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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What sort of soccer is being taught at Arlington?  Like is it more possession?  Are there a lot of through balls?  Can you tell?[/quote]

Coaches encourage players to play ball forwards.[/quote]

Ahhh, so more through balls then?  Are they big on one touch passing, or do they allow players - within reason - to take their space?  What's the emphasis?[/quote]

There is no philosophy.

We found it varies from coach to coach over the years, often contradicting the previous year's coach.  In the early years, definitely focus on athleticism and long balls.  Their goalies are punting very early and by U11 the goalie punts into the other side's goal box while the striker chases it down.

I don't know about DA.  I heard they have a decent older coach working more on tactical.  But, if they wanted to play possession in the later years  it would serve them better to get the ASA kids started on that early in the program.  But, like many Clubs they focus on the wins young so in the later years many of their original players don't have the knowledge/skill set and fade out or get eclipsed by kids developed elsewhere.[/quote]

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