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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Regarding National League/ODP discussion, I am hard-pressed to picture how my DS could fit ODP into the schedule without there being several conflicts with National League and his team commitments, not to mention the potential impact on grades.  The "supplemental" and possible recruiting benefits just don't seem to outweigh the potential downsides and if you are such an athletic, academic, time-management superstar that you could juggle ODP with academics and National League (without ticking off too many coaches along the way because of direct conflicts), then you don't really need ODP.  As to whether a "strong Club team plus Regional ODP" is better than "successful National League level team" for recruiting or vice versa, I don't know, but I have been impressed with National League.   [/quote]

Supplemental means simply extra. If in your situation ODP is to much to fit in that ODP valid and your choice. It isn't a "one is better than another" kind of thing. But the ability to juggle club, ODP and school can be a difference maker with a school and a college coach. Like it or not your kid will likely be competing for a roster spot and some money against a kid who has demonstrated the talent and time management skills. [/quote]

Not the poster you are responding to, but I just don't think there is any scenario in which a college coach will be comparing at two starters on competitive National league teams from this area who have similar academic stats and decide to give the nod to one over the other merely because one is also participating in ODP.  They are more likely to wonder why, if the ODP kid felt he wasn't getting enough soccer experience, he didn't join a DA team instead.

Below the DA level, being a National team starter is absolutely enough to get you looks from coaches of schools you are interested in, and then they will decide based on how talented they think you are/how much potential you have, whether you fill a position that they need, and whether your academics are at the level that they can easily get you in.  National league level play (plus high school soccer in most cases) as your main extracurricular plus good grades/scores will be enough to develop time management skills for anyone who is judging, and improvements in grades and scores will help your odds much more than ODP or other supplemental training will.   [/quote]

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