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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s purely Economics....Supply and Demand.

Parents strongly believe that winning is development. Hence, they look for high ranked teams with lots of wins.

Clubs/Coaches are supplying this demand by getting big, fast and athletic players to provide immediate wins and utilize kick & run tactics. Developing players takes a lot more effort and time which lots of parents comprehend so they leave.

Also, seasoned parents know that coaches don’t develop individual technical skills. Players have to learn and practice on their owner via private coaches. Team coaches works on team tactics, soccer IQ and passing.

Until parents all understand this, some coaches have not other choice then to supply immediate wins. [/quote]

So a losing team is better in development? Isn't it possible a winning team is winning because of development?[/quote]

It’s very important to recognize/understand why or how a team wins. If it’s winning with a bunch of big/fast players that plays kick & run, then no. There’s no development. If on the other hand, a team is wins due to proper skills, build up, etc. then it’s true development. [/quote]

You wrote that parent's confuse winning with development and hence the high rank team. Im just putting it out there that some clubs/teams do develop and in fact many clubs that do poorly keep the motto winning isnt everything to try to keep the flock from leaving. At some point you have to realize that maybe your team isn't developing and also losing instead of "we lost but at least our kids are developing better". Not all winners kick and run. If you're on a losing team and thats what you tell yourself fine but dont spread that winning has no development.[/quote]

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Unless the losses are against teams that do kick and run to secure their wins.  Good for those parents that are happy bragging that their children are in the top team though  their own DCs are getting behind.[/quote]

No.

Development beats "kick and run" most of the time.  "Kick and Run" works against teams which are not well developed, and it gives an undeveloped team a gambler's chance of winning a game against a better team - but such tactics will lose more often than not against a good team.

If a team can't consistently beat "kick and run" teams then that is an indication that the coach is not developing the kids well.[/quote]

No that’s not true. If the K&R teams has better athletes they win special in the younger years. K&R is extremely easy to coach. Kick the ball into the opponents side of the field, let your aggressive, big and fast kids run it down. Players(they are kids) will make mistakes but they are on the opponents side of the field. So you are likely to score. If the teams have similar athleticism the game will be decided on skill and team work. [/quote]

I suspect you just haven't seen a good coach at work and it depends on what you mean by "younger years".  At U8 I'm inclined to agree.  But certainly by U10, well coached teams with technical players will destroy kick and run teams.  My DS was on a U11 team with a great coach several years ago now.  The coach picked kids for technical ability and taught them how to play.  Every game was against teams filled with bigger, faster kids.  In the fall season the team started out losing maybe 3 out of the first 5 games, and then won 4 out of the next 6.  In the spring season, against exactly the same opponents, it won every single game, many by 6 or more goals.

Before that season, despite many years of youth soccer with older siblings, I didn't really understand how much difference a good coach can make to the kids' development.  Many of the kids on that small club team went on to DA clubs - largely based on what they learned that year.

I agree that it would be nice if more coaches developed kids well so that this was the rule rather than the exception.  But there are more and more clubs and coaches who work this way these days and it is not too hard to find a good coach if it is important to you.  Although it may not be important which is perfectly reasonable depending on the reason your kid is playing sport in the first place.[/quote]

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