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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Beautiful. Love watching the other team chase after the ball[/quote]

According to Youth Soccer Rankings, that team is ranked 35th in Washington State.

Proof that rankings mean nothing compared to learning how to play the right way. [/quote]

Kickball is one extreme, how they played in that video is the other extreme.  Not one of those girls took on the other team 1v1 or made any type of meaningful move.  The right way to play is somewhere in the middle.  If all your child does is once they get it is immediately pass, they are not developing properly.  If they never pass, they also aren't developing properly.  Its all about balance.

Looks like that video was against the lowest ranked team in that state.  If they could do that against a good team, then that would be impressive, but those passes were too soft, touches too hard, etc to do that against a good team.  I know, they are only 10, but the kids at our club have much better footwork and overall skills at that age than this team.  Not sure why this is being shown as an example. 
Looking at that video doesn't make me wish my child was on that team.  Actually, the opposite.[/quote]

I have to agree.  I wasn't quite sure why that video was selected.  It wasn't even an FCB from anywhere in the world.  Disclaimer, we are with FCB.  FCB encourages creativity---and anytime a player has space---to go forward with the ball into it/take the space.  The other players are taught where to move when that player is coming up from the back 'taking space', player shifting to cover, another moving out of the way, etc.  I also didn't think the kids in that video had the greatest touch for their age.  It's not 'just ditch the ball' as soon as it is passed to you.  That's not the correct way.  Players should be analyzing and knowing their options before the ball even reaches their foot.  But, you aren't excluded from developing dazzling footwork in a Club that teaches possession.  [/quote]

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