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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can't teach raw speed, but you can teach the Maradona. And a kid who shows up at U-9 tryouts knowing a bunch of moves doesn't prove that they love soccer - it usually only proves that their parent(s) loves soccer. The best way to make ASA travel is to be involved in the organization - coach a rec team, volunteer for a board, play in an adult soccer league, chat up the coaches. Sometimes it's not what you know, it's who you know.[/quote]

What?!?!!?!?!??!?!?!?

"And a kid who shows up at U-9 tryouts knowing a bunch of moves doesn't prove that they love soccer" Let me repeat this one more time:

"And a kid who shows up at U-9 tryouts knowing a bunch of moves doesn't prove that they love soccer"

It proves that the kid has spent hours upon hours of time developing skills that are relevant to the game. It proves that the kid is ready to learn the game and would benefit most by being around players of similar caliber. It proves that a coach can spend time teaching actual soccer that relies on passing and possession. It proves that with the technical training provided at practice, the kid will likely continue to work on their own away from the game. It proves that the parents are knowledgeable about the game and understand what a good fundamental foundation a player needs to achieve success.

Those qualities, like raw speed, are also things that you cannot teach and down the road, when everyone is fast, actual skill is the difference maker.    [/quote]

I'm just telling you my experience with travel soccer. Most of the kids who came into u9 already knowing moves had learned them from overly-involved, soccer-obsessed parents. And, yes, many of these kids made the top teams. But, now, at u14, most of them are no longer playing travel soccer, or are on the lower teams. Why? Lost interest, injuries, pursued other sports, not smart players. And which kids are on the top teams? Some are the fastest, but not necessarily the biggest. Some are quieter kids who over the years have shown themselves to be coachable and smart, and who have developed of a love of the game. Those kids were never the fastest or had the best moves, so they had to learn how to read the game, to anticipate, become smarter to do well on the field. Out of the 16 kids on our top team, only 2 have been on that team since u9 - and, yes, they've always been very skillful players - one's a coach's kid.[/quote]

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