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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are parents who either train their kids at home from the time they can walk, or hire private trainers for their kids starting when they can walk.

There are also parents who force their kids to practice at a very young age (5/6), mostly forced juggling practice, so by the time they are 7 or 8 years old, practicing at home for hours is a normal thing, and in fact the players like it and expect it because it's part of their routine.

Some parents also sign their kids up for every available program option or extra clinic (private lessons, HP Elite, super Y, D-ODP, summer camps, select futsal teams, winter break camps).

There are also parents that get their kids into the 3v3 nationals program at 5/6/7 where they fly to disney and play in the 3v3 national championships.

In addition to this, some parents seek out or lobby for their kids to play up on older teams, or on boys teams, in the most competitive environment possible that they can get their player into.

In every age group, there are probably at most, 5-10 girls in northern virginia that fall into this category.

On the boys side, the elite elite players at younger ages are the kids who are just playing constantly (almost always from ethnic non-white backgrounds) sometimes relative/s who are pro soccer players Najar for example, or Adu who probably barely even went to school and just played soccer 24/7. Lucas Mendez from Arlington had a dad that was hovering over him constantly, signing him up for every local training program and bringing him to men's pickup games in Arlington at age 11.

On the girls side, the only elite elite players, (like possible consideration for a national pool) that you see at the younger ages are girls who fit the above description. At some point, there are naturally gifted players who peak through to the elite elite level, but you don't see that until older ages. At the younger ages, the ones with the most accumulated training hours peak through.

There's nothing good or bad about it, that's just how it is, so let's just say that she falls into that category.[/quote]

I agree with that.

I'd just add that, sometimes lobbying for the kid to always play up at the highest competitive level possible doesn't always work out for the best.  [/quote]

That girl is the best 07 midfielder in the area. I get why FCV parents are worried about her.

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