What do high level U13 and older boys do in the summer?

[Anonymous]

Title pretty much says it all. What do older boys who are playing at the highest level in their club do over the summer?

[Anonymous]

Not usl-y

Try to get on a copa talento team and play the richmond, delaware and nyc events

[Anonymous]

Practice with medicine soccer
Balls

[Anonymous]

Work with their private soccer trainers and strength coaches.

[Anonymous]

Enjoy summer with family and friends while keeping their fitness foundation from falling off too much.

Then they put work into strengthening their weaknesses

[Anonymous]

College ID camps if they are old enough.

Some kind of exercise to stay in shape that is different enough to avoid the risk of repetitive stress injuries.

Other things -- summer job, enjoying hobbies, playing video games etc . . .

[Anonymous]

Recover by hitting the beach or the lake as much as possible. : ) When you aren't doing that...keep playing and training. Create or make your own leagues (a 7v7 league one small sided fields is great) or just play pick up with older kids. Get a small group of 4-6 kids at your level and do technical training. Strength train. Performance train. The grind doesn't stop!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Recover by hitting the beach or the lake as much as possible. : ) When you aren't doing that...keep playing and training. Create or make your own leagues (a 7v7 league one small sided fields is great) or just play pick up with older kids. Get a small group of 4-6 kids at your level and do technical training. Strength train. Performance train. The grind doesn't stop!

Sounds complicated

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Recover by hitting the beach or the lake as much as possible. : ) When you aren't doing that...keep playing and training. Create or make your own leagues (a 7v7 league one small sided fields is great) or just play pick up with older kids. Get a small group of 4-6 kids at your level and do technical training. Strength train. Performance train. The grind doesn't stop!

The grind? These are 12 year olds. Their college and pro soccer career will not be influenced at all by what they do over the summer at this age.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Recover by hitting the beach or the lake as much as possible. : ) When you aren't doing that...keep playing and training. Create or make your own leagues (a 7v7 league one small sided fields is great) or just play pick up with older kids. Get a small group of 4-6 kids at your level and do technical training. Strength train. Performance train. The grind doesn't stop!

The grind? These are 12 year olds. Their college and pro soccer career will not be influenced at all by what they do over the summer at this age.

You don’t know what you are talking about. Touches at this age are critical, not my words but from the academy directors. Can’t get them back once they are lost. So you go to the beach and take the summer off. Enjoy ECNL-RL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Recover by hitting the beach or the lake as much as possible. : ) When you aren't doing that...keep playing and training. Create or make your own leagues (a 7v7 league one small sided fields is great) or just play pick up with older kids. Get a small group of 4-6 kids at your level and do technical training. Strength train. Performance train. The grind doesn't stop!

The grind? These are 12 year olds. Their college and pro soccer career will not be influenced at all by what they do over the summer at this age.

Says an ECNL dad. Ha.

What a dumpster fire league.

You don’t know what you are talking about. Touches at this age are critical, not my words but from the academy directors. Can’t get them back once they are lost. So you go to the beach and take the summer off. Enjoy ECNL-RL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Recover by hitting the beach or the lake as much as possible. : ) When you aren't doing that...keep playing and training. Create or make your own leagues (a 7v7 league one small sided fields is great) or just play pick up with older kids. Get a small group of 4-6 kids at your level and do technical training. Strength train. Performance train. The grind doesn't stop!

The grind? These are 12 year olds. Their college and pro soccer career will not be influenced at all by what they do over the summer at this age.

wrong. It’s unfortunate but to get to a team that actually attracts college interest, its on the player. Pay to play gets you lazy coaches. Outside Training separates them. It’s what makes those kids standouts when they hit high school. Coaches of top teams don't want to work on basics. They want to improve soccer IQ and see execution.

[Anonymous]

My rising U13 will be in camps this upcoming summer. Until he tells me enough is enough, it is the easiest decision I have.

I still see the older kids come to the morning sessions and then skip the afternoon.

The summer allows for so much freedom. You can get fast if you want to work in it. You can add a move or two.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Recover by hitting the beach or the lake as much as possible. : ) When you aren't doing that...keep playing and training. Create or make your own leagues (a 7v7 league one small sided fields is great) or just play pick up with older kids. Get a small group of 4-6 kids at your level and do technical training. Strength train. Performance train. The grind doesn't stop!

The grind? These are 12 year olds. Their college and pro soccer career will not be influenced at all by what they do over the summer at this age.

wrong. It’s unfortunate but to get to a team that actually attracts college interest, its on the player. Pay to play gets you lazy coaches. Outside Training separates them. It’s what makes those kids standouts when they hit high school. Coaches of top teams don't want to work on basics. They want to improve soccer IQ and see execution.

Where are you getting outside training that isn’t pay to play?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My rising U13 will be in camps this upcoming summer. Until he tells me enough is enough, it is the easiest decision I have.

I still see the older kids come to the morning sessions and then skip the afternoon.

The summer allows for so much freedom. You can get fast if you want to work in it. You can add a move or two.

What the heck is a “rising U13”? Guess not on the top team yet, not on a MLS Next HG team yet? Here this all the time but seriously don’t know what it means.