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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see the same old clowns are posting about how poor US soccer is. Your dull.

Anyhow, the answer depends on the coach. I’ve seen girls at U10 possess the ball and seen U18 play kick ball. It’s all about the coach. [/quote]

Completely agree. There is a group of people here that criticize the WNT for not playing a possession style, while singing the praises of a more possession-based or technical team like Brazil on the men’s and women’s side. Of course, those people seem to forget that, in the last 20 years, the Brazilian women finished in the top 3 of a World Cup only once (2nd in 2007) and same for the Brazilian men (1st in 2002).

At the end of the day, it is about winning, and there are a variety of ways a soccer team can do so. Give me UNC’s titles in college soccer or the WNT’s domination in WCs, vs watching Spain play 1,000 back passes and square balls and lose to a pathetic team like Russia in the first knockout round of the 2018 World Cup. [/quote]

That’s not exactly a brave position to take in this country or area. And no. At earlier ages it is not about winning exclusively or primarily. This is the garbage that gets taught at clubs like Arlington in younger ages and holds kids back. Clubs should produce kids who are comfortable in possession even when it costs games, at least on top teams. Otherwise you are teaching them nothing but cowardice. I don’t believe in tiki-taka or any system dogmatically. But the crap we see from many top teams who could do better with younger teams is truly remarkable. So yes, WNT should play to their strengths now and develop kids who can continue maintaining athletic superiority while striving for something closer to technical parity. You do the latter by developing your kids properly.[/quote]

I’m tired of the maligning. Arlington does not teach garbage long ball soccer.  check out any of the highlights at the link. Not all but most of these girls have played for Arlington their entire soccer careers and for Mo the last couple of years.  https://www.hudl.com/team/v2/351021/Arlington-Girls-U16-04s/team[/quote]

This is just for the girls idea. It’s a structural problem at Arlington. At the younger ages, you need a lower coach to player ratio. One coach and an assistant with 24-26 players u12 and under does not work. You lose too many potentially good players and many players do not develop properly. You see consistent sloppy or bad technique which is not corrected. At that age, it should be one coach for 8-10 players. You just can not teach technical skills in a big group like that.

U12 and under is about individual skill development. The majority of practice should be about building technical skill and small side games working on those skills. It is bullsh#t to say you have to get that outside the club at that age. U13 and up the emphasis changes to team development. Coaches are not teaching technical skill and the coach to player ratio should increase.

Arlington has a huge pool of players at u9. This pool is not developed well. By u12/u13 the average level of technical skill is well below where it should be. [/quote]

Spanish clubs do not spend time on skill development, it is expected. This is why we are a terrible soccer nation. We honestly believe that starting skill training at 8-9 years old three hours a week is enough to develop players who are fluent with the ball is ridiculous.

No travel program should spend time on skill development. The practices should be challenging enough to improve technical skills but not be the focus of practice.

Possession tactics can be implemented at much younger ages without it being obvious that tactics are being taught.

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No. Practice under u12 should be about individual technical skills development and small side games. This is reflected in the guideline of every soccer organization including in the US. The kids do not have the cognitive development to practice 3-4 hours a week at u9 and train outside the program. Also spatial awareness is just starting to develop in kids at age 12. There is little benefits teaching them certain parts of the game at this age. They need to be taught by a coach the proper techniques and drilled in these techniques at each practice. They should be getting 100’s of control touches each practice. You pay the coach to make it fun and entertaining. It is shocking how much players at this age improve over the course of a season when the practices are mainly about developing individual skill.

You might want to research how the Europeans and Latin Americans develop players before saying they do not spend time developing individual skill at practice. Specially in the younger ages. The Brazilians do not even play soccer till 12-14. They play futsal- small side game with an emphasis on ball control in tight spaces.

I work with many women college soccer players. You know what they tell me? They wish they had had more technical training when they were younger. It is not hard to pick out players who got technical training in the u littles vs the ones who received it later. [/quote]

For all the points you gave I basically agree with you; granted if you want to play like Brazilians might as well go to Brazil.  Their style of play is also based on their culture and day-to-day lives.  It's a very expressive sport, and a million ways to play it.[/quote]

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