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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Be realistic about how athletic your daughter is - not how technical or good at soccer - but how athletic. Deciding factor in speed of play on girls side at older ages is dominated by athleticism and aggression. [/quote]

Eff this advice. Be technical and smart. This is everything that is wrong with American soccer and slowly the game is evolving.

That said, of course athleticism matters a lot. It is a sport but you can control your technical and tactical development. Athleticism is god given.

Also, to those who are athletic, great, do us all a favor and stop being lazy and simply relying on athleticism. Play some wall ball, be a student of the game and respect the technical aspects. If you are an athletic freak then it shouldn't be hard to develop good first touch. The game demands technical players when all anyone has is athleticism. [/quote]

Thank you. If your kid's only selling point is size and speed that's sad and doing the player a disservice. Studies show smaller players that stick with soccer into high school do much better because they learn so much more/work harder than the players who do minimal work and rely just on their size/speed. [/quote]

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