Girls Soccer - at what age does possession style overtake physical style?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At 13:30, the announcer says - PDA last season went 32-0, and outscored the opposition 216 "goals for" to 19 "goals against"

Weren’t there other top European teams in ICC? How did they do?

They were dominated. Barcelona was the only foreign girls team that did not get dominated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At 13:30, the announcer says - PDA last season went 32-0, and outscored the opposition 216 "goals for" to 19 "goals against"

Weren’t there other top European teams in ICC? How did they do?

They were dominated. Barcelona was the only foreign girls team that did not get dominated.

Barca played a good game

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At 13:30, the announcer says - PDA last season went 32-0, and outscored the opposition 216 "goals for" to 19 "goals against"

Weren’t there other top European teams in ICC? How did they do?

They were dominated. Barcelona was the only foreign girls team that did not get dominated.

Barca played a good game

Play to win or play great soccer ???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In baseball we don’t expect little league coaches to teach kids how to throw and catch a ball either. It is expected. Coaches teach the game, even at young ages.

The only “skill” somewhat developed is batting and pitching as they are progressively implemented.

That we have an expectation that skill building should be a part of the club process is the problem but it is not unexpected considering the number of parents who never played the game themselves and lack the ability to pass the skills on at early ages.

Soccer is a little more complex than baseball

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At what age do you think possession style teams start to dominate the big/fast/physical teams?

U14?
U15?

Referencing this game where U15 Barcelona dominates possession against one of the top US teams in the country

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN94aS0q0To

Sometimes never, did you watch the NCAA college Cup

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In baseball we don’t expect little league coaches to teach kids how to throw and catch a ball either. It is expected. Coaches teach the game, even at young ages.

The only “skill” somewhat developed is batting and pitching as they are progressively implemented.

That we have an expectation that skill building should be a part of the club process is the problem but it is not unexpected considering the number of parents who never played the game themselves and lack the ability to pass the skills on at early ages.

Soccer is a little more complex than baseball

Now this discussion is getting good!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In baseball we don’t expect little league coaches to teach kids how to throw and catch a ball either. It is expected. Coaches teach the game, even at young ages.

The only “skill” somewhat developed is batting and pitching as they are progressively implemented.

That we have an expectation that skill building should be a part of the club process is the problem but it is not unexpected considering the number of parents who never played the game themselves and lack the ability to pass the skills on at early ages.

Soccer is a little more complex than baseball

Exactly why outside practice is crucial to skills development.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At what age do you think possession style teams start to dominate the big/fast/physical teams?

U14?
U15?

Referencing this game where U15 Barcelona dominates possession against one of the top US teams in the country

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN94aS0q0To

Depends on how extreme the difference is. A team that only relies on being big/fast/physical can beat a highly technical team that is slow and loses 50/50 matches.

I would say if the difference in athletic ability isn't dramatic, you can start to see difference as young as U11. By U13 you should see some pretty obvious differences in style - whether that leads to victories on the field or not depends on a ton of factors.