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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread started out about the boys' side and poor results.  So it's interesting to hear the take on the girls' side.  I think what you can see by hearing both sides is that there is zero cohesiveness.  No style, training plan or developmental plan to take players from the lower levels into the higher.  If you focus on older years primarily---and mainly recruitment that is why.  Chicken or egg, who knows?  I also think there is this attention to get fancy names in, but they did not do their due diligence and see how those people managed/coached at other clubs.  Sometimes listening to people with direct experience at other Clubs---albeit players, parents, etc. would not get you into the mess of people taking away from the heart of the Club and pushing the Club into a direction the vast majority of base 'customers' were not happy with.

I disagree with solely technical skill until U12 .  We have been at Clubs where all of the players have amazing technical skill, but the focus is not solely on technical skill.  A lot of touch is built through drills designed to get the most consistent touches on the ball and younger players do need a concept of space on the field and how to move off the ball.  Some of the Clubs with the least amount of time devoted to technical skill, ironically had the most technical players.  Technique means little if they stay in a place where they never learned how to move, distribute, see the field, when to make a run, and--most importantly--when to pass vs when to dribble.  I see on the boys side where technical was a big focus players that do not have that vision---and you can't suddenly get it at U14, U15, etc.---you aren't going to get it.  It should be second nature by then.  So you have created very one-dimensional players. They may have speed and physicality---and even technique--but without a knowledge of what it is all for and the bigger picture you have not created a well-rounded player.[/quote]

No teaching kids till u12 technical skill does not make them one dimensional. U12 and under they play the little field with reduce number of players for a reason. Do you know how Brazilians learn how to play soccer? The Brazilians start at about 5 or 6 in futsal 2v2 and transition to soccer at 11-14. Guess they are producing one dimensional players? What about the Europeans? How do they train kids under 12?

The reason the older kids “do not get it” is because they are looking down at the ball when receiving or dribbling, have bad first touches, inaccurate passing, unable to one touch the ball, lack tight space ball control, turn over the ball when pressured, etc.- ie they lack technical skills. The lack of technical skills slows speed of play. What good is knowing when to make a run when the weight of the pass is off and the player can’t control the ball? You have to learn how to walk before you run. [/quote]

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