When I moved to England (Somerset to be more specific) I was quite "shocked" to se that the league matches are played during the week. Doesn't make for good chess I thought and also I think some clubs are/were struggling to get players for league matches.Mick Norris wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2018 11:20 amAs Roger says, there's a lot of chess at weekends in England now; in the geographically bigger counties like Yorkshire and Cumbria league chess at the weekend makes a lot of sense
A trip from Taunton to Frome takes a good 75-90 minutes with a starting time at 7.30pm. Maximum length of the match is 3hrs (75 minutes for 35 moves + 20 minutes quick play finish) and then 75-90 minutes back. Bloody awful in my opinion but that's the way it is.
In Germany we have our league matches on Saturday or Sunday. Most junior leagues are on Saturday where most senior matches are on Sunday. Depending on the league starting times varies from 11am to 2pm. Time control is much nicer as well as most league have adopted the same time control as in the 4NCL.
Coming back to the junior training program: In Germany it does depend on the club. I do know that some clubs have some strong players coming to coach their juniors in person but also Skype and various other means are used.