Anonymous
Post 02/15/2025 08:09     Subject: Tryout scouting problem?
Anonymous wrote:Yes, if the team needs a fast striker or winger, they will most certainly take someone who out sprints everyone to the ball, then has enough in the tank to do a 360 Maradona move, then shoots and finishes.

That sort of player does stand out, a lot of teams will take that player if they don't already have one... at the very least to bring on a sub.

It's hard to standout during a group tryout or big ID session. Doing stuff like that, repeatedly, would make a player standout.

Now if a player out sprints everyone and then toe-balls it... or, if they are doing Mardonas and losing the ball... well, they probably won't be getting picked, even to be a sub.

Cattle-Call open tryouts are hardly offer coaches the opportunity to make a fair assessment of every new player. And clubs who demote players to make room for better players will always leave parents with sour grapes. It happens. Just keep trying.



This. You win a lot of games by one goal.
Anonymous
Post 02/14/2025 23:47     Subject: Tryout scouting problem?
Anonymous wrote:the athlete can do fancy moves learned from private coaching sessions.

the athlete will make the team because of the one strong sprint to reach to the ball followed by a Maradona followed by a strong right shoot on the ball that impressed the coaches while they were looking.

athlete adds little to a team as it lacks game IQ, his athleticism compensates so much.


Hands down the greatest description of SYC soccer I’ve ever come across.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2025 17:13     Subject: Tryout scouting problem?
Anonymous wrote:Chances are, that athlete first caught the coaches’ eye when they arrived at the field. While other players were standing around chatting, or listening to their parents direct their warmup, this player showed up with a plan. They were purposeful in their warmup, showed their technical skills and comfort with the ball, didn’t try tricky stuff only to flub it, and were responsive, attentive, personable and coachable.

Or maybe they just did one thing right, while the coaches conspired to ignore your vastly more gifted child because they wore the wrong color socks.


latter
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2025 12:15     Subject: Tryout scouting problem?
Chances are, that athlete first caught the coaches’ eye when they arrived at the field. While other players were standing around chatting, or listening to their parents direct their warmup, this player showed up with a plan. They were purposeful in their warmup, showed their technical skills and comfort with the ball, didn’t try tricky stuff only to flub it, and were responsive, attentive, personable and coachable.

Or maybe they just did one thing right, while the coaches conspired to ignore your vastly more gifted child because they wore the wrong color socks.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2025 12:08     Subject: Tryout scouting problem?
Yes, if the team needs a fast striker or winger, they will most certainly take someone who out sprints everyone to the ball, then has enough in the tank to do a 360 Maradona move, then shoots and finishes.

That sort of player does stand out, a lot of teams will take that player if they don't already have one... at the very least to bring on a sub.

It's hard to standout during a group tryout or big ID session. Doing stuff like that, repeatedly, would make a player standout.

Now if a player out sprints everyone and then toe-balls it... or, if they are doing Mardonas and losing the ball... well, they probably won't be getting picked, even to be a sub.

Cattle-Call open tryouts are hardly offer coaches the opportunity to make a fair assessment of every new player. And clubs who demote players to make room for better players will always leave parents with sour grapes. It happens. Just keep trying.

Anonymous
Post 02/13/2025 11:07     Subject: Tryout scouting problem?
The OP must have had a cut & paste malfunction
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2025 10:50     Subject: Tryout scouting problem?
Anonymous wrote:attack on the coaches, interesting. agreed talent eval in the US sucks.


Whomp whomp
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2025 10:46     Subject: Tryout scouting problem?
attack on the coaches, interesting. agreed talent eval in the US sucks.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2025 10:30     Subject: Tryout scouting problem?
Anonymous wrote:"Those grapes are probably sour anyway."


Sour grapes
You leave such a bad taste
Sour grapes
I don't need you anyways

no idea what this post is about, but if I can drop a Descendents lyric in here, I'm going to do it.
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2025 10:27     Subject: Tryout scouting problem?
Anonymous wrote:the athlete can do fancy moves learned from private coaching sessions.

the athlete will make the team because of the one strong sprint to reach to the ball followed by a Maradona followed by a strong right shoot on the ball that impressed the coaches while they were looking.

athlete adds little to a team as it lacks game IQ, his athleticism compensates so much.


what is the point of this post for diiscussion?
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2025 10:16     Subject: Tryout scouting problem?
"Those grapes are probably sour anyway."
Anonymous
Post 02/13/2025 10:12     Subject: Tryout scouting problem?
the athlete can do fancy moves learned from private coaching sessions.

the athlete will make the team because of the one strong sprint to reach to the ball followed by a Maradona followed by a strong right shoot on the ball that impressed the coaches while they were looking.

athlete adds little to a team as it lacks game IQ, his athleticism compensates so much.