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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Speed and size are attributes that cannot be trained. That is why they are valued. If you are a slow or undersized player, there is a ceiling. That is true in any sport. It is a bitter pill to swallow if your kid is slow or small but that is the reality.[/quote]

I agree that slow and undersized are problems.  That is also why playing up too many years is such a problem.  It makes that player slow in comparison (assuming they are fast when appropriately played).  It also makes them tiny in comparison.

BUT, so is a lack of technique.  I never see those fast players improve their technique.  They just continue on thinking they are doing a good enough job because they keep making teams.  An average speed player is more effective if they have excellent technique because they can control the ball. Those fast players as juniors and seniors continue to turn balls over becuase it bounces several feet from their heavy touch. [/quote]

This is my observation. If you are on a “highly” competitive first team and you are there because you are fast and/or big/physical player you are not going to work on technique. You were not selected for your footskills, touch or vision. In the competitive practices and games there is no time to practice on something that will result in failure 95% of the time. It’s like banging your head into a wall. You use what got you there.

A lot of the fast or physical players are barely hanging in there. These kids are know as the rest of the team(anyone below the top 2-4 players). They will work on “their” game.  So the technical players get more technical, the physical players get more physical and the fast players rely on speed. Touch and vision is hardwire. A player with good touch likes and enjoys working on technique because it comes nature to them.

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Try being fast and physical while trying to control a ball - it requires technique. Don’t fool yourself into believing fast and physical players don’t have technical skills, they are just moving faster than your kid so you observe less precision. Good touch only counts if it is quick enough to make the next decision. Many technical players can’t move quick enough which is why the end up in juggling competitions or futsal.[/quote]

LOL sure! You do not even know what technique skill is do you? My kid is big, fast and has technical skill. She can move as fast with the ball as she can move without it. She also can pass at anytime because the ball is not twenty feet ahead of her. She loves futsal because the kids with little technical skills hate it. Let me guess that is your kid. Well good news there is alway a need for fullbacks. What do they tell defenders agains?....either the player gets through or the ball...not both. [/quote]

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