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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I caught a Girls DA game this weekend. I was surprised by abilities of the girls and not sure that I would have realized this was a DA game if I didnt know better.

I'd like to give the benefit of the doubt that this is early on in the season, or that they were evenly matched, but they are already in full swing. I saw amost no connecting passes, turnoverfest, miskicks, etc.

[b]I'm hoping that this was local issues to these teams and that out years will be much different. But these girls have multiple coaches, 4 trainings a week... I was hoping to see some good soccer. i saw some kick and run last ditch attempts, but even those were not executed well, and not because of defensive tactics. [/b]

I can only expect that future years may allow the DAs to work out the recruiting and training kinks. Anyone think it would be reasonable to see a wholesale influx of talent to DA teams already in existence? that's a hard sell unless they start talking about certain kids committing. We had a coach try to guarantee the future of a team on something like that, it didn't pan out and none of them showed up. I kind of feel like the kids need to know with who and what they are joining up to be a part of, as i think the players are just as dependent on their teammates for moving development forward as theyvare on their coaches. Otherwise, a training could be done independently and individually.

Really hoping the DAs find their way.

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I've felt the same on the boys' side.  The individual technique is not as high as would be expected.  The ability to snag any type of ball with instant control---they still have it bounce off their bodies/feet, etc.  The 'boot it out of the back'.

However, 4 practices per week means nothing.  I actually think it is a detriment.  Many European academies cap the training sessions to 3X per week.  Then, you have Pulisic who most of his youth only had 2 formal practices per week and spent most of his time training in his backyard.[/quote]

Ajax expects its younger academy kids to go to their neighborhoods and play pick-up ball.[/quote]

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