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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem with soccer in our country is that coaches at "top" clubs think that they need big and tall kids to win. They remove all creativity from the players. Possession, possession is all they say. The minute the players dribble or get creative they are taken out only to be told not to do that again. I have seen this at Bethesda, Potomac, SYC, etc. We have the worse teachers of soccer coaching and suppressing all creativity and talent. They promote win win at all cost. Cost of development. Most directors of these clubs have been trained in the same ineffective soccer philosophy. It will take a long time to change this culture. Then, add the $$ component to travel $occer and there you have it. [/quote]

Could have stopped at your first sentence. 
The focus on winning at early ages.
Instead of teaching and developing. 
Their egos come first for the 'W'

Granted, the majority don't have the knowledge and experience to teach development properly. [/quote]

Coaches can’t teach possession properly because players do not have the technical skills to execute possession play properly. And based on the threads, many parents don’t really understand what possession is.

Possession is not only quick passes, it’s continuing to possess and move the ball (eg, dribble long, quick dribble and pass, 1 v 1) and frankly, there are not many players who can quickly decide to do something else and execute it under pressure. If a players go-to is to dribble all the time, telling that player to stop is not stifling their creativity, it’s forcing them to think of other options.

Because coaches and parents want to win, even players with the technical skills don’t have the opportunity to make mistakes and learn to use their skills under pressure. They always use their safest option (quick pass or boot) or their go to (like dribbling).

It’s maddening that parents keep their kids on winning teams when their players aren’t learning anything new or getting better.

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It's not just parents and coaches that want to win. Players want to win too   Being on a team that loses  every game is demoralizing especially at 8 or 9.  Most kids wont grasp the concept of its ok to lose as long as they are individually developing .  By nature for most winning is important.  Other wise they Will stop playing  if all they do is lose but 'develop'[/quote]

If the kids are developing, they aren't losing every game. Unless wrongly placed way out of their depth

They learn from the reactions of their coaches and parents to losses.[/quote]

Haven't seen many kids that were playing  by choice and not being forced to play  like losing regardless of parents.  I'm sure you have heard kids keeping score themselves during early rec years when games weren't officially scored and commenting about how they won or loss.   At that stage and level most parents just want their kids to run around get tired then take a nap[/quote]

2 and 3 years old?[/quote]

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