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[quote=Anonymous]Most of these HS coaches have NO actual experience coaching elite athletes and they are training them like elite athletes, or at least what they THINK elite athletes train like. Make sure you are not putting your kid with a dumba$$ 6nights a week. Team dinners? 6 nights per week practicing? Off-season morning practices? No. No. No. And then on top of that, conditioning and weight training?

Athletes need active rest. At least 2 days a week where they walk, do yoga or sport-specific PT, and do other low-key sports or activities. Especially for growing bodies. They need to sleep and if your daughter is playing at this level, she will need even more sleep. Likely 1-2 hours more than her male counterpart, especially during certain times of the month.

College and HS is where so many injuries happen because they are playing at a level of practice/effort along with school. Pro soccer players may spend 4-6 hours per day training, playing, PT, etc. but that is their job. Training isnt always playing soccer either. It is rehab and healing and small group review, etc.

Also, how do you keep the love for a sport when it is so institutionalized? Where are the fun and the play? Where are the pickup games and learning new skills from players who dont play like you or have different strengths? Some of these teams are so insular. They may play well together but are they getting better? [/quote]

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