What is the path to ECNL?

[Anonymous]

Of what I noticed over the years is that straight line speed, physicality, and the ability to quickly brake and start are huge factors. She should be training on these factors all the time.
If you really pay attention most girls are soft. Getting her to raise her level of speed and physicality will go a long way. Most coaches will say ‘I can teach her how to kick with her left foot, but it’s hard to teach physicality and speed’

[Anonymous]

They don't teach you how to use your left foot tho. Hence the hours and money invested in private training outside of training days. Size and speed may open doors at u12 but only skill development, technique mastery through repetition, and being forced to be uncomfortable (playing with boys for example) will ensure they stay on the team u-15 forward

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It impossible to break into ecnl if you don't get in the first year?

My daughter finishing up 2nd year of ECNL. Tryouts for next year is done. Some movement of players every year. So with our experience, there's movement possibility those 3 years. We're a mid table team. I see more movement on teams with worse league records. A few changes on teams who go to playoffs but not as many.

What I've seen are coaches willing to take a chance with a more athletic player and drop a more technical, less athletic player, hoping that helps the team. As someone said earlier, speed of play and physicality is becoming more important as my daughter gets older. Slower, more technical players stood out more when they were younger, on a smaller field.

[Anonymous]

Dont forget sucking up to coaches. You generally have about a third of the team there because of a nepotism style view.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It impossible to break into ecnl if you don't get in the first year?

My daughter finishing up 2nd year of ECNL. Tryouts for next year is done. Some movement of players every year. So with our experience, there's movement possibility those 3 years. We're a mid table team. I see more movement on teams with worse league records. A few changes on teams who go to playoffs but not as many.

What I've seen are coaches willing to take a chance with a more athletic player and drop a more technical, less athletic player, hoping that helps the team. As someone said earlier, speed of play and physicality is becoming more important as my daughter gets older. Slower, more technical players stood out more when they were younger, on a smaller field.

This is exactly why you lose against California and Texas teams.

Size is nice but speed, skills, and team play can easily win against size and speed alone.

Focusing on size and speed 9 times out of 10 implies direct play.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dont forget sucking up to coaches. You generally have about a third of the team there because of a nepotism style view.

Not what we've experienced at all and you seem really bitter. Sorry your club didn't work out for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It impossible to break into ecnl if you don't get in the first year?

My daughter finishing up 2nd year of ECNL. Tryouts for next year is done. Some movement of players every year. So with our experience, there's movement possibility those 3 years. We're a mid table team. I see more movement on teams with worse league records. A few changes on teams who go to playoffs but not as many.

What I've seen are coaches willing to take a chance with a more athletic player and drop a more technical, less athletic player, hoping that helps the team. As someone said earlier, speed of play and physicality is becoming more important as my daughter gets older. Slower, more technical players stood out more when they were younger, on a smaller field.

This is exactly why you lose against California and Texas teams.

Size is nice but speed, skills, and team play can easily win against size and speed alone.

Focusing on size and speed 9 times out of 10 implies direct play.

California and Texas teams have speed, size, skills, and team play. Here we talk as if it has to be one or the other but in reality the best players have all of it