Youth Development

At the centre is Youth academy management, a full CRUD surface where federations and clubs configure academies with named coaches, age groups and linked training programs. The system validates that referenced coaches and programs actually exist, blocks duplicate age groups within one academy and offers a stats endpoint so directors can see roster size, capacity utilisation and coach load at a glance.

Age-appropriate training programs ties each age band to one or more validated TrainingPrograms from F06.02, with a programs-by-age-group mapping so a U10 child is never enrolled in a U16 high-load block. Talent identification and tracking lets coaches log assessments with potential flags; the platform enforces age group capacity, prevents duplicate enrollment and feeds a talent dashboard plus assessment history that informs selection decisions. Youth competition pathways defines the local→regional→national→international ladder per age group, validates min/max age and stops a player being entered into two parallel pathways.

School partnerships are first-class citizens. School partnership program management offers activity CRUD, status flow including on-hold, fields for program_goals and equipment_provided, and a stats endpoint covering completion rate, participants and duration — so a federation can prove the impact of its outreach to ministries and sponsors.

Safeguarding is wired into the data model. Parental consent and safeguarding integration enforces business rule BR09.01 (parental consent on minor registration and update) and BR09.02 (coach background-check validation) with a safeguarding-status endpoint per academy and a verify-safeguarding endpoint per youth player. Finally, Youth player progression reports require coach validation at creation, block edits to published reports, prevent overlapping reporting periods and trigger real parent notifications via email, push or SMS, with a progression analysis endpoint that calculates trend direction across skills.