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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, it’s a waste of time and money. [/quote] no its not.[/quote]

100% it is. In the US you can count on both hands the private 1:1 trainers worth paying for. The other 99.999% of them are no different than a bag of balls on the local field or an Eddie Johnson YouTube. Buy a dribble up in that case, it’s the same thing without having to pay for some idiot to teach your kid their rec level “principles of the game” [/quote]

Private trainer here. Can confirm there are a ton of idiots out there. They are easy to spot, you’ll hear them talk more about WHAT to do (go to this cone then that cone) than HOW or WHY to do it. They’ll also talk generically about how they train and run the same drills they would run for a group of kids.

1:1 can be worth it if your kid is motivated and wants to improve - if not don’t bother. Juice isn’t worth the squeeze if the only reason they are practicing is because someone is telling making them.

Don’t use the club coach or assistant for your team. Conflict of interest and bad situation every time. Other coaches at the club maybe but find out if they do lots of privates and how they run them. Many will say yes just for the extra cash. For finding someone serious Coachup is a good place to start. Read the bios and reviews and look past the 5 stars (they will all be 5 stars) to see what people are actually saying about their experience. Do a trial session first, do not commit to a bunch of sessions up front. If it isn’t a good fit move on.

If you have any other questions I can answer them, but since there’s a 99.999% an idiot you might not want to bother.[/quote]

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