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Being fit is certainly a part of the game. But having a metric as a selection criteria is silly. Having the metric as an expectation of the selected team is mostly fine.[/quote]

DP but this seems reasonable.  Select the kids who are good at soccer, then make sure they are in shape.[/quote]

This.

By HS it is a hell of a lot easier to improve the fitness of a already good soccer player than it is to improve the quality of a fit but mediocre soccer player.

This whole timed run just had it backwards when you are compiling a team in a short period of time for a equally short season. [/quote]

Why do you think the timed run had it backwards?  The coach has explicitly said he's not going to cut kids based just on that.  It is simply one of the things he will be considering.  As it should be.[/quote]

Because this test simply does not correlate to actual soccer fitness. It is not predictive of soccer performance or soccer ability.

It is a waste of an entire session running kids through it.

Spending time in practice, working towards fitness through running and sprints will also not yield any positive soccer results in a short 3 month season at the expense of working on specific soccer training.

These kids already play soccer mostly year round. They are in soccer shape. [/quote]

So spending perhaps 10 minutes on this is a waste of an entire session?

Okay.[/quote]

It takes more than 10 minutes to run a 100 kids at a tryout in a timed session.

It is a waste of time. Yes especially when it will have no real affect on the outcome of selection[/quote]

Agreed it takes more than 10 minutes to get that many kids through a timed run. Personally I'd evaluate the soccer and cut those who can't play. But once the group is more manageable or maybe even not until I have the final roster, I'd absolutely do some sort of endurance test to get a sense of where the team is fitness-wise, as well as  the mental toughness of individual players to push themselves through an uncomfortable situation as they tire. That informs tactics and substitutions.[/quote]

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