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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most girls of elementary school age in my well off burb just do not have stamina to be effective for a whole game.  We do soccer only as a supplement for other sport and my kids run circles around other girls towards the end of the game.  Mostly it is because we run about 2 miles a day and have a rule to run up any hills when we do our daily walk.[/quote]

But are they better at soccer? [/quote]

This is a silly argument. To be an effective soccer player, you need to be smart and skilled, tactical and technical.  But none of that matters if you can't physically GET TO THE BALL.  Whether because you are incredibly fast and have no endurance so can make a run, but only once or twice, or because you simply aren't fit enough. And there are plenty of players (at least on the girls side) at high levels (ECNL/DA) who have those issues at times.  Especially in DA older age groups with limited substitution, the fitness absolutely matters.

So at age 11, worry about your technical skills.  If you don't have them you won't make it very far in soccer.  But most soccer practices even at high levels involve a lot of standing around.  (HP is great because it is active almost all the time, by contract.)  So if you want to make it very far in soccer, ALSO do something else to supplement your fitness -- whether it's running, swimming, going to the gym, basketball in the winter, etc.  It isn't either/or at the higher levels.[/quote]

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