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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Timed runs are pretty common in scholastic sports tryouts, not just soccer.  They are just used as a baseline fitness level.  Any top player worth his salt will not be in the bottom 25% of times anyways, so this really isn't a big deal.  No coach is taking the top 11 times and making them the starters either.  Once they know the kid has at least some measure of cardiovascular endurance then they can start looking at their technical ability.[/quote]

Then why bother?

Spend the time scrimmaging, where you actually learn more about the players and then once the team is selected do a stupid timed run to put on a chart you’ll never ever look at again if it suits your fancy.

It is just a waste of time. If to much value is placed on it and kids are either selected or cut based on it then it is dumb. If the numbers are used then it is also dumb. All in all, no matter how you add it up, it is a dumb waste of time. [/quote]

Taking 10 minutes out of the day to run a mile or two is far quicker to cut the non-athletes than having to watch 60+ kids scrimmage.
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It takes more than 10 minutes, especially if the coach makes sure that the kids are properly warmed up but I wouldn’t expect a coach who would waste their time on this to properly warm the 60+ kids up to only to ultimately ignore the data or completely misuse it.

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