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05/03/2018 16:05

Subject: DA vs ECNL vs everything else

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Anonymous wrote:This is a problem with youth travel soccer. The players are not taught to be patient with the ball. They don't learn to play to space. Watch at your next game. The players, as soon as pressured, will often force passes to any teammate they see downfield even if covered. Or they will boot it downfield. Almost always towards the goal. This is direct soccer, not possession. All youth teams are taught to work the ball outside and get it down the field. They do this almost blindly, even into coverage and they then try to force their way through. There is a general sense of panic which is not necessary. The goalies will first look to punt at least half the time, not keep possession and work from the back. Again, panic. My DD's team is the same way. I would gladly send my DD and thousands of dollars a year to the program that teaches possession soccer but I have not seen one in the many years I have watched youth travel soccer. DA and ECNL are the same way. Why is this?

Agree with you in theory. The issue is youth soccer players in this country aren't skillful enough by the time punting is allowed to maintain possession in their own half without making mistakes. The pressure from most coaches and DEFINITELY from the loudest parents watching games to get the ball into the attacking half is enormous. The games you describe, every time a player plays the ball toward their own goal to a teammate, half the parents are yelling "forward" or "nooooo" or "kick it". The only way to truly learn to play possession soccer as you describe (and is right) is to have kids in an environment where they are encouraged to take risks by top quality coaches. This is what it means when all these people say to all these parents "it's not about winning". It is all the people who know the game like you obviously do begging the yellers and screamers and bad coaches to please just stop talking.

The promise of the DA is that if there could one day be a clear number of truly elite clubs in their areas that nobody disputed. If you get to this, then you get a place for the most talented players to play for from very early ages, were the club can do the things that matter without the pressure from people who honestly have no idea what they're looking at. For that to happen the DA has to be basically free too, which is coming into focus on the boys side, but a very very long way out for the girls. That's why this is all so messed up. Everyone including USA Soccer solves problems by staring their own league and making their own rules but without the ability to go all the way through with the idea.

Problem in America is most coaches prefer athletic kids who they think they can mold into a good soccer player rather than seeing kids with high soccer IQ who might be physically smaller. This needs to stop. Athleticism is one thing and being soccer player is another. Additionally, lots of these coaches are result oriented and are not doing a good job developing players. Most are bad coaches to begin with. Some just don't even care. So, it is important to find a club that teach fundamental soccer. Being able to build up from the back, with movement and passing the ball. Goal here is to make the other team constantly move and guess what you are going to do. You don't have to always go forward, but maintain possession as much as you can. My daughter's team is a good possession team and make lots of give and goes, overlapping runs and through balls which allows them to dictate the game. On the other side of the coin is, they are well coached to press and not let the other team pass and move past midfield. One of the things i do with my daughter who is 11, is watch champions league or matches from Europe. It helps her see what they learn and do, is actually done at highest level of soccer.

That is great to hear. If your DD is U12, you may see pressing or Gegenpressing becomes more challenging next year on the big field. It’s a great way to create a quick counter and many teams play a press with a high back line. But it’s also a high risk / high reward style and requires a very talented keeper that will leave the box and sweep the large gap between the GK and Backline. If you like this style then watch Liverpool in the EPL.