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[quote=Anonymous]It's athletic kids and coaching.  Coaching can really make a BIG difference.  My son's coach took a rag-tag bunch of kids and had them undefeated for 3 grades running.  Coach played everyone equal time--no matter their ability and encouraged all of them.  He did better drills than kids now get in travel.  The kids also passed and played to space better. They all left with great ball skill.  He taught the basics like learning to use both feet, head-up, not bunching, etc.  Parents and players have lamented that their travel team plays 'bunch ball'.  They just kick and run.  This actually hurt a lot of our players in tryout selections.  They weren't just mowing kids over.  They were soccer-smart which isn't valued at a lot of the cattle-call U9 tryouts.  He often had parents (Spanish speaking ones of opposing teams) how they could get their son on his team.  This team has beat teams with all travel kids in tournaments.  By 3rd grade--even the least talented player has improved light years.

All the disgruntled travel parents are frustrated with the fact we can't just make our own travel team with coach and rec kids.  The monopoly of fields and big clubs, etc.
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