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[Anonymous]

You know that wants it makeup where she plays, a lot of coaches are familiar with the other coaches in their own age groups they may have even played against that team before.

So if you tell a Coach she is on XYZ team, and it's a team that the coach has played before will play multiple times over the years, they will know that you made it up

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: Especially to the guy with the crack about explaining how long a second is to his wife.

This thread is proof positive that parental crazy peaks at u12-13. Don’t worry folks, for most of you the crazy will devolve into jaded silence in a few years. Let the system work.

Hahahha +1000000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't move the goalposts. Let's be clear. Not a juggle in one second. Two juggles PER SECOND. For 1000 juggles. Still waiting for any video of anyone doing 120 juggles in 1 minute.

I do not understand why you are so adamant about this. I just watch my 11 year DD do it. The coach was making them record their juggling. It’s really boring and she was losing track of how many she did. So I had her juggle for 30 second and count how many juggles. It was consistently 2 juggles per second. How high is your kid kicking the ball for 1 juggle per second? Have your kid keep it below the knee, really about 6 inches off her foot.

There is no way your kid is going for 17 minutes at 1 juggles per second to get to 1000. Just not going to happen. She will either get too bored and stop or increase her speed long before that.

[Anonymous]

Arlington red are a dumpster fire as-is and have been all year. Expect them not advancing at ASIST. All of the families are praying the season ends ASAP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't move the goalposts. Let's be clear. Not a juggle in one second. Two juggles PER SECOND. For 1000 juggles. Still waiting for any video of anyone doing 120 juggles in 1 minute.

I do not understand why you are so adamant about this. I just watch my 11 year DD do it. The coach was making them record their juggling. It’s really boring and she was losing track of how many she did. So I had her juggle for 30 second and count how many juggles. It was consistently 2 juggles per second. How high is your kid kicking the ball for 1 juggle per second? Have your kid keep it below the knee, really about 6 inches off her foot.

There is no way your kid is going for 17 minutes at 1 juggles per second to get to 1000. Just not going to happen. She will either get too bored and stop or increase her speed long before that.

You will see when your DD gets older and more serious with soccer that it does not matter how they juggle. Look how sloppy Rose Lavelle was at juggling. Hitting with the side of her foot? Not keeping it below the knee? Did not matter.

It should be a ref flag if coach is making them record their juggling. At the higher levels, everyone can juggle. If your kid is bored, move on to another exercise. Maybe find a new team.

[Anonymous]

To the dad that said his kid has a chance after seeing Rose juggle? Nope. It's a false indicator. Rose just proves that juggling is BS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The best are parents who brag about how fast their kids juggle and as proof they post a video of a professional soccer player doing it almost that fast.

^darling shocking news for you, better be seated when you read that if you believe that a juggle can’t be done in a second then you have wasted your entire life believing that you know about real football. Did your kids private trainer ever play pro?

^ so your private trainer didn’t play pro, you or your spouse didn’t. shocking new isn’t? you don’t even know about basic skills...haha

^your feelings were hurt after you realized your soccer IQ is under 60-50%? Haha..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That won't matter. Coaches always are looking at new players especially at the younger age groups, where she currently plays really doesn't mean anything when she gets on the field.

Just ask if you can attend to practice, very very few coaches will say no. That is almost unheard of if they don't know the player. as soon as she gets on the field with a ball in her feet, it does not matter where she plays, what team or club she currently plays for they are just looking at her ability.

It SHOULDN'T matter, but there are a number of coaches who ask and seem to care. Not saying they won't let you attend a practice, but it is out there. I don't know if its insecurity or what, but some coaches seem to trust a player's resume over what they see with their own eyes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The best are parents who brag about how fast their kids juggle and as proof they post a video of a professional soccer player doing it almost that fast.

^darling shocking news for you, better be seated when you read that if you believe that a juggle can’t be done in a second then you have wasted your entire life believing that you know about real football. Did your kids private trainer ever play pro?

^ so your private trainer didn’t play pro, you or your spouse didn’t. shocking new isn’t? you don’t even know about basic skills...haha

^your feelings were hurt after you realized your soccer IQ is under 60-50%? Haha..

Yeah...that's not how IQ is scored. But it is good that you laugh at what you don't understand. That will help you get though your life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That won't matter. Coaches always are looking at new players especially at the younger age groups, where she currently plays really doesn't mean anything when she gets on the field.

Just ask if you can attend to practice, very very few coaches will say no. That is almost unheard of if they don't know the player. as soon as she gets on the field with a ball in her feet, it does not matter where she plays, what team or club she currently plays for they are just looking at her ability.

It SHOULDN'T matter, but there are a number of coaches who ask and seem to care. Not saying they won't let you attend a practice, but it is out there. I don't know if its insecurity or what, but some coaches seem to trust a player's resume over what they see with their own eyes.

^Give me a break with your persistence on this matter. There are many skilled children whose parents enroll them in non competitive travel teams, or expensive leagues because they are smart. Some of these kids are way better than your kid who may have spent a life in one of the local mediocre clubs with coaches that don’t even watch real football.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That won't matter. Coaches always are looking at new players especially at the younger age groups, where she currently plays really doesn't mean anything when she gets on the field.

Just ask if you can attend to practice, very very few coaches will say no. That is almost unheard of if they don't know the player. as soon as she gets on the field with a ball in her feet, it does not matter where she plays, what team or club she currently plays for they are just looking at her ability.

It SHOULDN'T matter, but there are a number of coaches who ask and seem to care. Not saying they won't let you attend a practice, but it is out there. I don't know if its insecurity or what, but some coaches seem to trust a player's resume over what they see with their own eyes.

The coaches will ask as a quick barometer of a kids general experience/level of competition. It doesn't mean saying club XYZ will fast track you or not. Some leagues have anti poaching rules so they may also be asking to determine if they need to report back to your club that you came.

DA requires a player get permission fro their club to tryout at another DA. If a kid from a competing DA shows up to a ID session they are supposed to report to the players club/coach about it.

There are lots of different reasons a player will be asked what club and team they play for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't move the goalposts. Let's be clear. Not a juggle in one second. Two juggles PER SECOND. For 1000 juggles. Still waiting for any video of anyone doing 120 juggles in 1 minute.

I do not understand why you are so adamant about this. I just watch my 11 year DD do it. The coach was making them record their juggling. It’s really boring and she was losing track of how many she did. So I had her juggle for 30 second and count how many juggles. It was consistently 2 juggles per second. How high is your kid kicking the ball for 1 juggle per second? Have your kid keep it below the knee, really about 6 inches off her foot.

There is no way your kid is going for 17 minutes at 1 juggles per second to get to 1000. Just not going to happen. She will either get too bored and stop or increase her speed long before that.

You will see when your DD gets older and more serious with soccer that it does not matter how they juggle. Look how sloppy Rose Lavelle was at juggling. Hitting with the side of her foot? Not keeping it below the knee? Did not matter.

It should be a ref flag if coach is making them record their juggling. At the higher levels, everyone can juggle. If your kid is bored, move on to another exercise. Maybe find a new team.

Nobody is saying that at U15 juggling matters. We are talking about skill building for 10-12 year old's. Frankly, if you CAN"T juggle by 12 you likely have lousy first touch. There is no magic number for juggling but to not be able to juggle only shows a lack of comfort and control of the ball.

If you have good touch picking up juggling should be a piece of cake and would not be a giant waste of time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't move the goalposts. Let's be clear. Not a juggle in one second. Two juggles PER SECOND. For 1000 juggles. Still waiting for any video of anyone doing 120 juggles in 1 minute.

I do not understand why you are so adamant about this. I just watch my 11 year DD do it. The coach was making them record their juggling. It’s really boring and she was losing track of how many she did. So I had her juggle for 30 second and count how many juggles. It was consistently 2 juggles per second. How high is your kid kicking the ball for 1 juggle per second? Have your kid keep it below the knee, really about 6 inches off her foot.

There is no way your kid is going for 17 minutes at 1 juggles per second to get to 1000. Just not going to happen. She will either get too bored and stop or increase her speed long before that.

You will see when your DD gets older and more serious with soccer that it does not matter how they juggle. Look how sloppy Rose Lavelle was at juggling. Hitting with the side of her foot? Not keeping it below the knee? Did not matter.

It should be a ref flag if coach is making them record their juggling. At the higher levels, everyone can juggle. If your kid is bored, move on to another exercise. Maybe find a new team.

Nobody is saying that at U15 juggling matters. We are talking about skill building for 10-12 year old's. Frankly, if you CAN"T juggle by 12 you likely have lousy first touch. There is no magic number for juggling but to not be able to juggle only shows a lack of comfort and control of the ball.

If you have good touch picking up juggling should be a piece of cake and would not be a giant waste of time.

If you are 10-12 follow the video posted earlier. The whole thing. Don't pick one exercise and spend hours on it. Whether it's juggling or Cruyff's. It's a waste of time. Just remember, the best freestylers don't play soccer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To the dad that said his kid has a chance after seeing Rose juggle? Nope. It's a false indicator. Rose just proves that juggling is BS.

How so?

Again, her juggling demonstrated commitment to working towards improving a skill or a goal and it demonstrated comfort with the ball.

It may not have created comfort with the ball but it sure as hell demonstrated comfort with the ball. How hard is this to understand?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To the dad that said his kid has a chance after seeing Rose juggle? Nope. It's a false indicator. Rose just proves that juggling is BS.

How so?

Again, her juggling demonstrated commitment to working towards improving a skill or a goal and it demonstrated comfort with the ball.

It may not have created comfort with the ball but it sure as hell demonstrated comfort with the ball. How hard is this to understand?

How so? She was terrible at juggling per the juggling parents. Less than one per second. Above the knee. Terrible. That's the point. Yet she is world class.