Anonymous
Post 10/01/2021 09:24     Subject: Re:Practice Fields 11 v 11 New to the area
Anonymous wrote:The one thing US teams don't need more of is a) excessive running and b) space to make long passes.



What!! If anything a team at U16 needs space to practice long balls. A well run practice would include once a week a internal scrimmage 20 minutes with another team, 11v11.
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2021 09:18     Subject: Practice Fields 11 v 11 New to the area
1/2 fields sounds luxurious. PPA team sometimes has 6-7 teams on one field or sometimes they give the team a tiny patch of weeds to practice on.
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2021 09:10     Subject: Practice Fields 11 v 11 New to the area
Of course that is two things...
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2021 09:09     Subject: Re:Practice Fields 11 v 11 New to the area
The one thing US teams don't need more of is a) excessive running and b) space to make long passes.

Anonymous
Post 10/01/2021 06:34     Subject: Re:Practice Fields 11 v 11 New to the area
Professional teams don’t even train on a full field, why would a youth team ?
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2021 06:09     Subject: Practice Fields 11 v 11 New to the area
Anonymous wrote:My DC(U14) attended a supplemental tryout which was an actual practice for the kids already placed on the team. I found it odd that they were only practicing on half a field. I spoke with several parents, and they informed me that all of their practices are on half the field. On any given night there's 4 teams practicing at the sometime on different halves of the field(Theres 2 fields). Is this common? How do these kids perform in regular games on a full field? Im curious as to how many clubs only practice on half a field


What are you going to do with a full field and 17 players?
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2021 06:04     Subject: Re:Practice Fields 11 v 11 New to the area
What would you do with a full field? Do you have 22 kids on the team to scrimmage 11v11? And not use the space the other 75% of practice?
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2021 05:52     Subject: Re:Practice Fields 11 v 11 New to the area
"for warmup, run over to that there silo and back"
Anonymous
Post 10/01/2021 05:38     Subject: Practice Fields 11 v 11 New to the area
Are you from an area with more land space? I mean, this is the dmv. We are not rolling in wide open prairie.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2021 21:25     Subject: Practice Fields 11 v 11 New to the area
Half a field is plenty for a team playing 11v11
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2021 21:25     Subject: Practice Fields 11 v 11 New to the area
We play 7v7 so what is our field, half a field? Therefore we practice on a quarter. Lol. It works!
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2021 21:24     Subject: Practice Fields 11 v 11 New to the area
Which club did you come from... One in Florida?
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2021 21:22     Subject: Practice Fields 11 v 11 New to the area
Anonymous wrote:My DC(U14) attended a supplemental tryout which was an actual practice for the kids already placed on the team. I found it odd that they were only practicing on half a field. I spoke with several parents, and they informed me that all of their practices are on half the field. On any given night there's 4 teams practicing at the sometime on different halves of the field(Theres 2 fields). Is this common? How do these kids perform in regular games on a full field? Im curious as to how many clubs only practice on half a field


Half a field for one team is luxurious. Yes it's common and even top tier teams sometimes have to take a quarter of a field for training. The kids perform fine--ECNL clubs all over the place.

Anonymous
Post 09/30/2021 20:38     Subject: Practice Fields 11 v 11 New to the area
This is normal, they work on foot skills, drills and small sided games. Sometimes they play the other team in a full field game.
Anonymous
Post 09/30/2021 20:30     Subject: Practice Fields 11 v 11 New to the area
My DC(U14) attended a supplemental tryout which was an actual practice for the kids already placed on the team. I found it odd that they were only practicing on half a field. I spoke with several parents, and they informed me that all of their practices are on half the field. On any given night there's 4 teams practicing at the sometime on different halves of the field(Theres 2 fields). Is this common? How do these kids perform in regular games on a full field? Im curious as to how many clubs only practice on half a field