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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our pay for play system has huge gaps in development- 12 years to 18 years, lacks the coaching and system incentives needed to develop players in that age group. After u13 there is very little movement of players. The majority of players quit the sport. The US basically selected on aggression and athleticism at u9 and never goes beyond that. The coaching reflects this. Development is just beginning at u12.

Cognitive Stage (Ages: 12 – 16). This stage involves assimilation of concepts for the player.

The coach teaches the game through concepts and fundamentals in order for the player to make good decisions and have criteria/standards of the game. Europe is better than the United States during this stage because the methodology and content are much richer than in the United States. The player receives more and better information and can make better decisions because he/she understands the game (composed of time, space and deception). This stage is about coaching and development. In the US this stage just putters out in the pay to play system with college as the end goal. In the US the game is really dumbed down. By u14 the teams get locked in and u15 and up it’s about college(traveling, showcases, etc).

Competitive Stage (ages 16 – 18)

Once the player identity (what kind of player I am) and understands the game(concepts and fundamentals of soccer) have been developed then he/she is ready to express everything in a competitive environment.
This stage consists of competing with and against different styles of games through all the universal fundamentals of games that the player has learned.

In Europe the degree of competitiveness is very high. In the USA there is no environment where the player can be exposed to a real level of competitiveness between the ages of 16-18.

A final note is on coaching. In the USA, a lot of emphases is placed on training soccer through repetition and repetition of movements. This is not how the game is actually played.  The player needs to apply learned concepts and game habits with and without the ball in a game type of environment not by repetition of technical actions. 
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So who is going to pay for this. Anyone?[/quote]

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