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[quote=Anonymous]^^I know.  I pulled my kids out of a very winning kick-run-physical top Club when they were small because it pained me to see the game played so poorly --even if it was winning.  My kids are good athletes so they could hang with the kick/run style, but at what cost?

I think it doesn't get better in the US because even as you move up, it's  still working all the way through college.

Where it does not work is Internationally.  Those possession playing, one touch masters that are cunning and quick and move the ball around so fast you almost miss it make a mockery of  us in the International stage.

But--what's an American kid to do?  Coaches here don't value thinkers and can't identify them. Teammates are incapable of playing this style and don't have good enough technique.

When a kid learns and trains correctly he can't find another 10 players to mesh with him.  The other players don't know where to move, where to pass, don't have good touch.  That 1 player shows horribly when he is out with the kickers.  The kickers are screaming "just boot it out of here" when they are in the back.  Now putting a ball at a 50/50 chance versus keeping possession.  The parents on the sidelines are yelling the same thing.  You have to have a strong personality to tune that shit out and play your game.  Now--put that same kid with 10 players that have similar skill, vision, intelligence and the kid looks phenomenal.

But since most Americans are only playing in the US, I feel like I'm handicapping my kids by training then the correct way, but I just can't help it.  [/quote]

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