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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think Arlington makes kids start to specialize around age 12 - a friend's son got an offer for his ASA team but it was dependent on him committing to the goalie slot.  He had hoped to stay a field player.

Bright side of goalie - I imagine there are fewer kids who really want to play that position, so there might be more demand for him.  A friend of mine got a scholarship to a D1 school for goal-tending.  [/quote]

That may be, but we played the 08 Arlington girls earlier this year.  Their top team has a dedicated goalie who is obviously technically coached.  I happened to get delayed after the game and noticed that she stayed and played the next game in the field for one of their other teams.  Don't know if Arlington does this every week or every team or whether they have multiple goalies, but I did hear that they are moving to try and have a few kids partially specialize at the U11-U12 levels.

I think part of the issue is that many kids would like to learn to play goalie, but it's not technically taught at most clubs until later.  Goalies can't be taught like field players -- 1 coach to 2 or 3 kids is the only way to learn the skill set, which is very different from field players.  All strikers, mids and backs need to know how to dribble, pass, feint, etc., but learning how to dive without hurting yourself or how to cut the angle down on a breakaway is specific to keeping.[/quote]

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