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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s like technical skills and intelligence.  If you don’t have it, you won’t get to next level[/quote]

Maybe in the pro leagues but for youth travel soccer you do not need to be a complete player. You do not need to be technical or have a high soccer IQ but you have to have something. You can be very one dimensional(not even that dominant like fast but not elite speed)and get a lot of playing time. It is so easy to just get by on athleticism at that level. Just run at the player or the ball and you are good to go. Speed let’s you make mistakes and recover(until you reach a certain level). How many easy balls does that fast striker mess up each game? Does it matter? Not really. Eventually he/she will push the ball past the defender and get lucky. What about that big athletic defenders with a first touch like a rock? Just get to the body of the offense player and you are fine.

Technical kids are born with it. They have to develop their skill but some players are just better at it. Train a 100 kids, all work hard, put in the same amount of time and there will be a few that just excel at it. It’s the same with soccer IQ, physicality, touch, etc.

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