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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is the whole technical training thing good or bad for youth soccer? I see or hear about a new trainer seemingly everyday.

Feels like it’s creating more bad players than good.[/quote]

By and large technical training is very good for player development.  Some travel clubs focus very little on it and a lot of travel coaches have a difficult time breaking down and coaching the technical skill sets in the game.  If your player wants to go far, they will need a technical footwork base by U13 to get onto higher level teams.  Sure, amazing athletes land on high level teams, but when they can't use their left foot or do simple moves the protect the ball -the lack of technical development shows.

Now, the previous posted did point out some pitfalls for doing too much technical training and I agree with all 3 of those issues too. Head down, lack of explosiveness, over dribbling...are all bad traits on the field.

So, a good player needs technical training, but they also need well rounded training and coaching.  Some trainers are great at breaking down and coaching some technical skills -whereas a lot of travel coaches either don't have time to coach those items or can't break the skills down and teach them; so you have to seek out clinics, coaches, drills to help you develop them properly.

My kid learned a step-over at U9 from her travel coach, but when she feinted left, she moved left and the defender took the ball every time.  It took some proper technical training to get her to do a step-one the correct way.    Also, her travel coach never worked on weak foot passing.   We have to work on that at home.

While those are technical skills, they are essential for her to well. [/quote]

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