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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have high hopes for this group when it comes to getting some enlightened responses, rooted in experience, to a question about player development and team/club performance. I treat the bulk of what transpires on here as satire, but every once in a while, someone adds something truly valuable. I'm hoping that'll be the case with your responses.

[b]For those with older kids who are serious about their soccer training and potential career beyond the club level, what role do you feel a specific club or team coach has made (or could make) in the tactical, skill, and physical development of your player, or an entire team for that matter, outside of the individual/personal/group/non-team training that most do?[/b]. In other words, in the NoVA area, have any of the clubs, GA or ECNL, actually proven that they can develop their players, beginning at a young age, to be extremely competitive throughout their pre-college career? Or does a club just look like they're really good at developing talent by performing well in a given year because a large enough group of talented kids leave other clubs and all end up at the same place for a given reason, e.g. their particular age group performed well at said new club so they think it's a great club, or one of the coaches has great college relationships so they go there because they think it'll increase their likelihood of getting recruited, or they want GA vs ECNL or vice versa?

CC is both heavily praised and criticized depending on someone's individual experience. When BP was at FCV, he had a lot of relationships so talented girls went there (don't know if they were always the best in their age group or not) and CC gets the "training" credit of having graduated a lot of talented kids. Were they talented before they got there and he was just the lucky recipient of kids who wanted to leverage BP's relationships, or is he a proven entity when it comes to team-level player development and, if he's not, are any of the coaches or clubs in the NoVA area worthy of such a reputation?

- actual Rev parent

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It's a blurry picture and there are plenty of examples in all directions. CC was at FCV for years before BP arrived. CC gets training credit for the girls who were developed pre-BP, and many of the players BP took credit for right after he arrived were developed by CC. They both benefited from each other and claim/deserve some of the credit. They were also both lucky recipients of talented kids. FCV was always known as the place that recruited talented players from other clubs. CC is way more knowledgable about soccer and a better teacher, BP is better at promotion, recruiting players, and has more connections. There is no single best coach/club for a player. It depends on the situation. Is the player raw and needs a lot of soccer development? Are they good at promoting themselves? Do they have a private soccer trainer and work on their own? Are they self motivated? How is their mindset? If a player is talented enough they would have recruiting success at most any ECNL or GA club because they are all going to the same showcases events. Marketing yourself by contacting coaches ahead of events with film and then *standing out* on the pitch at these events is still the recruiting formula.  [/quote]

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