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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry to burst the coach's bubble (I coach also), but sooo much of it is just the innate ability of the kids on your team.  I've coached teams that dominated and others that were routinely crushed.  Yes, coaching plays a huge part in development, but sometimes you just get a few kids assigned to your team who "get it" and are goal scoring machines or defensive stalwarts.[/quote]

I've seen absolute idiots who coach teams that, if scores were kept, would dominate the U6 league. I've seen exceptional coaches who have better priorities.

[b]And at that age, 1-2 kids can make an immense difference. You're playing 3v3 or 4v4, and not that many kids know how to pass. Find one fast kid who can catch up to anyone breaking away toward the Pugg goal and then take it the other way, and you'll "win."[/b]

Also -- what clubs have the same U6 coaches year after year? Not the same coaches running the club-wide training programs, which would be evenly distributed from school to school. The U6 kids I've seen throughout Northern Virginia are playing rec league with parent coaches, and the parents move along with their kids. Green Suburb Elementary doesn't hire a U6 coach who stays for several years. So each age group will be playing with a different coach. Do some clubs actually assign a bad U6 coach to one school and a good U6 coach to another? (And are they always breaking up the teams strictly on those district lines, or will an elementary school account for 2-3 teams one year and 1-2 the next?)

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OP here. yes, most every team has 1-2 of those kids, but the strong team has 3 or 4 in first season in K! and it seems year after year this club has strongest K team with more big/fast kids. not random.[/quote]

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