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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Coaches focus too much on team development??? Welcome to soccer, it's a team sport! No wonder out national team has absolutely no chemistry.[/quote]

Yet places like Spain, Germany, Italy focus on player development in the younger years.  You are too dense to understand the difference.  That does NOT mean tactics and player movement is thrown to the wayside.

What it means is that the individual is moved through a developmental system according to their individual needs.  For us, that means our child has been gradually moved up and up in training age groups, and eventually games.  He is working at the level that fits him.  The coaches are teaching the kids the spatial concepts, movements, first touch, etc. which are essential to team play---yet they are taking a hard look at each kid individually.  They will play younger kids for developmental reasons even if it means games and tournaments are lost.

The kids learn every position on the field, and learn them well.  As older players--they will be able to transition accordingly as needed.  Again, this may mean losing a game when your forward is getting time in the back, etc.

The team concept is bigger in these individual academies.  No player is greater than the rest and you can see that with guys like Messi.  Humbleness.

We are a prima donna country.  We prop kids up and shit on the rest.  We don't have patience and think a kid at 9/10/11 is finished with no future.[/quote]

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