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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The 2016 girls should have played in the 2nd division of boys EDP futures and stayed in 7v7 if they were too dominant to play 7v7 against their own age group. Girls have the easiest fixes and it should not be this hard. Parent also need to understand that rankings and winning are silly pre-puberty.

[b]Not one high-level coach in the area would recommend a kid play a larger format this early and get less touches[/b] so it is only one of three reasons poor decisions like this happen:

1) Coach/club does really know what they are doing planning-wise. The coach may know the technical details in the training but may not be aware of the landscape and what the best options for competition are.

2) They prefer a larger roster financially and sold families on the idea that playing up is more beneficial developmentally.

3) The parental influence is too strong for the club to make decisions in the best of the kids and the parents are seriously misinformed on the best direction so the club is stuck making poor decisions to remain financially viable.[/quote]

Totally agree. Playing up a format may help a team transition and "win" more the next year when other teams go 9v9/11v11. But that advantage is short-lived and comes at the cost of individual development in those years when building a strong technical foundation is most important.

If there are more players on the field, on average each player will have less time on the ball in game situations. In addition, playing up from 9v9 to 11v11 on a full field (not the 2016g team situation, i know) also means fewer opportunities to get experience with touches in tight quarters in game situations and develop confidence handling the ball under pressure. There is a reason why Europe and South American players don't play full-sided games until much later than we do in the States.

I agree that neither winning 10-0 or losing 0-10 are great, developmentally. But if all the "top" teams stopped trying to play up to get early experience in larger formats, there could be ample competition in NCSL Division 1 or EDP, wherever they decided to congregate, in the same age group and better format.[/quote]

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