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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]9v9 is good for learning how to play in small space.  11v11 is good because learning to play with space is also important.  They should play both because different skill sets are required, neither less important.  But the the major reason they do both is because 11v11 is full field.  Lots of running.  Many kids hate the full field running.  One of the major drop out rates is when the kids realize they have to run full field and don’t want to.  By doing 9v9 and 11v11 I in the same season, you weed out the kids that don’t want to run full field, but are still learning close field skills.  This is a very important year.  Some kids are good on small fields but don’t want to really run.  Coaches want to know who has close field skills but also want to run full field.  Don’t knock the clubs that try to do both at that year.[/quote]This is opinion vs fact. Spain stays small sided until u14 I believe. England just changed their rules for 9v9 to last longer, just a couple of quick examples. This has nothing to do with play other teams in other countries, it is just the fact that the world is better than us in soccer and this is a major reason why. Anyone who thinks US soccer outsmarted the other dominate countries is flat out wrong. Heck, why do we all play futsal, it worked for South American so why not here. [/quote]

wow, so I guess we should just blindly follow the other countries without any consideration for how leagues are structured here. My kids played on high-level teams where they were crushing everyone when they played 9v9 at their age group. Thankfully they played up and actually got some competitive games at 11v11... so yeah, I would call that a long-term and short-term win. The u12 leagues are too diverse on talent; at least if you play up in the right league, you can get good competition every single week. I know some teams play up in the 4th division just to get some confidence playing up, but not every club does that. [/quote] I am not going to argue your point as it is ill informed and based on your own individual experience, which btw, you will never know another way because you only get one path. What I do know is, no one is arguing, and I mean no one, that US soccer is the gold standard. That said, going even one step further away from proven pathways just doesnt resonate with me. Regarding the competition piece, every time we play high level tournaments, I am always impressed by the competition across the country. In terms of league play, you get good teams and some that are not so good as with any league. Most of the teams I know playing up are playing against awful competition because they cant do ECNL/ RL, GA/ Aspire, etc., so all they are getting are bigger, less talented kids.[/quote]

sounds like we're both sharing our personal experiences then, basically it works for some and doesn't work for others in this country. I'm just saying that the US is fundamentally different from other countries, so to say that we should adopt this one thing from Spain and this one thing from Norway and this one thing from England, isn't helpful since the US is generally larger and more diverse than all these other countries. This country could always do better (and needs to do better on the men's side). Our national-level womens teams seem to be doing just fine, so maybe other country's should replicate our women's programs?[/quote]

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