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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I realized something important yesterday.  My kid begged me to take him to the park in the freezing rain to practice defending goals and run laps.  Also on the field was an older kid getting a private training session.  The coach was pulling teeth to get this kid to work through drills and the kid had a good attitude, but not the natural talent or the gritty, raw *drive* that my kid has.  And that other kid can't do a single thing to gain those things.[/quote]

Yes, I'm sure your young kid has the raw drive to go far. But that doesn't mean he has the knowledge to know what to practice. Maybe the technique he's using to defend goals in the rain is not very good and he's only building bad habits. Running laps is not the best activity to build explosiveness on the soccer field and could actually slow him down. Again, it's great he is driven and hopefully it continues as he gets older. But at some point he'll need a coach to give him specific instruction and feedback, and most "elite" team coaches are not doing this as they focus on team tactics and organizing trainings for 20 kids and multiple teams.[/quote]

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