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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^ If you are unable to develop the significant majority of your younger players and then say the few that make it had a greater NATURAL affinity for the game regardless of the same development, your club is NOT good at development. Your club is good at standing by and watching.

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No the club will develop a lot of good players but not many of the top team quality. At u9/u10 most clubs select for athleticism, speed and size. After u12 the coaches will select from this pool players who have speed of play, technical ability and soccer IQ. So the fast player who has a touch like Doberman Pincher playing with a beach ball will be replaced by a fast player with a better technical skill.

Being on a top team at a top club at u9/u10 does not guarantee a spot on a DA roster at u16. Most will not be on the top team after u13. [/quote]

A good club will recognize the inherent weakness of the athletic player and will [b]encourage outside training or develop a plan to improve the players [/b]weaknesses. While time in practice can't always be dedicated to improving every players weaknesses good coaches will find ways to address these issues and work with the parents and players on a plan to improve. If the player does not follow through on their end so be it, but the club should provide the overall guidance and proper feedback throughout the season both short term and long term.

THAT is what a club dedicated to development does. Just saying, "all well, not every athlete pans out" is a cop out and lazy. [/quote]

LOL yep outside training ...maybe an additional 3-4 hours a week? The kids are already at practice 3-4 days a week and 1 to 4 games on the weekend. This is when you get burn out. The kids do other things beside soccer 24 hrs a day...like school.[/quote]

Burnout is an excuse for people who were not that passionate about the sport to begin with. Most of our players will train on their own or play pick-up before practice, after games, on days off. Hell we’ll bring out the PUGs because sometimes they’ll want to keep playing in between games at tournaments, and this isn’t even a DA/ECNL team. You either make it a way of life, or you don’t.[/quote]

Nobody ever became elite at anything in life without a passion for it. If a kid does not want to add an extra session in to get better then you have a strong indicator that they are not that passionate about the game. However, sometimes the hesitant to go kid, if encouraged properly, once their skills improve then all of a sudden the kid begins to fall in love with the game because they are now having a different impact which changes their perspective.

You cannot burnout doing something you love doing. [/quote]

You can burnout on something you love. It happens all the time. If your u10 kid is doing travel they are doing soccer 4-5 days a week. Add an outside training session or two during the season and it 6 to 7 days a week of soccer. Way too much.  At that age 2-3 days a week practice with 40 minute of a 70 minute session working on footskills is about right. [/quote]

No club at 10 years old practices 4-5 times a week. [/quote]

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