speed or technical ability? Age 11.

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The fact so many said speed is more important than technical skills at 11 years old is letting you know this is a social forum, not a soccer one

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Anonymous wrote:The fact so many said speed is more important than technical skills at 11 years old is letting you know this is a social forum, not a soccer one

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Anonymous wrote:The fact so many said speed is more important than technical skills at 11 years old is letting you know this is a social forum, not a soccer one

Or that it’s a US soccer forum.

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So moral of the story is if your kid is small and technical and you see an American coach on the spring coaching slate, keep shopping?

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Anonymous wrote:Big/fast players play in MLS/NWSL. Technical athletic players play in European leagues.

Even past his prime now, Messi still dominates in MLS due to his incredible technical skills.

love how folks go to messi. Hes got strength and speed to go with insane skill..

Which one did he develop first?

Not sure if this is meant to be a rhetorical question, but wouldn’t it be skill? He famously had a childhood growth disorder and when you’re THAT young, like 9 and under, size does correlate more strongly with strength and speed.

The problem with US soccer is that they never really get out of this mindset.

Maybe the problem with US soccer is that, even if they wanted to, they can’t get out of this mindset because most US coaches don’t have and can’t teach technical skills.

no issue is the top performing males play other sports. Soccer gets the leftovers.. and the size and speed will always best technical that are slow and small. Lets be honest they are playing soccer in US because they cant compete in the other sports.

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Billy all-American baseball is back with the soccer ignoramus takes 🔥

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Anonymous wrote:Big/fast players play in MLS/NWSL. Technical athletic players play in European leagues.

Even past his prime now, Messi still dominates in MLS due to his incredible technical skills.

love how folks go to messi. Hes got strength and speed to go with insane skill..

Which one did he develop first?

Not sure if this is meant to be a rhetorical question, but wouldn’t it be skill? He famously had a childhood growth disorder and when you’re THAT young, like 9 and under, size does correlate more strongly with strength and speed.

The problem with US soccer is that they never really get out of this mindset.

Maybe the problem with US soccer is that, even if they wanted to, they can’t get out of this mindset because most US coaches don’t have and can’t teach technical skills.

no issue is the top performing males play other sports. Soccer gets the leftovers.. and the size and speed will always best technical that are slow and small. Lets be honest they are playing soccer in US because they cant compete in the other sports.

Winner of most uninformed and dunce comment of the week

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Anonymous wrote:Big/fast players play in MLS/NWSL. Technical athletic players play in European leagues.

Even past his prime now, Messi still dominates in MLS due to his incredible technical skills.

love how folks go to messi. Hes got strength and speed to go with insane skill..

Which one did he develop first?

Not sure if this is meant to be a rhetorical question, but wouldn’t it be skill? He famously had a childhood growth disorder and when you’re THAT young, like 9 and under, size does correlate more strongly with strength and speed.

The problem with US soccer is that they never really get out of this mindset.

Maybe the problem with US soccer is that, even if they wanted to, they can’t get out of this mindset because most US coaches don’t have and can’t teach technical skills.

no issue is the top performing males play other sports. Soccer gets the leftovers.. and the size and speed will always best technical that are slow and small. Lets be honest they are playing soccer in US because they cant compete in the other sports.

Maybe in some regions, but this is not the case in the DMV.

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Anonymous wrote:Billy all-American baseball is back with the soccer ignoramus takes 🔥

Thank you - you deserve an award for this post!

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Anonymous wrote:The fact so many said speed is more important than technical skills at 11 years old is letting you know this is a social forum, not a soccer one

Please it should let you know it is reality. It is not the way soccer is played in the US. In the rest of the world technical skills are the differentiator. By 16-17 the technical players are the only players(boys and girls) who consistently see the field. That is not true in the US.

Technical skills are extremely important for the pros but travel or college not so much. The level of play in travel and college is just so low that a fast athlete with below average technical skill can still play. It is much much easier to coach and it is easy to fill out your roster specially when you do not change your formation or style of play from u9.

Speed of play under pressure and in tight space is what differentiates players. High speed of play requires technical skills that are developed under pressure. Go to Spain and watch a few practices. Everything is done under pressure and in tight spaces(like 11 on 11 in a quarter of field). Even the throw in drills are done with 3-4 players. The big thing is all the players are technical. It is hard for a technical player to reach their potential without other technical players. You can not play 1 or 2 touch soccer(ie high speed of play) with someone who has a touch of a Doberman playing with a beach ball or who can not complete a pass under pressure.

It is not like that here. Here speed and size are the first thing that are evaluated and determines your team placement. That team placement rarely changes. Overseas it is first technical skills and then athleticism but at a much older age vs u9.

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Anonymous wrote:Big/fast players play in MLS/NWSL. Technical athletic players play in European leagues.

Even past his prime now, Messi still dominates in MLS due to his incredible technical skills.

love how folks go to messi. Hes got strength and speed to go with insane skill..

Which one did he develop first?

Not sure if this is meant to be a rhetorical question, but wouldn’t it be skill? He famously had a childhood growth disorder and when you’re THAT young, like 9 and under, size does correlate more strongly with strength and speed.

The problem with US soccer is that they never really get out of this mindset.

Maybe the problem with US soccer is that, even if they wanted to, they can’t get out of this mindset because most US coaches don’t have and can’t teach technical skills.

no issue is the top performing males play other sports. Soccer gets the leftovers.. and the size and speed will always best technical that are slow and small. Lets be honest they are playing soccer in US because they cant compete in the other sports.

Maybe in some regions, but this is not the case in the DMV.

no very much the case.. area is highly recruited for football
Bball and baseball. I could take 2 RBs who never played soccer. Teach them first touch and a ball strike.. and they would dominate.

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I would take speed and then you can develop technical ability pretty quickly with the right coaching.

[Anonymous]

It’s such a shame that people, especially soccer parents, think that kickball is actually soccer.

It’s so easy to counter/stop fast and strong players. All a coach has to do is to keep 3-4 defenders in the back third to stop a long ball. A team needs technical players especially in the midfield to break down the defense and to pass accurate through balls to the forwards or to shot the ball themselves.

Also, it’s so amazing that there are so many one-footed players with such a pathetic weak foot, bad first touch that the ball bounces 5+ yards away and/or can’t do 1v1 if their live depends on it.

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Anonymous wrote:The fact so many said speed is more important than technical skills at 11 years old is letting you know this is a social forum, not a soccer one

Please it should let you know it is reality. It is not the way soccer is played in the US. In the rest of the world technical skills are the differentiator. By 16-17 the technical players are the only players(boys and girls) who consistently see the field. That is not true in the US.

Technical skills are extremely important for the pros but travel or college not so much. The level of play in travel and college is just so low that a fast athlete with below average technical skill can still play. It is much much easier to coach and it is easy to fill out your roster specially when you do not change your formation or style of play from u9.

Speed of play under pressure and in tight space is what differentiates players. High speed of play requires technical skills that are developed under pressure. Go to Spain and watch a few practices. Everything is done under pressure and in tight spaces(like 11 on 11 in a quarter of field). Even the throw in drills are done with 3-4 players. The big thing is all the players are technical. It is hard for a technical player to reach their potential without other technical players. You can not play 1 or 2 touch soccer(ie high speed of play) with someone who has a touch of a Doberman playing with a beach ball or who can not complete a pass under pressure.

It is not like that here. Here speed and size are the first thing that are evaluated and determines your team placement. That team placement rarely changes. Overseas it is first technical skills and then athleticism but at a much older age vs u9.

You articulated so much better what I've been wanting to say. Technical players are significantly hamstrung when not playing with other technical players. Great touches/passes get wasted. So teams get built up with strong/fast athletes to compensate for the lack of training these kids didn't get in their youth.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fact so many said speed is more important than technical skills at 11 years old is letting you know this is a social forum, not a soccer one

Please it should let you know it is reality. It is not the way soccer is played in the US. In the rest of the world technical skills are the differentiator. By 16-17 the technical players are the only players(boys and girls) who consistently see the field. That is not true in the US.

Technical skills are extremely important for the pros but travel or college not so much. The level of play in travel and college is just so low that a fast athlete with below average technical skill can still play. It is much much easier to coach and it is easy to fill out your roster specially when you do not change your formation or style of play from u9.

Speed of play under pressure and in tight space is what differentiates players. High speed of play requires technical skills that are developed under pressure. Go to Spain and watch a few practices. Everything is done under pressure and in tight spaces(like 11 on 11 in a quarter of field). Even the throw in drills are done with 3-4 players. The big thing is all the players are technical. It is hard for a technical player to reach their potential without other technical players. You can not play 1 or 2 touch soccer(ie high speed of play) with someone who has a touch of a Doberman playing with a beach ball or who can not complete a pass under pressure.

It is not like that here. Here speed and size are the first thing that are evaluated and determines your team placement. That team placement rarely changes. Overseas it is first technical skills and then athleticism but at a much older age vs u9.

You articulated so much better what I've been wanting to say. Technical players are significantly hamstrung when not playing with other technical players. Great touches/passes get wasted. So teams get built up with strong/fast athletes to compensate for the lack of training these kids didn't get in their youth.

+1000. I’ve seen countless perfect through balls get wasted due to bad first touches and horrific lack of quality finishing. Sometimes, it seems they are attempting to kick a football field goal. LOL

Parents just love to see “big kicks”.