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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Be realistic about how athletic your daughter is - not how technical or good at soccer - but how athletic. Deciding factor in speed of play on girls side at older ages is dominated by athleticism and aggression. [/quote]

This advice is dead wrong.  Girls ages 9-12 are still growing and most have not hit puberty.  You’d be a fool to judge factors such as aggression and size over technical ability at this age.  Usually, kids with great technical ability also have speed and athleticism anyways.

Kids without the technical skills by age 12 should reconsider what sports to invest their time in.  Muscle memory has already kicked in;[b] whereas, athleticism, aggression and speed can always be taught. [/b] Technical abilities have a range before it’s just not happening.  typically because if a kid has not practiced these skills in the past 3 years, they won’t automatically get disciplined enough to do it. I’ve never seen a 12 year old suddenly execute amazing technical skills if they didn’t already have a baseline.[/quote]

You can't teach speed or athleticism. It's either there or not. You can make a kid marginally faster, but you can not make a slow kid fast [/quote]

It’s clear you have never coached girls (maybe rec) or ever had good coaches. These are the most basic skills you can teach younger kids. Even older kids can get in shape and develop speed and athleticism.  This is nothing more than getting in shape. Aggression is just a state of mind. However, skills get harder and harder to develop with age. That is why every country outside of America teaches fundamentals and skills repetitively. Over and over again then they work on size and aggression in the older years. [/quote]

You're a natural athlete or you aren't. By U12, the travel kids are all already running and in shape, you still can't make a slow kid fast or quick.  [/quote]Cant you also strengthen and build athleticism by exposing your kid to other sports? This seems like a vital aspect in development. It looks like a lot of kids use basketball to compliment soccer. Curious if folks agree and other sports that are nice crossovers. [/quote]

I've had two kids go through ulittle to high school. The fastest and most athletic kids when the teams formed at U9 were the ones playing ECNL or other sports at that level by high school. No amount of training can overcome genetics especially when all of the kids they're competing against are also training   [/quote]

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