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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. [b]They are in soccer shape.[/b] [/quote]

I've seen plenty of players who play travel soccer nearly year round who are gassed after just a handful of sprints because they don't have a good fitness base. Completely useless after 20 minutes. That's not being in soccer shape, and that player has a pretty small window to be effective or make something happen before they're too tired to execute. They could be the most gifted player on the field but they're doing themselves and their teammates a disservice if they tire quickly or take longer to recover because they're unfit.[/quote]

Soccer has lots of built in recovery time. It is ignorant to believe that a series of sprints is predictive of in game soccer performance.

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It's clear you've never actually played soccer at any level.[/quote]

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