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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here. I'll take it a step further for you my friend.

The DA spring season is approximately 78 days long. (11 weeks)

The HS season (including Districts) is approx. 72 days long (10 weeks)

By time kids are committed...(beginning of Junior year) DA kids will have 88 CLUB related Spring practices (11x4=44x2=88). ECNL kids have 80 HS realated Spring practices (10x4 =40x2=80).

DA and ECNL will both train Summer, Winter, and Fall at about the same frequency (The 4th practice for DA is recovery).

I know you believe that the 88 days combined  of club practice vs the 80 days of combined HS practice is going to set your kid apart. However, it's not.

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You forgot to add the 20 or so spring ECNL games and showcase games (Loudoun U17 as a case in point) PLUS the High school 20 game non playoff season. Many weeks with two games a week. 40 games from January through June and that is on top of 19 ECNL games in the Fall.

But ECNL wanted to limit overload you said. That is almost 60 games before we even count a friendly here or there or Futsal. DA never claimed more was better. In fact, they believe that less is more. There is diminishing returns in a very long and at times very compressed 60 game season at the high school level. That kind of schedule is a war of attrition not development. I'm sure your DD's knees will thank you later. [/quote]

Well, my kid doesnt play for Loudoun U17.

However, would you like for me to add all the friendlies, back to back NY games, and outside events (like Penn fusion showcase) for the DA players?

My daughters team plays two Spring showcase (6 games) and zero league games. No big deal.  Guess what shes not doing those weekends? Playing HS games.[/quote]

That would mean you are likely a 04 BRYC. And as such you still left out Jeff Cup. But you might want to look at the schedule of the older ECNL teams to get a better handle of the workload coming your DDs way next year and the year after. [/quote]

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