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[quote=Anonymous][quote]I strongly disagree with this. Practice should not just be game prep and team growth. That may be how it’s treated but not how it should be when you’re spending that much money and committing that much time. These are young kids usually giving 3 days a week to the club after school for 90ish mins. F*ck team growth and game prep for that commitment. These kids have a life and families have other ways to spend money. Winning ain’t that important.

I’m not saying you are wrong in how some coaches treat it. But to me that epitomizes much of what’s wrong with the culture. Team practice should not be game prep. Let’s also get real, how in the world do you justify kids spending 4-5 hours a week on game prep?[/quote]

How much money are you spending on the club? It’s really not that much. It just really isn’t.

3 days and 4-5 hours a week is not enough to develop kids. And it’s not anywhere close to comparing vs the European academies or the omnipresent lifestyle of football in South America.

90 minutes:
30 minutes are split up for warm up and cooldown.
10 minutes on a game geared towards some fundamentals (passing, movement, scanning, etc).
10 minutes on another game that builds on some positional or relational POE.
10 minutes on small sided game.
10 minutes on another small sided game
5 minutes worked in for coaching / freeze time etc.
2 minute worked in for water / rest
5 minutes positional drilling / finishing
3 minutes left for other stuff / fun / meeting / mindset.

I have no dog at BSC. Another poster says it’s toxic. They might be so. My only issue is with the development expectations. People really seem to be assuming that what takes the very best in the country 15-20 hours or more a week, what takes Lamine 20-25 hours a week at La Masia with multiple specialists, trainers, coaches etc. Can be close-enough replicated of little Billy and Sara in 4-5 hours a week with a USSF D/C licensed coach for $3-8k a year in a group setting with 17-25 other individuals and all of their needs and deficiencies too.[/quote]

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