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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Haha all the parents bristling at these tests are clearly just mad their kids are not fit. Why don’t you want your kids to do hard things? Soccer is also about building character. Sacrifice. Pushing your body to its absolute limit. If your kid can’t do it they can probably still make the team they’ll just have to keep doing the test until they pass. The cooper run (2 miles under 12 minutes) was always awful for me as a sprinter but it sure as hell got me in shape training for it. [/quote]
Btw I’m female so it shouldn’t be as hard for boys. [/quote]

You know at the high school and travel level an out of shape good(not great) athlete will beat 90% of the kids who are in great shape? In college we would have a fitness test at 6:00 am once a semester. A few of us would come straight from the bar and pass the test with no problem. [/quote]

That is exactly why you do it in a school based sport.  It weeds out the kids who are only there, because their mom thought they should be on a HS team.  It's not about finishing first.  It's about seeing if you can do it.  Some schools don't have the advantage of having 20 soccer clubs in their immediate area.  They have to fill the team with some decent athletes along with actual soccer players, regardless of skill.  [/quote]

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