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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DD is a rising U12 player in NCSL and I am a rookie soccer parent.

Is there anything she should do differently to prepare for U13?

I’m aware that it will be 11v11 on a larger field. I know she will need to have more endurance. She will practice her technical skills over the summer as usual.

Hence my questions are as follows:

1) Is there any skills that she needs to learn that were not important at U11/U12 besides heading the ball that will be important at U13?

2) Is the 11v11 game positioning and tactics much different than 9v9 that requires a different level of “Soccer IQ”?

4) Any tips you can recommend for her to work on this year to prepare for the U13 game?

Thank you. [/quote]

So in the fall your DD is going to be a U12 or U13?

Every year your daughter and her teammates/opponents will get bigger and faster. They will kick the ball harder.

Strength/speed/speed of play all becoming increasingly important in addition to endurance. The other big jump between U12 and U13 is that a lot of top players move to DA/ECNL. Unlike May tryouts these top teams often begin picking players for next year late fall/early spring.[/quote]

She will be U12 this Fall. I am asking early as I know preparing for it takes time.

I’m glad I asked this early especially with your point about top teams begin to pick players in late Fall/early Spring. (I’m not saying she can make DA/EXNL, but I know my DD will try very hard to make the team.)[/quote]

Endurance training and speed of play. There was a great thread entitled “can speed of play be taught” a while back. [/quote]

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