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Clearly some of the clubs are good at developing players. How else do any of these girls become YNT and P5 college?[/quote]

[b]People are overestimating how much players are “found” and “developed” by clubs. Its not like club coaches are finding kids with raw undeveloped talent playing on dirt fields and teach them the game.[/b]

We’re talking about a large population of parents with a lot of resources that get their kids private trainers, camps, equipment, strength and mental fitness  programs, winter futsal, and the academic resources that allows them to be accepted to highly competitive colleges and afford the high tuition. The development is mostly done individually and outside the club with parent resources. Most every one of these local girls going to P5 schools has been doing all this external development since they were 12 years old. Many have moved clubs one or more times.

I know because my DD is part of it and I see what everyone else on the team is doing including her. The clubs role in all this is to facilitate the connections and opportunities to play in front of college coaches.

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I agree with the bolded statement above.  If you are waiting for the travel coach to transform your kid into an amazing player.... don't hold your breath.  It's our 3rd year of travel with 3 different 1st team coaches... each coach brings a particular skillset when it comes to coaching the team, but usually that skillset is honed to coaching the team instead of individual players.  There is very little emphasis to work on individual skillsets that advanced players require....i.e. I have yet to see any coaches address 'body feints' when dribbling... how about a step-over turn? Nope.  You have to develop these at home, in skills clinics, camps or private training.  The players that get recommended and or selected for Youth National Team Camps or get D1 College offers do a ton outside of Travel Teams.  After 3 years, kids that only learn while at travel practice are significantly further behind kids that do extra training. I tried getting some of those kids to make a back-heal pass or do a step-over body feint and they couldn't do either.  Many of the travel coaches simply don't have time (or the knowledge) to develop/ refine skillsets that sets kids skills apart.        
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