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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a theme in soccer that persists because it is one of the last bastions of sport where lesser athletes can still be successful. This is historically why it has been popular with dweebs and NAF's, and they are among the folks wailing about the desecration of the beautiful game and the need for the magical development elixir. That is changing however. The sport is becoming more and more dominated by better athletes, although the sport still does require more skill and intellect than most. [/quote]

And exactly how much stronger and faster do you expect the typical women’s soccer player to be over the coming decade? There is no way to coach it. There is also a real cap of muscle that can be added to a soccer player before the benefits are lost.

Most advancements are in regards to injury prevention, nutrition and overall playing longevity.

Skill, technique and tactics are the place to focus on in youth soccer, not size, speed and wins. [/quote]

It's not a future phenomenon, it is a big part of why the USWNT has been dominating in the last 8 years. I don't think you can dispute that the biggest single reason for USWNT success is not incredible technical talent.

There is no doubt that our country needs to focus on skills, technique, and tactics as you say, the point is that athleticism is a much bigger part of the equation than ever before, and because of that, we should always be pretty competitive.

With regard to how to develop those skills, technique, and tactics, there is more than one way to do that, and just defaulting to the European academy model is just not feasible or efficient for our country. The last I heard, USSF was going the other direction, for better or worse. The reality is we have to find our own formula within the pay to play model.[/quote]

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