The “chasing the game” podcasts on YouTube are very eye-opening

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Anonymous wrote:I think that some of the #TheProJourney episodes by Kyle Wilson were helpful (mainly the YouthSoccerPlaybook). I realized that my child and I focused on things early that would not really be that useful until later on, and the focus really should have been on dribbling and 1v1. Compared to other travel players, that is the main gap that we're still catching up on.

Kyle is annoying but the Youth Soccer Playbook is everything you need to know. I documented the steps and it is the blueprint we are still following. If you start late, you just have to adapt it but the principles remain the same when building a player.

So many top professionals took different routes, it paints a clear picture that the reality is different than the theories and there's no single playbook to fit all

Ok, if you really think you should follow-it like a checklist, you really need to loosen up. It can be boiled down to you should not be in travel soccer until you know the basics. Learn how to attack 1v1. Played small-sided as much as possible. Learn to juggle and develop a quality first touch.

People are running to False8 and Next Star hoping for them to fix their kid when they kid can’t keep the ball up 50x or do a basic body feint.

If you have a better playbook to use as a blueprint please share. Parents deserve to have something better than what these clubs are telling them as most of it is garbage.

LOL
There are no secrets left for what it takes to give yourself the opportunity to become a top level player

The information is out there and repeated five million times each day on social media etc

Most people are looking for the easy shortcut and magic pill playbook

The 1% succeed because they're willing to do what the 99% won't

There's no secrets, but there is a ton of conflicting information out there. For those who are unfamiliar with soccer or sports in general, having a simple sequence of areas to focus on can change the path and opportunities for that player. There are probably kids who want to have the chance to play different positions, but have been pidgeon-holed to playing the same position the entire time because they are too far behind in skills that should have been developed early.

Young kids not playing different positions is 100% a coaching problem

Not wrong on the coach having the child try different positions, but there are a lot of kids who only feel comfortable at one position because they their growth and focus was very narrow.

-That has been my kid. She is a fast winger... so she only plays as an outside, winger. She has been missing a ton of development by only playing that position. The Coach never switches her. Never switches her in practice. She should have been rotated in practices and in games to round out her skill set and develop her more. Unfortunately the coach is more interested in winning than developing kids. 100% Coaches should be rotating the kids around... instead we have 2 types of players on our team. The kids who get to play center mid, over and over, who get lots of touches and outside players who only see the ball half the time.

We have to work outside of practice to develop defensive and central player skills. So, yes if you are a parent and you only ever see your kid playing 1 position -especially an outside wing or outside back position, know your kid is considered a developmental cast off by the coach and their progress will be slower than the central players or players that get rotated around.

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Anonymous wrote:I think that some of the #TheProJourney episodes by Kyle Wilson were helpful (mainly the YouthSoccerPlaybook). I realized that my child and I focused on things early that would not really be that useful until later on, and the focus really should have been on dribbling and 1v1. Compared to other travel players, that is the main gap that we're still catching up on.

Kyle is annoying but the Youth Soccer Playbook is everything you need to know. I documented the steps and it is the blueprint we are still following. If you start late, you just have to adapt it but the principles remain the same when building a player.

So many top professionals took different routes, it paints a clear picture that the reality is different than the theories and there's no single playbook to fit all

Ok, if you really think you should follow-it like a checklist, you really need to loosen up. It can be boiled down to you should not be in travel soccer until you know the basics. Learn how to attack 1v1. Played small-sided as much as possible. Learn to juggle and develop a quality first touch.

People are running to False8 and Next Star hoping for them to fix their kid when they kid can’t keep the ball up 50x or do a basic body feint.

If you have a better playbook to use as a blueprint please share. Parents deserve to have something better than what these clubs are telling them as most of it is garbage.

LOL
There are no secrets left for what it takes to give yourself the opportunity to become a top level player

The information is out there and repeated five million times each day on social media etc

Most people are looking for the easy shortcut and magic pill playbook

The 1% succeed because they're willing to do what the 99% won't

There's no secrets, but there is a ton of conflicting information out there. For those who are unfamiliar with soccer or sports in general, having a simple sequence of areas to focus on can change the path and opportunities for that player. There are probably kids who want to have the chance to play different positions, but have been pidgeon-holed to playing the same position the entire time because they are too far behind in skills that should have been developed early.

Young kids not playing different positions is 100% a coaching problem

Not wrong on the coach having the child try different positions, but there are a lot of kids who only feel comfortable at one position because they their growth and focus was very narrow.

-That has been my kid. She is a fast winger... so she only plays as an outside, winger. She has been missing a ton of development by only playing that position. The Coach never switches her. Never switches her in practice. She should have been rotated in practices and in games to round out her skill set and develop her more. Unfortunately the coach is more interested in winning than developing kids. 100% Coaches should be rotating the kids around... instead we have 2 types of players on our team. The kids who get to play center mid, over and over, who get lots of touches and outside players who only see the ball half the time.

We have to work outside of practice to develop defensive and central player skills. So, yes if you are a parent and you only ever see your kid playing 1 position -especially an outside wing or outside back position, know your kid is considered a developmental cast off by the coach and their progress will be slower than the central players or players that get rotated around.

I wouldn’t worry. This type of player gets easily recruited. If you have speed and size you will be fine.

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Got to play various positions to build soccer IQ either way and why be forced to limitations of a insecure coaches who only prioritize winning

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Anonymous wrote:I think that some of the #TheProJourney episodes by Kyle Wilson were helpful (mainly the YouthSoccerPlaybook). I realized that my child and I focused on things early that would not really be that useful until later on, and the focus really should have been on dribbling and 1v1. Compared to other travel players, that is the main gap that we're still catching up on.

Kyle is annoying but the Youth Soccer Playbook is everything you need to know. I documented the steps and it is the blueprint we are still following. If you start late, you just have to adapt it but the principles remain the same when building a player.

So many top professionals took different routes, it paints a clear picture that the reality is different than the theories and there's no single playbook to fit all

Ok, if you really think you should follow-it like a checklist, you really need to loosen up. It can be boiled down to you should not be in travel soccer until you know the basics. Learn how to attack 1v1. Played small-sided as much as possible. Learn to juggle and develop a quality first touch.

People are running to False8 and Next Star hoping for them to fix their kid when they kid can’t keep the ball up 50x or do a basic body feint.

If you have a better playbook to use as a blueprint please share. Parents deserve to have something better than what these clubs are telling them as most of it is garbage.

LOL
There are no secrets left for what it takes to give yourself the opportunity to become a top level player

The information is out there and repeated five million times each day on social media etc

Most people are looking for the easy shortcut and magic pill playbook

The 1% succeed because they're willing to do what the 99% won't

There's no secrets, but there is a ton of conflicting information out there. For those who are unfamiliar with soccer or sports in general, having a simple sequence of areas to focus on can change the path and opportunities for that player. There are probably kids who want to have the chance to play different positions, but have been pidgeon-holed to playing the same position the entire time because they are too far behind in skills that should have been developed early.

Young kids not playing different positions is 100% a coaching problem

Not wrong on the coach having the child try different positions, but there are a lot of kids who only feel comfortable at one position because they their growth and focus was very narrow.

-That has been my kid. She is a fast winger... so she only plays as an outside, winger. She has been missing a ton of development by only playing that position. The Coach never switches her. Never switches her in practice. She should have been rotated in practices and in games to round out her skill set and develop her more. Unfortunately the coach is more interested in winning than developing kids. 100% Coaches should be rotating the kids around... instead we have 2 types of players on our team. The kids who get to play center mid, over and over, who get lots of touches and outside players who only see the ball half the time.

We have to work outside of practice to develop defensive and central player skills. So, yes if you are a parent and you only ever see your kid playing 1 position -especially an outside wing or outside back position, know your kid is considered a developmental cast off by the coach and their progress will be slower than the central players or players that get rotated around.

I wouldn’t worry. This type of player gets easily recruited. If you have speed and size you will be fine.

Curious, what’s the intrinsic value of being recruited?

Is there any thought to maximizing a kids potential?

Do you prefer to be a 7/10 and be recruited or be a 9/10 off the radar that will bust everybody’s a— on the pitch but you may have to recruit yourself to your ideal program?

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Anonymous wrote:I think that some of the #TheProJourney episodes by Kyle Wilson were helpful (mainly the YouthSoccerPlaybook). I realized that my child and I focused on things early that would not really be that useful until later on, and the focus really should have been on dribbling and 1v1. Compared to other travel players, that is the main gap that we're still catching up on.

Kyle is annoying but the Youth Soccer Playbook is everything you need to know. I documented the steps and it is the blueprint we are still following. If you start late, you just have to adapt it but the principles remain the same when building a player.

So many top professionals took different routes, it paints a clear picture that the reality is different than the theories and there's no single playbook to fit all

Ok, if you really think you should follow-it like a checklist, you really need to loosen up. It can be boiled down to you should not be in travel soccer until you know the basics. Learn how to attack 1v1. Played small-sided as much as possible. Learn to juggle and develop a quality first touch.

People are running to False8 and Next Star hoping for them to fix their kid when they kid can’t keep the ball up 50x or do a basic body feint.

If you have a better playbook to use as a blueprint please share. Parents deserve to have something better than what these clubs are telling them as most of it is garbage.

LOL
There are no secrets left for what it takes to give yourself the opportunity to become a top level player

The information is out there and repeated five million times each day on social media etc

Most people are looking for the easy shortcut and magic pill playbook

The 1% succeed because they're willing to do what the 99% won't

There's no secrets, but there is a ton of conflicting information out there. For those who are unfamiliar with soccer or sports in general, having a simple sequence of areas to focus on can change the path and opportunities for that player. There are probably kids who want to have the chance to play different positions, but have been pidgeon-holed to playing the same position the entire time because they are too far behind in skills that should have been developed early.

Young kids not playing different positions is 100% a coaching problem

Not wrong on the coach having the child try different positions, but there are a lot of kids who only feel comfortable at one position because they their growth and focus was very narrow.

-That has been my kid. She is a fast winger... so she only plays as an outside, winger. She has been missing a ton of development by only playing that position. The Coach never switches her. Never switches her in practice. She should have been rotated in practices and in games to round out her skill set and develop her more. Unfortunately the coach is more interested in winning than developing kids. 100% Coaches should be rotating the kids around... instead we have 2 types of players on our team. The kids who get to play center mid, over and over, who get lots of touches and outside players who only see the ball half the time.

We have to work outside of practice to develop defensive and central player skills. So, yes if you are a parent and you only ever see your kid playing 1 position -especially an outside wing or outside back position, know your kid is considered a developmental cast off by the coach and their progress will be slower than the central players or players that get rotated around.

I wouldn’t worry. This type of player gets easily recruited. If you have speed and size you will be fine.

100% This!

Don't stress it. There are TONS of CM players - the competition there as you climb is insane based on quantity (quality is very different here though).

Ruud Gullit talked about that from his own experience and how lonely and boring some matches are when you're a winger and your team doesn't get you the ball and sometimes forgets about you. Its part of that position. Does the kid still work off the ball when they're not involved? Are they where they should be even when your team can't get it to you? If yes, you're fine.

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Anonymous wrote:Got to play various positions to build soccer IQ either way and why be forced to limitations of a insecure coaches who only prioritize winning

This is not true. Keepers and CB are prime example #1. Same with true strikers.

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Anonymous wrote:I think that some of the #TheProJourney episodes by Kyle Wilson were helpful (mainly the YouthSoccerPlaybook). I realized that my child and I focused on things early that would not really be that useful until later on, and the focus really should have been on dribbling and 1v1. Compared to other travel players, that is the main gap that we're still catching up on.

Kyle is annoying but the Youth Soccer Playbook is everything you need to know. I documented the steps and it is the blueprint we are still following. If you start late, you just have to adapt it but the principles remain the same when building a player.

So many top professionals took different routes, it paints a clear picture that the reality is different than the theories and there's no single playbook to fit all

Ok, if you really think you should follow-it like a checklist, you really need to loosen up. It can be boiled down to you should not be in travel soccer until you know the basics. Learn how to attack 1v1. Played small-sided as much as possible. Learn to juggle and develop a quality first touch.

People are running to False8 and Next Star hoping for them to fix their kid when they kid can’t keep the ball up 50x or do a basic body feint.

If you have a better playbook to use as a blueprint please share. Parents deserve to have something better than what these clubs are telling them as most of it is garbage.

LOL
There are no secrets left for what it takes to give yourself the opportunity to become a top level player

The information is out there and repeated five million times each day on social media etc

Most people are looking for the easy shortcut and magic pill playbook

The 1% succeed because they're willing to do what the 99% won't

There's no secrets, but there is a ton of conflicting information out there. For those who are unfamiliar with soccer or sports in general, having a simple sequence of areas to focus on can change the path and opportunities for that player. There are probably kids who want to have the chance to play different positions, but have been pidgeon-holed to playing the same position the entire time because they are too far behind in skills that should have been developed early.

Young kids not playing different positions is 100% a coaching problem

Not wrong on the coach having the child try different positions, but there are a lot of kids who only feel comfortable at one position because they their growth and focus was very narrow.

-That has been my kid. She is a fast winger... so she only plays as an outside, winger. She has been missing a ton of development by only playing that position. The Coach never switches her. Never switches her in practice. She should have been rotated in practices and in games to round out her skill set and develop her more. Unfortunately the coach is more interested in winning than developing kids. 100% Coaches should be rotating the kids around... instead we have 2 types of players on our team. The kids who get to play center mid, over and over, who get lots of touches and outside players who only see the ball half the time.

We have to work outside of practice to develop defensive and central player skills. So, yes if you are a parent and you only ever see your kid playing 1 position -especially an outside wing or outside back position, know your kid is considered a developmental cast off by the coach and their progress will be slower than the central players or players that get rotated around.

My kid got recruited as a winger. In some games he didn’t touch the ball much, while in other games he was quite a threat on the final third. He is fast, good with 1v1, has a decent first touch, and overall has good stats on goals and assists. I think as a winger it’s not that hard to stand out as opposed to midfielders or defenders.

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Anonymous wrote:I think that some of the #TheProJourney episodes by Kyle Wilson were helpful (mainly the YouthSoccerPlaybook). I realized that my child and I focused on things early that would not really be that useful until later on, and the focus really should have been on dribbling and 1v1. Compared to other travel players, that is the main gap that we're still catching up on.

Kyle is annoying but the Youth Soccer Playbook is everything you need to know. I documented the steps and it is the blueprint we are still following. If you start late, you just have to adapt it but the principles remain the same when building a player.

So many top professionals took different routes, it paints a clear picture that the reality is different than the theories and there's no single playbook to fit all

Ok, if you really think you should follow-it like a checklist, you really need to loosen up. It can be boiled down to you should not be in travel soccer until you know the basics. Learn how to attack 1v1. Played small-sided as much as possible. Learn to juggle and develop a quality first touch.

People are running to False8 and Next Star hoping for them to fix their kid when they kid can’t keep the ball up 50x or do a basic body feint.

If you have a better playbook to use as a blueprint please share. Parents deserve to have something better than what these clubs are telling them as most of it is garbage.

LOL
There are no secrets left for what it takes to give yourself the opportunity to become a top level player

The information is out there and repeated five million times each day on social media etc

Most people are looking for the easy shortcut and magic pill playbook

The 1% succeed because they're willing to do what the 99% won't

There's no secrets, but there is a ton of conflicting information out there. For those who are unfamiliar with soccer or sports in general, having a simple sequence of areas to focus on can change the path and opportunities for that player. There are probably kids who want to have the chance to play different positions, but have been pidgeon-holed to playing the same position the entire time because they are too far behind in skills that should have been developed early.

Young kids not playing different positions is 100% a coaching problem

But it is happening on the first team of major local clubs. I know this now as a parent who went though a lot of podcasts and Kyle’s playbook. But if a parent does not know, their kid is just biding time from kids who know. Why not help them understand what is standard? That is how we collectively get better than these information paywalls.

Many local kids “put in the time” as a prior poster said and reach DCU academy and stall because they don’t know what to do with their time because they are not executing the steps in Kyle’s playbook. He did not create it. It is based on the Croatian Development Curriculum which is pretty sound and more strategic than anything you will get from a club.

This is my biggest issue with Kyle…he’s operating as a self-promoter and influencer. There’s zero accountability for outcomes, but plenty of “insider knowledge” positioned as the key to unlocking your child’s future. The pitch is simple…send your kid, trust the process, don’t ask too many questions. It’s the social media version of a rainmaker scam wrapped in a big store ruse model.

You’re seeing the same playbook elsewhere. FV from BE posted something similar last week…“trust me, the coach…not even yourself.” That’s not expertise…it’s control.

There is no secret sauce. There are fundamentals, and they have to be mastered. And mastery isn’t “yeah, my kid can do that…next.” Master musicians still run scales every day…there’s a reason for that.

False 8 is drifting into the same lane. Sped up social videos to make it look like their athletes are so far ahead, “elite” groups, “accelerated” pathways, exclusivity…it’s all designed to appeal to the payer so F8 can secure access to the actual asset…the kid. That model should make you pause.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the next step is deeper capture…schooling, lifestyle, full-environment control. We’ve already seen versions of that with Sisu and Beast Academy. At some point, it stops being development and starts looking a lot more like a funnel…separating people from their money.

That legitimate model already exists at IMG, and are they pumping out Cavans? Christians? Tobins? Etc?

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Anonymous wrote:I think that some of the #TheProJourney episodes by Kyle Wilson were helpful (mainly the YouthSoccerPlaybook). I realized that my child and I focused on things early that would not really be that useful until later on, and the focus really should have been on dribbling and 1v1. Compared to other travel players, that is the main gap that we're still catching up on.

Kyle is annoying but the Youth Soccer Playbook is everything you need to know. I documented the steps and it is the blueprint we are still following. If you start late, you just have to adapt it but the principles remain the same when building a player.

So many top professionals took different routes, it paints a clear picture that the reality is different than the theories and there's no single playbook to fit all

Ok, if you really think you should follow-it like a checklist, you really need to loosen up. It can be boiled down to you should not be in travel soccer until you know the basics. Learn how to attack 1v1. Played small-sided as much as possible. Learn to juggle and develop a quality first touch.

People are running to False8 and Next Star hoping for them to fix their kid when they kid can’t keep the ball up 50x or do a basic body feint.

If you have a better playbook to use as a blueprint please share. Parents deserve to have something better than what these clubs are telling them as most of it is garbage.

LOL
There are no secrets left for what it takes to give yourself the opportunity to become a top level player

The information is out there and repeated five million times each day on social media etc

Most people are looking for the easy shortcut and magic pill playbook

The 1% succeed because they're willing to do what the 99% won't

There's no secrets, but there is a ton of conflicting information out there. For those who are unfamiliar with soccer or sports in general, having a simple sequence of areas to focus on can change the path and opportunities for that player. There are probably kids who want to have the chance to play different positions, but have been pidgeon-holed to playing the same position the entire time because they are too far behind in skills that should have been developed early.

Young kids not playing different positions is 100% a coaching problem

Not wrong on the coach having the child try different positions, but there are a lot of kids who only feel comfortable at one position because they their growth and focus was very narrow.

-That has been my kid. She is a fast winger... so she only plays as an outside, winger. She has been missing a ton of development by only playing that position. The Coach never switches her. Never switches her in practice. She should have been rotated in practices and in games to round out her skill set and develop her more. Unfortunately the coach is more interested in winning than developing kids. 100% Coaches should be rotating the kids around... instead we have 2 types of players on our team. The kids who get to play center mid, over and over, who get lots of touches and outside players who only see the ball half the time.

We have to work outside of practice to develop defensive and central player skills. So, yes if you are a parent and you only ever see your kid playing 1 position -especially an outside wing or outside back position, know your kid is considered a developmental cast off by the coach and their progress will be slower than the central players or players that get rotated around.

What age are you talking about?

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The day I see 10 CM's in a 0-10-0 formation on a Champions League team is when I'll start worrying about my kid not being a CM

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Anonymous wrote:I think that some of the #TheProJourney episodes by Kyle Wilson were helpful (mainly the YouthSoccerPlaybook). I realized that my child and I focused on things early that would not really be that useful until later on, and the focus really should have been on dribbling and 1v1. Compared to other travel players, that is the main gap that we're still catching up on.

Kyle is annoying but the Youth Soccer Playbook is everything you need to know. I documented the steps and it is the blueprint we are still following. If you start late, you just have to adapt it but the principles remain the same when building a player.

So many top professionals took different routes, it paints a clear picture that the reality is different than the theories and there's no single playbook to fit all

Ok, if you really think you should follow-it like a checklist, you really need to loosen up. It can be boiled down to you should not be in travel soccer until you know the basics. Learn how to attack 1v1. Played small-sided as much as possible. Learn to juggle and develop a quality first touch.

People are running to False8 and Next Star hoping for them to fix their kid when they kid can’t keep the ball up 50x or do a basic body feint.

If you have a better playbook to use as a blueprint please share. Parents deserve to have something better than what these clubs are telling them as most of it is garbage.

LOL
There are no secrets left for what it takes to give yourself the opportunity to become a top level player

The information is out there and repeated five million times each day on social media etc

Most people are looking for the easy shortcut and magic pill playbook

The 1% succeed because they're willing to do what the 99% won't

There's no secrets, but there is a ton of conflicting information out there. For those who are unfamiliar with soccer or sports in general, having a simple sequence of areas to focus on can change the path and opportunities for that player. There are probably kids who want to have the chance to play different positions, but have been pidgeon-holed to playing the same position the entire time because they are too far behind in skills that should have been developed early.

Young kids not playing different positions is 100% a coaching problem

But it is happening on the first team of major local clubs. I know this now as a parent who went though a lot of podcasts and Kyle’s playbook. But if a parent does not know, their kid is just biding time from kids who know. Why not help them understand what is standard? That is how we collectively get better than these information paywalls.

Many local kids “put in the time” as a prior poster said and reach DCU academy and stall because they don’t know what to do with their time because they are not executing the steps in Kyle’s playbook. He did not create it. It is based on the Croatian Development Curriculum which is pretty sound and more strategic than anything you will get from a club.

This is my biggest issue with Kyle…he’s operating as a self-promoter and influencer. There’s zero accountability for outcomes, but plenty of “insider knowledge” positioned as the key to unlocking your child’s future. The pitch is simple…send your kid, trust the process, don’t ask too many questions. It’s the social media version of a rainmaker scam wrapped in a big store ruse model.

You’re seeing the same playbook elsewhere. FV from BE posted something similar last week…“trust me, the coach…not even yourself.” That’s not expertise…it’s control.

There is no secret sauce. There are fundamentals, and they have to be mastered. And mastery isn’t “yeah, my kid can do that…next.” Master musicians still run scales every day…there’s a reason for that.

False 8 is drifting into the same lane. Sped up social videos to make it look like their athletes are so far ahead, “elite” groups, “accelerated” pathways, exclusivity…it’s all designed to appeal to the payer so F8 can secure access to the actual asset…the kid. That model should make you pause.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the next step is deeper capture…schooling, lifestyle, full-environment control. We’ve already seen versions of that with Sisu and Beast Academy. At some point, it stops being development and starts looking a lot more like a funnel…separating people from their money.

That legitimate model already exists at IMG, and are they pumping out Cavans? Christians? Tobins? Etc?

As the author of the post you are responding too, I 99% agree with your take. Except, it only cost me commercial breaks during the NFL and college 🏈 season to go through Kyle’s playbook with a legal pad and take notes and then read the Croatian model in order to build an IDP for my kid of pure fundamentals. Because I actually have a meat and potatoes blueprint now, that is why I could take my kid to a False8 session and realize it is a complete joke.

I really like what Kyle and Christian both “say” but I have the ability to differentiate their information from their sales pitches.

Here is what I can say. My kid is currently playing at the same level as kids who starting playing club soccer 2 years before my kids first year playing rec. If Kyle’s free playbook was 💩, he would not have caught up so quickly. Those kids had the “best” youth coaches at the “top” clubs and yet here we are in the same pot and now the separation begins because I have a plan for my kid built for free from these guys. For my kid to have caught up so quickly, most people are doing the wrong things.

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Anonymous wrote:I think that some of the #TheProJourney episodes by Kyle Wilson were helpful (mainly the YouthSoccerPlaybook). I realized that my child and I focused on things early that would not really be that useful until later on, and the focus really should have been on dribbling and 1v1. Compared to other travel players, that is the main gap that we're still catching up on.

Kyle is annoying but the Youth Soccer Playbook is everything you need to know. I documented the steps and it is the blueprint we are still following. If you start late, you just have to adapt it but the principles remain the same when building a player.

So many top professionals took different routes, it paints a clear picture that the reality is different than the theories and there's no single playbook to fit all

Ok, if you really think you should follow-it like a checklist, you really need to loosen up. It can be boiled down to you should not be in travel soccer until you know the basics. Learn how to attack 1v1. Played small-sided as much as possible. Learn to juggle and develop a quality first touch.

People are running to False8 and Next Star hoping for them to fix their kid when they kid can’t keep the ball up 50x or do a basic body feint.

If you have a better playbook to use as a blueprint please share. Parents deserve to have something better than what these clubs are telling them as most of it is garbage.

LOL
There are no secrets left for what it takes to give yourself the opportunity to become a top level player

The information is out there and repeated five million times each day on social media etc

Most people are looking for the easy shortcut and magic pill playbook

The 1% succeed because they're willing to do what the 99% won't

There's no secrets, but there is a ton of conflicting information out there. For those who are unfamiliar with soccer or sports in general, having a simple sequence of areas to focus on can change the path and opportunities for that player. There are probably kids who want to have the chance to play different positions, but have been pidgeon-holed to playing the same position the entire time because they are too far behind in skills that should have been developed early.

Young kids not playing different positions is 100% a coaching problem

But it is happening on the first team of major local clubs. I know this now as a parent who went though a lot of podcasts and Kyle’s playbook. But if a parent does not know, their kid is just biding time from kids who know. Why not help them understand what is standard? That is how we collectively get better than these information paywalls.

Many local kids “put in the time” as a prior poster said and reach DCU academy and stall because they don’t know what to do with their time because they are not executing the steps in Kyle’s playbook. He did not create it. It is based on the Croatian Development Curriculum which is pretty sound and more strategic than anything you will get from a club.

This is my biggest issue with Kyle…he’s operating as a self-promoter and influencer. There’s zero accountability for outcomes, but plenty of “insider knowledge” positioned as the key to unlocking your child’s future. The pitch is simple…send your kid, trust the process, don’t ask too many questions. It’s the social media version of a rainmaker scam wrapped in a big store ruse model.

You’re seeing the same playbook elsewhere. FV from BE posted something similar last week…“trust me, the coach…not even yourself.” That’s not expertise…it’s control.

There is no secret sauce. There are fundamentals, and they have to be mastered. And mastery isn’t “yeah, my kid can do that…next.” Master musicians still run scales every day…there’s a reason for that.

False 8 is drifting into the same lane. Sped up social videos to make it look like their athletes are so far ahead, “elite” groups, “accelerated” pathways, exclusivity…it’s all designed to appeal to the payer so F8 can secure access to the actual asset…the kid. That model should make you pause.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the next step is deeper capture…schooling, lifestyle, full-environment control. We’ve already seen versions of that with Sisu and Beast Academy. At some point, it stops being development and starts looking a lot more like a funnel…separating people from their money.

That legitimate model already exists at IMG, and are they pumping out Cavans? Christians? Tobins? Etc?

As the author of the post you are responding too, I 99% agree with your take. Except, it only cost me commercial breaks during the NFL and college 🏈 season to go through Kyle’s playbook with a legal pad and take notes and then read the Croatian model in order to build an IDP for my kid of pure fundamentals. Because I actually have a meat and potatoes blueprint now, that is why I could take my kid to a False8 session and realize it is a complete joke.

I really like what Kyle and Christian both “say” but I have the ability to differentiate their information from their sales pitches.

Here is what I can say. My kid is currently playing at the same level as kids who starting playing club soccer 2 years before my kids first year playing rec. If Kyle’s free playbook was 💩, he would not have caught up so quickly. Those kids had the “best” youth coaches at the “top” clubs and yet here we are in the same pot and now the separation begins because I have a plan for my kid built for free from these guys. For my kid to have caught up so quickly, most people are doing the wrong things.

What has Kyle and Christian invented?

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Anonymous wrote:I think that some of the #TheProJourney episodes by Kyle Wilson were helpful (mainly the YouthSoccerPlaybook). I realized that my child and I focused on things early that would not really be that useful until later on, and the focus really should have been on dribbling and 1v1. Compared to other travel players, that is the main gap that we're still catching up on.

Kyle is annoying but the Youth Soccer Playbook is everything you need to know. I documented the steps and it is the blueprint we are still following. If you start late, you just have to adapt it but the principles remain the same when building a player.

So many top professionals took different routes, it paints a clear picture that the reality is different than the theories and there's no single playbook to fit all

Ok, if you really think you should follow-it like a checklist, you really need to loosen up. It can be boiled down to you should not be in travel soccer until you know the basics. Learn how to attack 1v1. Played small-sided as much as possible. Learn to juggle and develop a quality first touch.

People are running to False8 and Next Star hoping for them to fix their kid when they kid can’t keep the ball up 50x or do a basic body feint.

If you have a better playbook to use as a blueprint please share. Parents deserve to have something better than what these clubs are telling them as most of it is garbage.

LOL
There are no secrets left for what it takes to give yourself the opportunity to become a top level player

The information is out there and repeated five million times each day on social media etc

Most people are looking for the easy shortcut and magic pill playbook

The 1% succeed because they're willing to do what the 99% won't

There's no secrets, but there is a ton of conflicting information out there. For those who are unfamiliar with soccer or sports in general, having a simple sequence of areas to focus on can change the path and opportunities for that player. There are probably kids who want to have the chance to play different positions, but have been pidgeon-holed to playing the same position the entire time because they are too far behind in skills that should have been developed early.

Young kids not playing different positions is 100% a coaching problem

But it is happening on the first team of major local clubs. I know this now as a parent who went though a lot of podcasts and Kyle’s playbook. But if a parent does not know, their kid is just biding time from kids who know. Why not help them understand what is standard? That is how we collectively get better than these information paywalls.

Many local kids “put in the time” as a prior poster said and reach DCU academy and stall because they don’t know what to do with their time because they are not executing the steps in Kyle’s playbook. He did not create it. It is based on the Croatian Development Curriculum which is pretty sound and more strategic than anything you will get from a club.

This is my biggest issue with Kyle…he’s operating as a self-promoter and influencer. There’s zero accountability for outcomes, but plenty of “insider knowledge” positioned as the key to unlocking your child’s future. The pitch is simple…send your kid, trust the process, don’t ask too many questions. It’s the social media version of a rainmaker scam wrapped in a big store ruse model.

You’re seeing the same playbook elsewhere. FV from BE posted something similar last week…“trust me, the coach…not even yourself.” That’s not expertise…it’s control.

There is no secret sauce. There are fundamentals, and they have to be mastered. And mastery isn’t “yeah, my kid can do that…next.” Master musicians still run scales every day…there’s a reason for that.

False 8 is drifting into the same lane. Sped up social videos to make it look like their athletes are so far ahead, “elite” groups, “accelerated” pathways, exclusivity…it’s all designed to appeal to the payer so F8 can secure access to the actual asset…the kid. That model should make you pause.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the next step is deeper capture…schooling, lifestyle, full-environment control. We’ve already seen versions of that with Sisu and Beast Academy. At some point, it stops being development and starts looking a lot more like a funnel…separating people from their money.

That legitimate model already exists at IMG, and are they pumping out Cavans? Christians? Tobins? Etc?

As the author of the post you are responding too, I 99% agree with your take. Except, it only cost me commercial breaks during the NFL and college 🏈 season to go through Kyle’s playbook with a legal pad and take notes and then read the Croatian model in order to build an IDP for my kid of pure fundamentals. Because I actually have a meat and potatoes blueprint now, that is why I could take my kid to a False8 session and realize it is a complete joke.

I really like what Kyle and Christian both “say” but I have the ability to differentiate their information from their sales pitches.

Here is what I can say. My kid is currently playing at the same level as kids who starting playing club soccer 2 years before my kids first year playing rec. If Kyle’s free playbook was 💩, he would not have caught up so quickly. Those kids had the “best” youth coaches at the “top” clubs and yet here we are in the same pot and now the separation begins because I have a plan for my kid built for free from these guys. For my kid to have caught up so quickly, most people are doing the wrong things.

What has Kyle and Christian invented?

I don't think anyone coaching our kids have "invented" anything. All we're looking for here is information that is easy to follow and access. A podcast format available on Spotify/Youtube, with a decent explanation and easy to follow. The parents that can adapt information for their child and navigate all the sales crap (which is unavoidable main problem), will give their kids a different path. Time and money will be limiting factors, so every family's situation will be different.

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Anonymous wrote:I think that some of the #TheProJourney episodes by Kyle Wilson were helpful (mainly the YouthSoccerPlaybook). I realized that my child and I focused on things early that would not really be that useful until later on, and the focus really should have been on dribbling and 1v1. Compared to other travel players, that is the main gap that we're still catching up on.

Kyle is annoying but the Youth Soccer Playbook is everything you need to know. I documented the steps and it is the blueprint we are still following. If you start late, you just have to adapt it but the principles remain the same when building a player.

So many top professionals took different routes, it paints a clear picture that the reality is different than the theories and there's no single playbook to fit all

Ok, if you really think you should follow-it like a checklist, you really need to loosen up. It can be boiled down to you should not be in travel soccer until you know the basics. Learn how to attack 1v1. Played small-sided as much as possible. Learn to juggle and develop a quality first touch.

People are running to False8 and Next Star hoping for them to fix their kid when they kid can’t keep the ball up 50x or do a basic body feint.

If you have a better playbook to use as a blueprint please share. Parents deserve to have something better than what these clubs are telling them as most of it is garbage.

LOL
There are no secrets left for what it takes to give yourself the opportunity to become a top level player

The information is out there and repeated five million times each day on social media etc

Most people are looking for the easy shortcut and magic pill playbook

The 1% succeed because they're willing to do what the 99% won't

There's no secrets, but there is a ton of conflicting information out there. For those who are unfamiliar with soccer or sports in general, having a simple sequence of areas to focus on can change the path and opportunities for that player. There are probably kids who want to have the chance to play different positions, but have been pidgeon-holed to playing the same position the entire time because they are too far behind in skills that should have been developed early.

Young kids not playing different positions is 100% a coaching problem

But it is happening on the first team of major local clubs. I know this now as a parent who went though a lot of podcasts and Kyle’s playbook. But if a parent does not know, their kid is just biding time from kids who know. Why not help them understand what is standard? That is how we collectively get better than these information paywalls.

Many local kids “put in the time” as a prior poster said and reach DCU academy and stall because they don’t know what to do with their time because they are not executing the steps in Kyle’s playbook. He did not create it. It is based on the Croatian Development Curriculum which is pretty sound and more strategic than anything you will get from a club.

This is my biggest issue with Kyle…he’s operating as a self-promoter and influencer. There’s zero accountability for outcomes, but plenty of “insider knowledge” positioned as the key to unlocking your child’s future. The pitch is simple…send your kid, trust the process, don’t ask too many questions. It’s the social media version of a rainmaker scam wrapped in a big store ruse model.

You’re seeing the same playbook elsewhere. FV from BE posted something similar last week…“trust me, the coach…not even yourself.” That’s not expertise…it’s control.

There is no secret sauce. There are fundamentals, and they have to be mastered. And mastery isn’t “yeah, my kid can do that…next.” Master musicians still run scales every day…there’s a reason for that.

False 8 is drifting into the same lane. Sped up social videos to make it look like their athletes are so far ahead, “elite” groups, “accelerated” pathways, exclusivity…it’s all designed to appeal to the payer so F8 can secure access to the actual asset…the kid. That model should make you pause.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the next step is deeper capture…schooling, lifestyle, full-environment control. We’ve already seen versions of that with Sisu and Beast Academy. At some point, it stops being development and starts looking a lot more like a funnel…separating people from their money.

That legitimate model already exists at IMG, and are they pumping out Cavans? Christians? Tobins? Etc?

As the author of the post you are responding too, I 99% agree with your take. Except, it only cost me commercial breaks during the NFL and college 🏈 season to go through Kyle’s playbook with a legal pad and take notes and then read the Croatian model in order to build an IDP for my kid of pure fundamentals. Because I actually have a meat and potatoes blueprint now, that is why I could take my kid to a False8 session and realize it is a complete joke.

I really like what Kyle and Christian both “say” but I have the ability to differentiate their information from their sales pitches.

Here is what I can say. My kid is currently playing at the same level as kids who starting playing club soccer 2 years before my kids first year playing rec. If Kyle’s free playbook was 💩, he would not have caught up so quickly. Those kids had the “best” youth coaches at the “top” clubs and yet here we are in the same pot and now the separation begins because I have a plan for my kid built for free from these guys. For my kid to have caught up so quickly, most people are doing the wrong things.

We've followed a similar path with our kid. She's starting travel at U12, and has been playing catch up since she's started. When you're so far behind in all aspects and can't rely on your athleticism, then, it can be a tough journey on figuring out what to prioritize on your own. With our recent tryouts, most of the comments when receiving offers from the tryout coaches are about her having strong fundamentals, good tools, and great potential. She still has a ways to go to reach the top teams, but at least we have adapted a playbook that is getting her there.

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Anonymous wrote:I think that some of the #TheProJourney episodes by Kyle Wilson were helpful (mainly the YouthSoccerPlaybook). I realized that my child and I focused on things early that would not really be that useful until later on, and the focus really should have been on dribbling and 1v1. Compared to other travel players, that is the main gap that we're still catching up on.

Kyle is annoying but the Youth Soccer Playbook is everything you need to know. I documented the steps and it is the blueprint we are still following. If you start late, you just have to adapt it but the principles remain the same when building a player.

So many top professionals took different routes, it paints a clear picture that the reality is different than the theories and there's no single playbook to fit all

Ok, if you really think you should follow-it like a checklist, you really need to loosen up. It can be boiled down to you should not be in travel soccer until you know the basics. Learn how to attack 1v1. Played small-sided as much as possible. Learn to juggle and develop a quality first touch.

People are running to False8 and Next Star hoping for them to fix their kid when they kid can’t keep the ball up 50x or do a basic body feint.

If you have a better playbook to use as a blueprint please share. Parents deserve to have something better than what these clubs are telling them as most of it is garbage.

LOL
There are no secrets left for what it takes to give yourself the opportunity to become a top level player

The information is out there and repeated five million times each day on social media etc

Most people are looking for the easy shortcut and magic pill playbook

The 1% succeed because they're willing to do what the 99% won't

There's no secrets, but there is a ton of conflicting information out there. For those who are unfamiliar with soccer or sports in general, having a simple sequence of areas to focus on can change the path and opportunities for that player. There are probably kids who want to have the chance to play different positions, but have been pidgeon-holed to playing the same position the entire time because they are too far behind in skills that should have been developed early.

Young kids not playing different positions is 100% a coaching problem

But it is happening on the first team of major local clubs. I know this now as a parent who went though a lot of podcasts and Kyle’s playbook. But if a parent does not know, their kid is just biding time from kids who know. Why not help them understand what is standard? That is how we collectively get better than these information paywalls.

Many local kids “put in the time” as a prior poster said and reach DCU academy and stall because they don’t know what to do with their time because they are not executing the steps in Kyle’s playbook. He did not create it. It is based on the Croatian Development Curriculum which is pretty sound and more strategic than anything you will get from a club.

This is my biggest issue with Kyle…he’s operating as a self-promoter and influencer. There’s zero accountability for outcomes, but plenty of “insider knowledge” positioned as the key to unlocking your child’s future. The pitch is simple…send your kid, trust the process, don’t ask too many questions. It’s the social media version of a rainmaker scam wrapped in a big store ruse model.

You’re seeing the same playbook elsewhere. FV from BE posted something similar last week…“trust me, the coach…not even yourself.” That’s not expertise…it’s control.

There is no secret sauce. There are fundamentals, and they have to be mastered. And mastery isn’t “yeah, my kid can do that…next.” Master musicians still run scales every day…there’s a reason for that.

False 8 is drifting into the same lane. Sped up social videos to make it look like their athletes are so far ahead, “elite” groups, “accelerated” pathways, exclusivity…it’s all designed to appeal to the payer so F8 can secure access to the actual asset…the kid. That model should make you pause.

I wouldn’t be surprised if the next step is deeper capture…schooling, lifestyle, full-environment control. We’ve already seen versions of that with Sisu and Beast Academy. At some point, it stops being development and starts looking a lot more like a funnel…separating people from their money.

That legitimate model already exists at IMG, and are they pumping out Cavans? Christians? Tobins? Etc?

As the author of the post you are responding too, I 99% agree with your take. Except, it only cost me commercial breaks during the NFL and college 🏈 season to go through Kyle’s playbook with a legal pad and take notes and then read the Croatian model in order to build an IDP for my kid of pure fundamentals. Because I actually have a meat and potatoes blueprint now, that is why I could take my kid to a False8 session and realize it is a complete joke.

I really like what Kyle and Christian both “say” but I have the ability to differentiate their information from their sales pitches.

Here is what I can say. My kid is currently playing at the same level as kids who starting playing club soccer 2 years before my kids first year playing rec. If Kyle’s free playbook was 💩, he would not have caught up so quickly. Those kids had the “best” youth coaches at the “top” clubs and yet here we are in the same pot and now the separation begins because I have a plan for my kid built for free from these guys. For my kid to have caught up so quickly, most people are doing the wrong things.

What has Kyle and Christian invented?

Original IG content for soccer parents. I’m sorry, did the post mention anything about Kyle and Christian inventing something?