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Anonymous
Not from DMV. Maybe Richmond or Baltimore. |
Anonymous
I remember McLean green being a bunch if tiny technical girls. They were physical but definitely not what I would consider big |
Anonymous
| Don't you idiots get tired of commenting on your own team? |
Anonymous
A little hurt your DD is in a bottom dwelling team and now you have to deal with a lost after lost. Just be happy you get to see greatness from teams such as Mclean, Arlington, and Loudoun. |
Anonymous
| Is there a translation available for this? |
Anonymous
The 08s in both sexes are coming of age. That’s why. Arl has always won in the wee little kid years with their big player pool, but with crap coaching and selections on physicality and politics - as they approach U13- their teams can’t keep up anymore. Then, they begin recruiting for DA from outside the Club. This has never been a Club to develop players. It’s always been a top down organization. They don’t invest resources young. They are more concerned with their profile (and same with the parents) and TDS could give two shits about under U13s. That’s turned into their downfall. Their huge base has a limited understanding of the sport so are wooed into the hype and wearing the patch—w/ 7 teams at U12 that patch means very little in terms of ability/talent. |
Anonymous
This is an example of a club that needs to seriously look at their u- little program. Much more attention needs to be paid to technical development. If you have a huge player base and you stress individual technically development till u12, the club would be a powerhouse at the older ages. Arlington moves way to early to speed of play training/drills. If you have problems controlling the ball you can not see the field or play fast you are always looking down. It will be interesting to see how much of the current team they will look to replaced as they move to DA. It looks like they have a lot of 2, 3, 4 and 5. Let’s face it, they will replace anyone they can. It’s DA! I guess it just depends on who comes in from outside the club. |
Anonymous
As much as I feel that the originators of this thread were really out to target Arlington all along and tried to do so on a different thread too, there is some truth to the statements above. In fairness though, when your player pool is enormous you are bound to get better all around athletes than other, smaller clubs. That can make it difficult to ascertain technical issues because you are winning all the time and you don't face the same level of player. Patience seems to be an issue with the younger Arlington teams I have seen play, but granted I don't hang around watching all that much. They go at break neck pace and it is effective a lot of the time, but I haven't seen them back off and work the ball around the back looking for options as some teams, even young teams do. Speed kills though and to say their teams have no technical ability is laughable. As far as Arlington be willing to take outside players for their DA teams, of course they are. That hardly makes them unique. In this soccer culture players are currency. |
Anonymous
| ^ to get to the point as to why results start to drop off. Speed at 8/9 does directly equate to speed at 12/13/15/17. Physical speed also does not include technical speed, brain/IQ speed, etc. As the physicality naturally equalizes as kids age upward. Clubs that were teaching and players that learned how to think/move/touch start to emerge stronger. A lot of the sidelines cheer the big punts and long boots without concept of that style of success will be fleeting down the road. What ultimately happens is the players don’t fully develop and unless they have been getting training elsewhere- really start to struggle by middle school. |
Anonymous
*does NOT directly correlate Some of the fastest early growers are average at best down the road and they now have a disadvantage because they relied on physical advantage so heavily when prepubescent. |
Anonymous
| There were several poster that mention that some clubs teaches/develop individual skills. Is this true? Are certain coaches, during weekly practices, dedicating time to teach the U9-U12s individual technical skills (dribble, do moves, etc)? Or they force/encourage the kids to practice this at home? |
Anonymous
No. In general do not expect clubs to teach individual moves or much on the technical side especially on top teams. Practices may be more technical in their basic elements at a young age but to teach 10-15 kids technical moves means drills that require standing in line. This is bad for younger kids. Coaches may provide "homework" for kids to do on their own to build up technical skills but individual skills training is best done individually. |
Anonymous
This is what I thought. But why do some posters criticize clubs for not developing their players and recruit from other clubs instead? |
Anonymous
You can teach technical moves without having kids stand in line. Having lines is just bad coaching, whether it is in a passing drill or 1v1 skills drill. |
Anonymous
And which coach do you think a super club's C team is getting? Get technical work on your own. Do not count on the club to provide it. If they do, great, but it will never be enough. |