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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child is 10 and playing U11 in a CCL club.  She/he is one of the fall birthdays and has made the transition well.  The majority of the team is year older in school and 6-12 months older by age. 
My child has excellent ball skills and is a "smart" player.  Passes are well placed in anticipation of where the next player will be.  However, my child isn't a fast kid and it's becoming increasingly apparent 
as the speed of the game has increased between u9 and u11.  Basically all the great kids are now running at top speed the entire game.  My kid (who plays defense) tackles well and puts down these
beautiful passes (the crowd of parents often says, "wow, amazing pass!") but this kid doesn't charge the ball aggressively.  It's becoming apparent in recent games that he/she needs to step up the speed in which he/she attacks the ball and then passes on the ball. 
However, this is a kid who is more slow and deliberate in everything in life.  It's just who he/she is.  I haven't said anything and I'm not sure I can about needing to step it up in soccer.  Or can I?  [b]The coach seems to like him/her very much but I hear him/her calling out 
in the game, "XX, run faster!, faster!".  [/b]
My child loves, loves soccer and I want him/her to have the option to keep playing if he/she so desires.  Has anyone had a similar kid and/or do you have any thoughts?  
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andrea pirlo never ran a lot. neither did xabi alonso. they are some of the greatest midfielder of the last 20 years.

if your child truly has excellent ball skills and is hyper-intelligent about the game, a real coach won't care and will protect her by surrounding her with 'water carriers'

this is a worthless trainer - certainly an anglo trainer for sure. Definitely not a latin trainer.

Juan Roman Riquelme is another so-called 'lazy player'.

Please read comments by alonso and pirlo about movement in the game. Your player needs a smarter trainer, I am shaking in hatred of your child's trainer by bulling him/her in this fashion.

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Americans don't know what they are looking at when it comes to soccer players.

Most of the "top" players in our youth system would never get a second look abroad. Many of the ones we callously demote to the f team at 8 and never look at again have the qualities European academies [i]select for[/i].  The smart players are not cultivated here.

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+100[/quote]

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