DD didn’t make Stoddert travel soccer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the most important thing for your DD is to develop her individual technical skills till u13. There are a lot of places that can do that. Rec most of the time is not one of those place. She can still play rec but should get technical training. Tell us where you live and people will tell you what’s close to you.

How do you develop tech skills if not on a rec team??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the most important thing for your DD is to develop her individual technical skills till u13. There are a lot of places that can do that. Rec most of the time is not one of those place. She can still play rec but should get technical training. Tell us where you live and people will tell you what’s close to you.

How do you develop tech skills if not on a rec team??

technical skills clinics? mini camps? regular canos? private trainer? semi private trainer? group trainer?

[Anonymous]

RantingSoccerDad wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the most important thing for your DD is to develop her individual technical skills till u13. There are a lot of places that can do that. Rec most of the time is not one of those place. She can still play rec but should get technical training. Tell us where you live and people will tell you what’s close to you.

How do you develop tech skills if not on a rec team??

technical skills clinics? mini camps? regular canos? private trainer? semi private trainer? group trainer?

Players need to play, too. Ajax tells its younger academy kids to go home and play pickup soccer with kids in their neighborhoods.

Yes but they are also getting technical training.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the most important thing for your DD is to develop her individual technical skills till u13. There are a lot of places that can do that. Rec most of the time is not one of those place. She can still play rec but should get technical training. Tell us where you live and people will tell you what’s close to you.

How do you develop tech skills if not on a rec team??

Rec teams do not develop technical skills.
Technical. A technical player is a master of the techniques of the game (passing, trapping, shooting, dribbling, tackling the ball.) He has excellent touch, precise control, a fast work-rate of touches on the ball, and uses all sorts of body surfaces or edges. He does seemingly impossible or unbelievable things with the ball, even under pressure or in the closest proximity to opponents. These qualities are learned and practiced, often combined and used in unusual ways.

You learn drills like this to improve touch.

The girl doing this drill is a little sloppy. U10 travel girl should be able to do this drill in about 2-3 minutes. A gifted player 1:20 to 1:45. A u10 average travel girl should be juggling in the 20’s. Technical skill is not usually taught at a rec level.

[Anonymous]

RantingSoccerDad wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the most important thing for your DD is to develop her individual technical skills till u13. There are a lot of places that can do that. Rec most of the time is not one of those place. She can still play rec but should get technical training. Tell us where you live and people will tell you what’s close to you.

How do you develop tech skills if not on a rec team??

technical skills clinics? mini camps? regular canos? private trainer? semi private trainer? group trainer?

Players need to play, too. Ajax tells its younger academy kids to go home and play pickup soccer with kids in their neighborhoods.

Well, sure that is excellent advise, WHEN YOUR REGULAR PRACTICES ARE AT AJAX!

Getting a technical foundation can be done alone or with extra training though personal trainers or places like HP etc..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the most important thing for your DD is to develop her individual technical skills till u13. There are a lot of places that can do that. Rec most of the time is not one of those place. She can still play rec but should get technical training. Tell us where you live and people will tell you what’s close to you.

How do you develop tech skills if not on a rec team??

Rec teams do not develop technical skills.
Technical. A technical player is a master of the techniques of the game (passing, trapping, shooting, dribbling, tackling the ball.) He has excellent touch, precise control, a fast work-rate of touches on the ball, and uses all sorts of body surfaces or edges. He does seemingly impossible or unbelievable things with the ball, even under pressure or in the closest proximity to opponents. These qualities are learned and practiced, often combined and used in unusual ways.

You learn drills like this to improve touch.

The girl doing this drill is a little sloppy. U10 travel girl should be able to do this drill in about 2-3 minutes. A gifted player 1:20 to 1:45. A u10 average travel girl should be juggling in the 20’s. Technical skill is not usually taught at a rec level.

Oh man in the 20s? My nine-year old girl can easily do 15-16 juggles alternating feet . . . and kicks equally well with left and right feet. And I thought that was good! Oh well.

[Anonymous]

RantingSoccerDad wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

RantingSoccerDad wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the most important thing for your DD is to develop her individual technical skills till u13. There are a lot of places that can do that. Rec most of the time is not one of those place. She can still play rec but should get technical training. Tell us where you live and people will tell you what’s close to you.

How do you develop tech skills if not on a rec team??

technical skills clinics? mini camps? regular canos? private trainer? semi private trainer? group trainer?

Players need to play, too. Ajax tells its younger academy kids to go home and play pickup soccer with kids in their neighborhoods.

Well, sure that is excellent advise, WHEN YOUR REGULAR PRACTICES ARE AT AJAX!

Getting a technical foundation can be done alone or with extra training though personal trainers or places like HP etc..

The point is that you need both. You need good training, which you might not get in rec (well, you might not get it in travel, either), but you have to PLAY. Even against kids who aren't awesome.

One of the benefits for Ajax players to horse around in the neighborhood is simply to play away from the crucible of Ajax. It is more for the creative joy away from such a high demanding and high pressure environment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

RantingSoccerDad wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

RantingSoccerDad wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So the most important thing for your DD is to develop her individual technical skills till u13. There are a lot of places that can do that. Rec most of the time is not one of those place. She can still play rec but should get technical training. Tell us where you live and people will tell you what’s close to you.

How do you develop tech skills if not on a rec team??

technical skills clinics? mini camps? regular canos? private trainer? semi private trainer? group trainer?

Players need to play, too. Ajax tells its younger academy kids to go home and play pickup soccer with kids in their neighborhoods.

Well, sure that is excellent advise, WHEN YOUR REGULAR PRACTICES ARE AT AJAX!

Getting a technical foundation can be done alone or with extra training though personal trainers or places like HP etc..

The point is that you need both. You need good training, which you might not get in rec (well, you might not get it in travel, either), but you have to PLAY. Even against kids who aren't awesome.

One of the benefits for Ajax players to horse around in the neighborhood is simply to play away from the crucible of Ajax. It is more for the creative joy away from such a high demanding and high pressure environment.

Dutch coaches have told me there has been a drop off in street play with the introduction of gaming/Xbox. I'm serious. They said the amount of kids playing in the streets after school has seriously dropped off. That said, it is still much greater than here/and talent, of course, far greater---but nothing like Cryuff' s childhood.

[Anonymous]

OP here - we live in NW DC. Thanks again everyone for the feedback.