Anonymous wrote:If your kids have not done this kind of training before, www.renegadesoccertraining.com is better to start with. Its schedule is easier to follow and it builds a solid foundation.

Techne Futbol can be a little bit more challenging with the skills (last week juggle is with tennis ball for example) and needs more self management skills (you choose what to train). But some kids will enjoy it more as you can compare yourself with other players.

Agree that Renegade is great training--plug and play makes it easy and the program(s) are set. Techne is great too, though. In terms of Techne being more challenging with the skills, most of the skills have the option to change the difficulty (it is an option toward the bottom of the screen)--the tennis ball juggling drills all had 2 easier levels of difficulty, and then you can progress. My DDs both really enjoy enjoy the Techne app.

Our club just purchased for everyone last week. My DD loves it. We just found the "living room" session so she has been working on those on her own. Some great footwork training under basics and combo. Honestly unless she has a private training session, these footwork drills are not really worked on at the regular practices. Her competitive nature is coming out as she wants to see where she is on the leaderboard everyday. Like a previous poster mentioned, I stress that it's not about the leaderboard but about putting the time in and getting as many extra touches as you can. With fields and parks being closed, don't have the space for the dribbling or shooting drills at the time, so have focused on juggling and drills that can be done within limited space.

Anonymous wrote:It was fun at first but then kids get bored. Also my child's friends say they just click on the app all day/night so they are on the Top Leaderboards. Then our club cant even tell that all the normal kids have 8hrs of training and other have 20+ hours in an unrealistic time windows. Just my observation. I asked my kid to not grind it if he isnt doing it. Less than half our team uses the app or logs activity.

- We have some kids at the club doing the clicking away or doing “training” while doing other things. I just told my kid like many things in life the coach will be able to tell if you put in real effort (which my kid has been doing for weeks before the app).

There are some decent parts of the app and worth exploring to find drills that work for you. Our club uses it right now as one part of their program - but coach’s connect points are as important for our kid

very good app and program.

like most have said...its challenging

It's a bit advanced and adult for my U10, but it's something. I don't hate it, but will be more useful in a few years...when he doesn't need to use my phone!

It was fun at first but then kids get bored. Also my child's friends say they just click on the app all day/night so they are on the Top Leaderboards. Then our club cant even tell that all the normal kids have 8hrs of training and other have 20+ hours in an unrealistic time windows. Just my observation. I asked my kid to not grind it if he isnt doing it. Less than half our team uses the app or logs activity.

Our kids like it. The leaderboard within the individual team, club, and nationally is self-motivating. It gets a little boring by the end of the week, but they do try to have a new weekly session each week with different exercises (juggling, dribbling, wall-work) to change things up. Sure-- you could find similar drills if you spent time on YouTube and googled around, but this feels like a one-stop-shop and provides a nice way to track one's own progress and benchmark vs. others. That said-- it was purchased by our club, and I'm not sure we would have spent additional money on it, if it didn't come "free".

If your kids have not done this kind of training before, www.renegadesoccertraining.com is better to start with. Its schedule is easier to follow and it builds a solid foundation.

Techne Futbol can be a little bit more challenging with the skills (last week juggle is with tennis ball for example) and needs more self management skills (you choose what to train). But some kids will enjoy it more as you can compare yourself with other players.

Seen a lot of clubs using this. Anyone have feedback on it?