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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's not the club, it's the coach.  It all comes back to discipline and the willingness to teach it right at the risk of loosing.  Club coaches all claim possession style but when the game gets tight, you see the speedsters line up for attack and it's 1-2 passes before it's pounded 30 yards.  We have a great coach at the U12 age group and the team is amazing, all the kids have bought in and I swear you could never tell who is the fastest player, but your head will swivel like a bobble head as the ball moves from player to player.  It almost looks like a keep away drill for most of the game.  With that being said, he's the only coach I know in the club that plays like that.
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It's boring though to average American who watch/play football and basketball.[/quote]

Disagree....American football is dying...tackle is really only being played above 12 and most areas high school (except Texas).
Flag football hugely popular; but when the tackling starts most parents bail; unless player may be elite.
Basketball the physics and genetics rule out so many so early that lacrosse and soccer with baseball are gaining for youth.

US failure in soccer at the national level will reap the benefits.  Different generation who, with proper institution can pivot to the winning model.[/quote]

i was trying to make a point the 'keep away game' style is boring to the football and basketball crowd so don't pursue/push for it. and they're the paying customers.[/quote]

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