speed or technical ability? Age 11.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Alright coaches: what do you choose, speed or technical ability? Age 11.

Technically ability. Speed most likely will go away as you get older.

Speed doesn't go away
After all the pretenders leave the sport and everyone is past puberty, the speed and size advantages drop.

Its now about all the other things

[Anonymous]

What about age 12 and has speed more than technical but still pretty technical. However, NOT aggressive. Then what?

[Anonymous]

My kid can't juggle LOL but made huge club 2nd team - out of more than 5. For real. They have lots of speed and pretty good tech ability, aggressive. But no can do on the juggle I say DC has to be the only kid on a high team who can't juggle. I've always wondered exactly how important it is to juggle? That doesn't mean kid can't handle the ball pretty in real time like a throw ins, just that kid doesn't like to juggle as a technical exercise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid can't juggle LOL but made huge club 2nd team - out of more than 5. For real. They have lots of speed and pretty good tech ability, aggressive. But no can do on the juggle I say DC has to be the only kid on a high team who can't juggle. I've always wondered exactly how important it is to juggle? That doesn't mean kid can't handle the ball pretty in real time like a throw ins, just that kid doesn't like to juggle as a technical exercise.

oxymoron

Juggling shows balance, touch, control, patience and the discipline to put in work (that's what it tells real coaches)
Impossible that a kid can have touch and control under pressure in game but can't juggle a ball unopposed. Impossible

Here's something you never see at a high level academy. A kid who can't juggle
Here's something you never see on a professional or semi-pro team. A player who can't juggle

Do you have to be able to juggle to a thousand? No
Do you have to be able to control a ball using different parts of your body to be above a recreational level player (regardless of what you call yourself). Yes

[Anonymous]

Its more like if you put the time in to juggling the ball becomes easier to manipulate when it its in the air, or coming at you with swerve, pace or whatever game situation soccer puts you in. When everything is moving faster around, and space is a commodity its an advantage to do first touch ball flicks into space, or bring a ball out of the air in one touch so your second touch you can create seperation. This can best be learned with hours of juggling, but more advanced stuff like wall juggling really helps and is more obvious too see the game like scenarios; but you got to put the time in with boring old juggling first with both feet, then one foot, and then alternating between thighs, chests shoulders, and head all can be used to control the ball so you got to practice with the whole body. There is little to no practice time set aside for this so hence juggling should be your friend, and not like making the bed or unloading the dishwaser. Beauty of it is, if you put in 10 mins every day, your kid will be a better and more confident soccer player after 60days guranteed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about age 12 and has speed more than technical but still pretty technical. However, NOT aggressive. Then what?

define aggressive

one thing is quite clear, "technical" is used quite loosely around these parts. we all have different ideas of what it means

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid can't juggle LOL but made huge club 2nd team - out of more than 5. For real. They have lots of speed and pretty good tech ability, aggressive. But no can do on the juggle I say DC has to be the only kid on a high team who can't juggle. I've always wondered exactly how important it is to juggle? That doesn't mean kid can't handle the ball pretty in real time like a throw ins, just that kid doesn't like to juggle as a technical exercise.

oxymoron

Juggling shows balance, touch, control, patience and the discipline to put in work (that's what it tells real coaches)
Impossible that a kid can have touch and control under pressure in game but can't juggle a ball unopposed. Impossible

Here's something you never see at a high level academy. A kid who can't juggle
Here's something you never see on a professional or semi-pro team. A player who can't juggle

Do you have to be able to juggle to a thousand? No
Do you have to be able to control a ball using different parts of your body to be above a recreational level player (regardless of what you call yourself). Yes

AGREED, this is better than the paragraph i just spouted off. Balance is neccessary in everything that happens in any athletic endeavor

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Its more like if you put the time in to juggling the ball becomes easier to manipulate when it its in the air, or coming at you with swerve, pace or whatever game situation soccer puts you in. When everything is moving faster around, and space is a commodity its an advantage to do first touch ball flicks into space, or bring a ball out of the air in one touch so your second touch you can create seperation. This can best be learned with hours of juggling, but more advanced stuff like wall juggling really helps and is more obvious too see the game like scenarios; but you got to put the time in with boring old juggling first with both feet, then one foot, and then alternating between thighs, chests shoulders, and head all can be used to control the ball so you got to practice with the whole body. There is little to no practice time set aside for this so hence juggling should be your friend, and not like making the bed or unloading the dishwaser. Beauty of it is, if you put in 10 mins every day, your kid will be a better and more confident soccer player after 60days guranteed

Better yes; more confident, not necessarily. Because coaches are still likely to overlook the technical player in favor of the big ones who can kick the ball far, which does a number on confidence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its more like if you put the time in to juggling the ball becomes easier to manipulate when it its in the air, or coming at you with swerve, pace or whatever game situation soccer puts you in. When everything is moving faster around, and space is a commodity its an advantage to do first touch ball flicks into space, or bring a ball out of the air in one touch so your second touch you can create seperation. This can best be learned with hours of juggling, but more advanced stuff like wall juggling really helps and is more obvious too see the game like scenarios; but you got to put the time in with boring old juggling first with both feet, then one foot, and then alternating between thighs, chests shoulders, and head all can be used to control the ball so you got to practice with the whole body. There is little to no practice time set aside for this so hence juggling should be your friend, and not like making the bed or unloading the dishwaser. Beauty of it is, if you put in 10 mins every day, your kid will be a better and more confident soccer player after 60days guranteed

Better yes; more confident, not necessarily. Because coaches are still likely to overlook the technical player in favor of the big ones who can kick the ball far, which does a number on confidence.

The PP meant the confidence of being on the pitch and a ball is coming to you in the air during a game.
You aren't panicking and hoping it doesn't knock you out and go ricocheting like a looney toons cartoon

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Its more like if you put the time in to juggling the ball becomes easier to manipulate when it its in the air, or coming at you with swerve, pace or whatever game situation soccer puts you in. When everything is moving faster around, and space is a commodity its an advantage to do first touch ball flicks into space, or bring a ball out of the air in one touch so your second touch you can create seperation. This can best be learned with hours of juggling, but more advanced stuff like wall juggling really helps and is more obvious too see the game like scenarios; but you got to put the time in with boring old juggling first with both feet, then one foot, and then alternating between thighs, chests shoulders, and head all can be used to control the ball so you got to practice with the whole body. There is little to no practice time set aside for this so hence juggling should be your friend, and not like making the bed or unloading the dishwaser. Beauty of it is, if you put in 10 mins every day, your kid will be a better and more confident soccer player after 60days guranteed

Better yes; more confident, not necessarily. Because coaches are still likely to overlook the technical player in favor of the big ones who can kick the ball far, which does a number on confidence.

Find the right fit environment for your small technical player. But don't put restrictions on them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sadly, most clubs including academy will go with the super fast kid that is tall (or just tall) that along with tons of politics. Super sucky!

There's a reason the stands have thousands of seats and TV rights are worth millions

Everyone can't be on the field

Right, I doubt you even watch soccer to even understand what I am saying. Keep lobbying

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Alright coaches: what do you choose, speed or technical ability? Age 11.

Technically ability. Speed most likely will go away as you get older.

Speed doesn't go away
After all the pretenders leave the sport and everyone is past puberty, the speed and size advantages drop.

Its now about all the other things

Correct!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sadly, most clubs including academy will go with the super fast kid that is tall (or just tall) that along with tons of politics. Super sucky!

There's a reason the stands have thousands of seats and TV rights are worth millions

Everyone can't be on the field

Right, I doubt you even watch soccer to even understand what I am saying. Keep lobbying

Marco Verratti is 5ft 5in
If your kid is small, it isn't the only reason he/she isn't getting selected. It is probably one of the reasons.

Little Ballers get selected and play.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kid can't juggle LOL but made huge club 2nd team - out of more than 5. For real. They have lots of speed and pretty good tech ability, aggressive. But no can do on the juggle I say DC has to be the only kid on a high team who can't juggle. I've always wondered exactly how important it is to juggle? That doesn't mean kid can't handle the ball pretty in real time like a throw ins, just that kid doesn't like to juggle as a technical exercise.

oxymoron

Juggling shows balance, touch, control, patience and the discipline to put in work (that's what it tells real coaches)
Impossible that a kid can have touch and control under pressure in game but can't juggle a ball unopposed. Impossible

Here's something you never see at a high level academy. A kid who can't juggle
Here's something you never see on a professional or semi-pro team. A player who can't juggle

Do you have to be able to juggle to a thousand? No
Do you have to be able to control a ball using different parts of your body to be above a recreational level player (regardless of what you call yourself). Yes

You don't have to have juggle to have great first touch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sadly, most clubs including academy will go with the super fast kid that is tall (or just tall) that along with tons of politics. Super sucky!

There's a reason the stands have thousands of seats and TV rights are worth millions

Everyone can't be on the field

Right, I doubt you even watch soccer to even understand what I am saying. Keep lobbying

Marco Verratti is 5ft 5in
If your kid is small, it isn't the only reason he/she isn't getting selected. It is probably one of the reasons.

Little Ballers get selected and play.

No one said they are selected. But if you pay attention, taller kids get more attention. Is the US way. Terrible, but factual.

Verrati? You could of use examples in the US? Of course you have the Iniestas, Xavi, etc. It happened that way for them and other in those countries, becuase real soccer skills are the focus. Not size.