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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not this discussion is on topic in any way, but the distinctions being made are too simplistic.  An earlier poster pointed out that a team can be possession oriented and still make direct plays when tactically beneficial to create a scoring chance, or to avoid problems defensively.  Sure, a keeper who punts every ball and a defense that clears every ball does not have an orientation to possession ball.  That stated, this is not what I’ve seen in any GDA game.  What you may find, particularly in the older age groups of some clubs, is that players skew toward more direct play, because that was how they were trained in previous environments.  I’ve found that the younger kids in most cases have been better trained to be possession focused.  This varies between clubs, obviously.  But, the main point is that teams do not need to exclusively play a tiki taka style possession game to have a possession focus.[/quote]

Every single team in the younger ages?  No way, not a chance.  Some teams, sure.  Not even the boys' DA has that perfect a level of compliance, and the girls ECNL never did. [/quote]

Reading comprehension....the word "most" was used.   Of the DA teams I have personally witnessed, WS-VA included, the youngest age groups did tend to possession style ball, not kick and run.[/quote]

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