今天的《华尔街日报》回顾《玩出他们的心》一书的作者是SI记者乔治·多尔曼。这本书检视了美国精英青年篮球的世界

我不是唯一一个相信精英青年体育在美国是一个有问题的机构,but I may be in the minority in thinking that our professional leagues share some of the blame. The key factor is that the age floor on players in the NBA shunts off youth development to people who don't have the basketball and managerial skills to work in the big leagues or the colleges. Dohrman's book chronicles the results, focusing on the activities of a club coach whose ethics seem dubious, and a young superstar whose game fails to develop, perhaps due to coaching methods which have other objectives in mind.

与NBA不同的是，英国的体系没有年龄限制，允许职业俱乐部自行培养人才。因此，我们看到17岁的杰克威尔希尔和乔什麦克切克兰在最近几个赛季为阿森纳和切尔西效力。我怀疑在美国的体制下，这两名球员能否取得同样的进步。此外，对声誉和媒体关注的关注导致大俱乐部提供的不仅仅是体育训练，多尔曼书中描述的这方面的问题惨败。