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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think that some of the #TheProJourney episodes by Kyle Wilson were helpful (mainly the [b]YouthSoccerPlaybook[/b]).  I realized that my child and I focused on things early that would not really be that useful until later on, and the focus really should have been on dribbling and 1v1.  Compared to other travel players, that is the main gap that we're still catching up on.  [/quote]

Kyle is annoying but the Youth Soccer Playbook is everything you need to know. I documented the steps and it is the blueprint we are still following. If you start late, you just have to adapt it but the principles remain the same when building a player.[/quote]

So many top professionals took different routes, it paints a clear picture that the reality is different than the theories and there's no single playbook to fit all [/quote]

Ok, if you really think you should follow-it like a checklist, you really need to loosen up. It can be boiled down to you should not be in travel soccer until you know the basics. Learn how to attack 1v1. Played small-sided as much as possible. Learn to juggle and develop a quality first touch.

People are running to False8 and Next Star hoping for them to fix their kid when they kid can’t keep the ball up 50x or do a basic body feint.

If you have a better playbook to use as a blueprint please share. Parents deserve to have something better than what these clubs are telling them as most of it is garbage.[/quote]

LOL 
There are no secrets left for what it takes to  give yourself the opportunity to become a top level player

The information is out there and repeated five million times each day on social media etc

Most people are looking for the easy shortcut and magic pill playbook

The 1% succeed because they're willing to do what the 99% won't

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There's no secrets, but there is a ton of conflicting information out there.  For those who are unfamiliar with soccer or sports in general, having a simple sequence of areas to focus on can change the path and opportunities for that player.   There are probably kids who want to have the chance to play different positions, but have been pidgeon-holed to playing the same position the entire time because they are too far behind in skills that should have been developed early.[/quote]

Young kids not playing different positions is 100% a coaching problem 
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Not wrong on the coach having the child try different positions, but there are a lot of kids who only feel comfortable at one position because they their growth and focus was very narrow.  [/quote]

-That has been my kid. She is a fast winger... so she only plays as an outside, winger.  She has been missing a ton of development by only playing that position.  The Coach never switches her.  Never switches her in practice. She should have been rotated in practices and in games to round out her skill set and develop her more.  Unfortunately the coach is more interested in winning than developing kids.  100% Coaches should be rotating the kids around... instead we have 2 types of players on our team. The kids who get to play center mid, over and over, who get lots of touches and outside players who only see the ball half the time.

We have to work outside of practice to develop defensive and central player skills.  So, yes if you are a parent and you only ever see your kid playing 1 position -especially an outside wing or outside back position, know your kid is considered a developmental cast off by the coach and their progress will be slower than the central players or players that get rotated around.[/quote]

I wouldn’t worry. This type of player gets easily recruited. If you have speed and size you will be fine. [/quote]

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