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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=RantingSoccerDad][quote=Anonymous]This topic came up in the ASA ECNL/Red team movement thread. Thought it was worthy of its own discussion. Especially for the younger levels, what does each club emphasize in player development? I'll start: ASA seems to focus on individual ball handling skills and game IQ (player positioning, spreading the field), passing. They are not very physical and there is no emphasis on shooting/kicking (U9).[/quote] Are we talking about Arundel? Because that certainly doesn't sound like the Arlington I know. Alexandria used to be so possession-oriented that they had a blog giving the passing stats for each U9 game. They were awesome. But in general -- yeah, so many teams in one club, so if you're talking about the second team in an age group, let alone the fourth or fifth, whatever style the TD or DOC is trying to instill is less and less likely to be what you actually see. Tough to get everyone on the same page.[/quote] This is a good description of Arlington these days. I think they've made a big effort to change the philosophy on the last 3-4 years. It started with the academy teams and now the younger teams and red teams are starting to play the same way.[/quote] I have not seen a change in top young boys teams at Arlington. They need their academy coaches to run the whole show at the club. There clearly remains a big difference in selection and style between academy and U9-11 players. Could be totally different on the girls side. I have no idea. [/quote]
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