the analysis of the physiological, technical and tactical
performance of each individual Player and, in a game, of the team as a whole. Performance
Analysis shall be undertaken by means of such video and/or IT technology as the League shall
from time to time determine.
1.47. “Performance Analysts” means the Officials referred to in Rules 93 and 94.
1.48. “Performance Clock” means the application utilised for recording, measuring, monitoring
and evidencing all aspects of an Academy Player’s progression, development and education in
accordance with the format and procedures to be set by the League.
1.49. “Performance Management Application” means the online support service to be developed
and maintained by the League and utilised by each Club for the purposes of assisting the
management of the Academy and recording and analysing data. Such data shall include
(without limitation):
(a) each Academy Player’s Performance Clock;
(b) key data on Academy Staff such as records of qualification and Continued Professional
Development; and
(c) such information as the League may from time to time require for the purposes of national
or Category-wide benchmarking.
1.50. “Performance Review” means a review of all aspects of a Academy Player’s football, athletic
and educational performance and development and which shall include:
(a) reports from all relevant Academy Staff (including from the coaching, education and sports
science and medicine disciplines);
(b) self-assessment by the Academy Player; and
(c) short, medium and long-term performance and development targets for the Academy Player.
1.51. “PGB” means the Professional Game Board of the Football Association.
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