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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What sort of soccer is being taught at Arlington?  Like is it more possession?  Are there a lot of through balls?  Can you tell?[/quote]

Coaches encourage players to play ball forwards.[/quote]

Ahhh, so more through balls then?  Are they big on one touch passing, or do they allow players - within reason - to take their space?  What's the emphasis?[/quote]

There is no philosophy.

We found it varies from coach to coach over the years, often contradicting the previous year's coach.  In the early years, definitely focus on athleticism and long balls.  Their goalies are punting very early and by U11 the goalie punts into the other side's goal box while the striker chases it down.

I don't know about DA.  I heard they have a decent older coach working more on tactical.  But, if they wanted to play possession in the later years  it would serve them better to get the ASA kids started on that early in the program.  But, like many Clubs they focus on the wins young so in the later years many of their original players don't have the knowledge/skill set and fade out or get eclipsed by kids developed elsewhere.[/quote]

DA curriculum is more tightly controlled and audited by US Soccer.  So, even with the younger age groups playing different styes based on coach, that should not carry through to the DA.  If it does, they won't retain DA status.[/quote]

That is the goofiness with the DA and US Soccer.  The most resources and best infrastructure when compared to its competitors, but struggles to put strong national teams on the field on the boys/men's side.  They dictate to coaches in the field what system they must play, removing the ability of coaches nationally to innovate.  It is a money and power grab.  It started with a claim that the mission was to put a stronger national team on the pitch.  But, they could not reconcile that with the fact that a huge percentage of players at 17 and 18 go off to college where they play in the fall where they play 20 games in about 3 months, then reduce playing substantially in the spring semester--and they do not necessarily play the method that the DA was dictating they play.  Now I think they are claiming that they provide an elite environment.  I do not see a need for the iron fist approach, and it is counterproductive.  Look at a sport like swimming, where the US has dominated for decades.  That sport's governing body in the US supports coaches across the country but does not dictate the training regiments that they employ--there is a ton of innovation in swimming compared with what we have here in the US in soccer.  And, soccer is the most popular youth sport.  See the DA for what it is--a tightly controlled system that wants to make sure its people are gainfully employed and have a stranglehold on fees...  [/quote]

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