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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Athleticism isn’t a problem, of course.

Over-reliance on size and speed as a discriminator in young athleted (12-15 yrs old) IS a problem in soccer.

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How are you going to tell an athletic kid not to take advantage of the unathletic kid?  Sounds like problem is not enough development of athletes, or, not enough athletes filling the best competitive ranks.  Probably because they still go to other sports.[/quote]

NP here. I don't think they are saying that athletic kids shouldn't use their athleticism in games.  I think they are saying that some coaches rely on athleticism to score goals and win games rather than teach playing out from the back and building through the middle and being patient.  instead, the game plan is to kick it deep to the athletic kid sprinting down the field.  I'm not saying SYC does this. I don't know. I do know that Alexandria teaches possession sometimes to a fault.[/quote]

[b]Yeah, it’s a troll fest.[/b][/quote]

WTF is wrong with you?

That poster is exactly right.    No one on here was saying athletic kids shouldn't use their athleticism to their advantage when the opportunity presents itself.   However the onus is on coaches to make sure that when that super athlete comes up against an equally super athlete, or maybe an even more super athlete, the player has developed a technical and mental skill set to have a "plan B".  For too many athletic players who don't receive the right type of coaching at a young age,  their only "plan B" is to lose the ball.   At that point they're basically done.

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Jesus, dude... you really think coaches aren’t teaching their players’ growth in technical abilities, tactical awareness, problem solving, play creation?  Too exhausting anymore.  People on here just keep dropping claims with ZERO evidence.[/quote]

Name 5 American players who have successfully played in Europe.[/quote]

Clint Dempsey, Steve Cherundolo, Christian Pulisic, Michael Bradley, Carlos Bocanegra. There are way more and I didn’t even include goalkeepers.[/quote]

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