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So because its not 90 mins of sprinting you believe having a base line of fitness is not necessary?

How in the world can you people even argue that a simple one mile run is not even the smallest of basic requirements to do the job.  its running.  Its not like they are bowling or playing ping pong.

What does sprinting have to do with it.   Cardio, endurance and fitness over a 90 minute game separates individuals and teams.  How can one even argue anything different[/quote]

A baseline is fine.

Requiring a timed run at the beginning of tryouts is absolutely unnecessary and a stupid waste of time.

Most clubs would use the Man U test as a baseline but hey, when setting a fitness baseline of course overlook the one commonly used baseline test used by soccer clubs both amateur and pro alike.

And certainly waste as much soccer training as possible on something kids can do on their own.

But hey, if a low level travel soccer coach who only knows how to play long and coaches a pretty agreed upon crappy product like HS soccer says a mile timed run is important who am I to argue?

I mean, HS soccer is the absolute pinnacle of youth soccer so by all means, if you want to get better as a soccer player obviously kids should run sprints and lift weights. [/quote]

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