Practice Fields 11 v 11 New to the area

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1/2 fields sounds luxurious. PPA team sometimes has 6-7 teams on one field or sometimes they give the team a tiny patch of weeds to practice on.

I'm not "money grab" guy, but that there is a 💰🖐

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The one thing US teams don't need more of is a) excessive running and b) space to make long passes.

What!! If anything a team at U16 needs space to practice long balls. A well run practice would include once a week a internal scrimmage 20 minutes with another team, 11v11.

In our club, those scrimmages happen pretty much every practice, even at younger ages. Having teams share a practice field makes this easier because there’s always another team around to scrimmage against.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The one thing US teams don't need more of is a) excessive running and b) space to make long passes.

What!! If anything a team at U16 needs space to practice long balls. A well run practice would include once a week a internal scrimmage 20 minutes with another team, 11v11.

In our club, those scrimmages happen pretty much every practice, even at younger ages. Having teams share a practice field makes this easier because there’s always another team around to scrimmage against.

The commenters made it seem as if full fields for training was a luxury only afforded to those teams that could rent out an entire field. Certainly a full field isn't needed for most drills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course that is two things...

Holy S, that made me laugh out loud. Well done. : )

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1/2 fields sounds luxurious. PPA team sometimes has 6-7 teams on one field or sometimes they give the team a tiny patch of weeds to practice on.

I have two kids at PPA, one at u10 and one at u13, and they both practice with one other team on a full field, some on turf, some on good grass.
This sounds like someone with something against PPA. 6-7 teams on one field? I don't think so.

[Anonymous]

OP, welcome to the area and to DCUM.

[Anonymous]

We already have a shortage of available fields in Montgomery County, and they intend to create more density (see Thrive 2050), which means every little but of green space left will be developed for the 200,000 people who intend to move here.

It is only going to get worse (meaning, more people/fewer fields)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DC(U14) attended a supplemental tryout which was an actual practice for the kids already placed on the team. I found it odd that they were only practicing on half a field. I spoke with several parents, and they informed me that all of their practices are on half the field. On any given night there's 4 teams practicing at the sometime on different halves of the field(Theres 2 fields). Is this common? How do these kids perform in regular games on a full field? Im curious as to how many clubs only practice on half a field

Answer: ALL OF THEM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We already have a shortage of available fields in Montgomery County, and they intend to create more density (see Thrive 2050), which means every little but of green space left will be developed for the 200,000 people who intend to move here.

It is only going to get worse (meaning, more people/fewer fields)

Maybe that will iron out the kinks regarding talent dilution, if population increases at a rate faster than the number of new teams and clubs that can be formed to accomodate them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course that is two things...

Holy S, that made me laugh out loud. Well done. : )

LOL me too. I enjoyed that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1/2 fields sounds luxurious. PPA team sometimes has 6-7 teams on one field or sometimes they give the team a tiny patch of weeds to practice on.

That's not PPA. That's DC. There's too many clubs in DC vying for too little space. Stoddert seems to get priority over PPA, so PPA get sh*t fields. If you're practicing in Bethesda, PPA has fine fields.

[Anonymous]

Half a field is luxurious.

Our rec league schedules 4 teams to a field.

[Anonymous]

Where are you from, OP, where teams practice on an entire full size soccer field?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where are you from, OP, where teams practice on an entire full size soccer field?

Has to be Texas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1/2 fields sounds luxurious. PPA team sometimes has 6-7 teams on one field or sometimes they give the team a tiny patch of weeds to practice on.

I have two kids at PPA, one at u10 and one at u13, and they both practice with one other team on a full field, some on turf, some on good grass.
This sounds like someone with something against PPA. 6-7 teams on one field? I don't think so.

This is my child's experience too- very small space with multiple teams on really bad fields. Cheaper, worse fields each year. But this is not the top team for the age group so it may be the top team gets a better field.