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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you,PP, that is an excellent post. 
I have a gritty and technical DD but she is slender build and not tall. She doesn’t have that soccer look with big leg muscles and low center of gravity. So while she is fast, aggressive, and technical, she just looks like she wouldn’t be that strong. 
What I have seen from a current coach is that physicality seems more important than the other traits, even when it’s not effective and the player loses the ball 9 times out of 10. So if that is that coach’s personal preference, there isnt much to be done. 
What she really wants to know is:  is it just that, or are there other gaps that she doesn’t know about? And that is where the request for feedback is falling flat. 
It is a school team, so fortunately short season. 
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You touched upon a very important point. There is very much an unconscious bias when it comes to smaller players. If a big, strong kid loses a ball three times, it's mentally processed as unlucky or good defense. If a tiny kid loses the ball three times, he/she is not big enough to keep possession, pull them out!  Even the coaches who are very comfortable rostering and playing smaller players fall victim to this thinking. To some degree, it's human nature. To use a baseball analogy, Jose Altuve hit more home runs one year than Aaron Judge...we can all guess who managers and pitchers thought was the more intimidating of the two.  [/quote]

This is American soccer at its worst.  We prioritize the wrong things (speed and strength) and focus on winning only.  Eventually the big, strong, fast kids will get caught up by the rest and their technical ability and soccer IQ won't be up to par.  Love coaches who are brave enough to go against the grain and find the small, techy players.  You know...like the rest of the world.[/quote]

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