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Anonymous
A lot of lower team players. I don't see any of the upper team players. |
Anonymous
Do you mean lower age group, because this is the list for D-ODP for younger kids, not ODP. |
Anonymous
No. A-B team vs C-D team players. I don't think many kids out out for this training. It tends to have sessions the same time as club practices. |
Anonymous
ODP training sessions are on Sun evenings, club practices are during the week. It is irrelevant whether or not anyone selected is A,B,C team for their club. ODP is a different animal than club travel. ODP is not limited to A-team players of any age. |
Anonymous
So they go from their Sunday travel soccer games to ODP training after? I thought it was Friday evenings. Also, what is the difference between Development Academy teams and ODP teams? Do players mix or can DA players only play DA? What is considered better? |
Anonymous
Fridays 8:15-9:45pm. Too late to train for my 10-year old. |
Anonymous
Two locations have training Sunday evening; one location has training Friday evening. Location is assigned depending on age group. DA and D-ODP are just two different kinds of programs. DA generally speaking up until this year has been for boys only, whereas ODP has always been co-ed. One is not necessarily better than the other, it just depends on what you're looking for and which program suits your needs and lifestyle. |
Anonymous
Development Academy is for U10-U12. It is simply training provided by ODP coaches. There is no tryout and is based on space availability. ODP is tryout based and a pool of players to be trained is selected. The State team is then selected from the District Pools. |
Anonymous
It doesn't seem like any of the top players we know tried out. This is just paid training sessions (not ODP team). I think some think it will mark their kid for an ODP team down the road. 90 min after a 90 min game same day is not good on a growing kid's joints. |
Anonymous
No. They did have tryouts in Fredericksburg for the '05, 06, 07s, but maybe it was show up and we take your $. |
Anonymous
Correct. The 05-07 aren't in the pool. That is purely paid training. They are too young for ODP. They found they could make more $ off of parents by offering this extra training and marketing it under "ODP". There is nothing prestigious about it. The knowledgeable soccer families did not go out for this. |
Anonymous
Sorry, I was thinking of D-ODP (Old ODP Development Academy) and not the DA proper. |
Anonymous
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The coaching manuals continually say there must be rest periods, periodization training needs to be kept in mind, levels of intensity should differ. The recovery time from 1 game could be as high as 72 hours.
Not sure how the state association can have the their licensing courses say one thing, yet their ODP programs violate their own recommendations. I guess a way out is to say the parents and clubs will have to choose what is best for their player. |
Anonymous
D-ODP is truly ridiculous. |
Anonymous
How does one become a knowledgeable soccer family? |