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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]+1 on saving your money...  Big fast and physical is a must.  Technical is fine if you are a LEGIT 8 or 10 who can dribble like Messi AND put the ball in the net a lot.  Small sided stuff it will appear they like to possess the ball and knock it around.  Once ODP teams move to 11v11 against competition it breaks down to American Kick Ball.  Also see LOTS of favoritism towards certain big name clubs and sticking with the same core players regardless any differences you might see in practices.

We moved to the area from out of state and DS got into VA ODP around u15.  It was an uphill climb.  At one point a Fairfax County club had over 10 players in one age group.  Everyone else had 1-2 players per club.  It's amazing in alllll of VA one club in Fairfax County DOMINATED ODP.  IF you weren't from that one club, you had to be the favorite at your club to be favored to get a spot...  [/quote]

Hah, you can just say "SYC"  :lol:

ODP is good for exposing your player to different coaches and styles and widening their circle of friends. It's also more training, which is usually a good thing for a teenager.

"Worth it?" Eh...Every time your kid gets "selected" for something, be ready to write a check for at least $500. I did the math a few years ago, and if your kid gets selected for everything, for every team (including the Europe trip) it was around $7k for the year. This is an *extra* $7k. Without the Europe trip, around $4k. Our district practices were at Woodson, so that was an easy drive for us for 8 Sunday evenings. Leesburg, not so much. The state training sessions in Fredericksburg could kill a weekend, especially if they switched times because of weather.

PP points out that ODP coaches are drawn from the local club scene and, as such, are probably inclined to favor the style and abilities of the players whom they've already picked for their club teams and coach on a regular basis. It would be very cynical to view ODP as an opportunity for the coaches to extract even more $$ from the families--but not necessarily inaccurate.[/quote]

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