Anonymous
Post 02/21/2024 22:45     Subject: Kids who don't do drills on their own
Anonymous wrote:My U11 is similar. Fall training is four days a week Monday through Friday. Winter training is three days a week. Spring training it's back to four days a week. All games on weekends of course.

My U11 does drills at home, but they are very light and only take 5-6 minutes. However it adds up and we quickly change the drills. For example: For 14 days the drill sheet will be:

3 sets of 10 V Turns
3 sets of 10 Sol Rolls
3 sets of Bell to Sol to Bell
Juggle 50 Times.

Done. It's quick, no sweat, no changing, etc and our kid can learn new drills very quickly. Every 14-21 days we change drills and it's a great way for an athlete to get ahead of others with very little effort.


OP here, I don't even know what these are, ha ha. Maybe my son knows, or maybe not. Maybe that's why he doesn't do them. it would involve more of an investment for him to do drills on his own. He'd have to figure out which ones to do, learn them, do them, and then figure out when it would be time to do different ones.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2024 12:08     Subject: Kids who don't do drills on their own
My U11 is similar. Fall training is four days a week Monday through Friday. Winter training is three days a week. Spring training it's back to four days a week. All games on weekends of course.

My U11 does drills at home, but they are very light and only take 5-6 minutes. However it adds up and we quickly change the drills. For example: For 14 days the drill sheet will be:

3 sets of 10 V Turns
3 sets of 10 Sol Rolls
3 sets of Bell to Sol to Bell
Juggle 50 Times.

Done. It's quick, no sweat, no changing, etc and our kid can learn new drills very quickly. Every 14-21 days we change drills and it's a great way for an athlete to get ahead of others with very little effort.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2024 08:41     Subject: Kids who don't do drills on their own
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Who is pushing the club team? the extra training? You or your kid, willing to be not your kid and he is sending you a message.

Many parents are living through their kids or they think they know what they want but the reality is....


Not OP but in a similar boat. DS has club training (ECNL) four days a week, lots of outdoor matches even through the winter, plus futsal training/games through the winter. But I am not sure he can do 30 juggles these days, and he never trains on his own, except to take shots on a small net in the backyard. He trained by himself a lot during COVID, but not anymore.

In-game, his skills look higher than almost all of his teammates, and my tendency is that he actually gets enough touches without training by himself, so he'd benefit more from weight training / sprints / etc. But I am interested in others' responses, as I have had the same question as OP.

We have never pushed anything, we've just gone along with whatever, except last summer I refused to pay for certain camps. I basically said, you should just train on your own at this point.


What age?


U13
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2024 20:45     Subject: Kids who don't do drills on their own
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Who is pushing the club team? the extra training? You or your kid, willing to be not your kid and he is sending you a message.

Many parents are living through their kids or they think they know what they want but the reality is....


Not OP but in a similar boat. DS has club training (ECNL) four days a week, lots of outdoor matches even through the winter, plus futsal training/games through the winter. But I am not sure he can do 30 juggles these days, and he never trains on his own, except to take shots on a small net in the backyard. He trained by himself a lot during COVID, but not anymore.

In-game, his skills look higher than almost all of his teammates, and my tendency is that he actually gets enough touches without training by himself, so he'd benefit more from weight training / sprints / etc. But I am interested in others' responses, as I have had the same question as OP.

We have never pushed anything, we've just gone along with whatever, except last summer I refused to pay for certain camps. I basically said, you should just train on your own at this point.


What age?
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2024 20:40     Subject: Kids who don't do drills on their own
Sounds like he is training and playing a good amount. If he has no aspirations to play in college, then he should be able to keep up with most of his teamates, assuming this isn't an extremely high level team where most of the kids DO actually train in their off time.

Sounds like he enjoys "playing" more then training, if you want him to get more touches, then you'd need to create an environment where it feels like play.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2024 16:49     Subject: Kids who don't do drills on their own
I have a U14 who is a similarly casual player. Plays travel as well and gets plenty of playing time regardless of effort outside of team practices. His younger brother plays at a higher level and does practice on his own. His team is very technical so he knows he has to work out on his own to maintain his starting spot and playing time. He does make his older brother practice but just so he has someone to practice with. The older brother indulges him most of the time but otherwise won’t do it on his own.

In other words, you and your kid are doing fine.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2024 16:45     Subject: Kids who don't do drills on their own
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Who is pushing the club team? the extra training? You or your kid, willing to be not your kid and he is sending you a message.

Many parents are living through their kids or they think they know what they want but the reality is....


Not OP but in a similar boat. DS has club training (ECNL) four days a week, lots of outdoor matches even through the winter, plus futsal training/games through the winter. But I am not sure he can do 30 juggles these days, and he never trains on his own, except to take shots on a small net in the backyard. He trained by himself a lot during COVID, but not anymore.

In-game, his skills look higher than almost all of his teammates, and my tendency is that he actually gets enough touches without training by himself, so he'd benefit more from weight training / sprints / etc. But I am interested in others' responses, as I have had the same question as OP.

We have never pushed anything, we've just gone along with whatever, except last summer I refused to pay for certain camps. I basically said, you should just train on your own at this point.


Unless you're an experienced knowledgeable youth development professional, as all parents, our amateur views of our kids are biased.
Go off the evaluation of knowledgeable professionals as to his levels.

Why does he need weight training?
What age?
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2024 16:38     Subject: Kids who don't do drills on their own
Anonymous wrote:I have a very similar kid (even cooks!) - the lack of solo training will cap their top end, but, it's probably not going to bar them from anything they want to do in the next few years.

My DS requires other people his age to do anything but I did get him to juggle eventually by learning to do it myself which drove him crazy.


Solid!
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2024 16:37     Subject: Kids who don't do drills on their own
You are in a good psychological place stating he won't become a professional soccer player.

Feel free to make him miss days and take some time off. It's not hurting him to do so.

Why are people surprised a 13 year old can help himself in the kitchen?