Reply to what do tryouts for soccer look like at your FCPS high school?

Forum Index » Soccer

Reply to "what do tryouts for soccer look like at your FCPS high school?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]for girls, very unlikely that an ecnl player won't make the team.

So I'm going to use an example of a stronger school here... let's take Madison or Oakton for example because almost every girl in Vienna has played (or was signed up for) soccer at some point in her lifetime.

100 girls will try out... the coaches will very quickly figure out who is either innately talented or a trained soccer player, and playing at a level that can help their team, and who isn't. All you have to do is put players in a passing drill or Rondo (keep away game) and you can see which players have no ball control or touch, or have never even done a rondo in their lower level club team's practice.

If you're playing ECNL, GA, ECNL-R, EDP, or NCSL D1, you are almost a definite shoe-in for JV. No question about it.

Moving up to varsity can be harder though. Players who are ready to move up to varsity are ready for a much faster game of a higher skill level.

Soccer always comes back to the 4 pillars of the game:

Mental
Physical
Technical
Tactical

4/10: barely make JV
5/10: make JV
6/10: strong JV player and looked at for varsity
7/10: you're on varsity, maybe not playing a lot but on the team
8/10: playing a role on varsity and getting regular minutes
9/10: playing an important role on varsity, probably starting
10/10: hey now you're an all-star and everyone knows who you are, you're the player the other teams know and have to look out for. maybe you play club instead because HS soccer isn't going to do much for you at this point.

What do you need to make varsity at a competitive soccer school? (girls)

-Enough athleticism to keep your head above water in a fast, physical playing environment and fitness to keep up a high work rate for at least 20 minutes. Meet the athleticism demands of a specific position.

-Meet the technique/technical demands of the position you are going to play in, whatever that is

-Understand how to play your position tactically... speed of play, making decisions under pressure

-Be able to stay focused, concentrate, not have lapses or dumb giveaways or panic attacks after making a mistake, not wining or being a headache to the coach. showing good individual initiative and leadership and being a team player.
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics