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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Give me 20 minutes with a team, and I can tell you who worked over the summer and who didn't. And I'm not a coach.  Those who stand out in a negative way have alot to prove. No elite soccer player sits for weeks on end. [/quote]

My kid has been playing in the pool and on the couch for 7 weeks
No burnout happening here[/quote]

I agree with letting your kids have some rest over summer break, particularly to prevent burnout and allow growth plates some time to progress naturally.

If you have a Coach or parent who criticizes a player's back to training fitness levels, please be wary of those idiots.  If judgement must be cast at fitness levels, only consider how much a player improves over baseline and save the initial judgments for professional athletes, college athletes and military recruits.

Ideally, you want a program that uses fitness testing to motivate players, not disparage them.  [/quote]

Explain the growth plates growing naturally in details please, versus unnaturally?[/quote]

You got me there, but overworking the growth plates leads to injuries and setbacks all the time. I'd say it would be unnatural to stress out the growth plates on a near year round basis vs how they are designed to function naturally. If you're serious, and not a troll, take a look at just 2 of the sites that references risks associated with over training young athletes:
https://www.childrenscolorado.org/conditions-and-advice/sports-articles/sports-injuries/growth-plate-injuries/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4055241/   (Go to the section on Growth Plate Vulnerability.)

These articles, admittedly, do not support my position very well, but I'd still argue kids and teenagers should have a summer break and skip the pre-pre-season training.  It's a marathon and not a sprint.

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Growth Plates are damaged by Impact Injuries versus Overuse Injuries which damages muscles and ligaments.

The longer you take a full break from training, the higher the risks of injury when you restart and go from 0 to 60 in 10 seconds versus going from 30 to 60 in the same length of time.[/quote]

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