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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:money money

Huh? Please explain

Not pp, but at our club U9 is the youngest 'real' travel team with real travel fees. U8 and below is academy which is really cheap and in addition to rec. That being said, our club has a policy of only playing kids up if they make the top teams

Travel u9 (or even u10) is just robbery.

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Anonymous wrote:What are "twin split goals"?

If it is what I think it is (kid only played rec in 2nd grade, but this is how it worked), it is a set of two small pop up goals side by side on each end of the field instead of one bigger goal w a GK. I recall thinking my child was on crack when they kept telling me there were four goals on the field until I went to the first game. It’s supposed to be part of the progression from two side by side small sided games (essentially combing those two side by side games into one game) to one goal and the standard 7v7 formations erc.

So…a transition drill / counter attack drill setup, but in match format?

Get used to it until puberty. It's literally to appease families with winter kids that happen to be big for their age and have older siblings in the club already. Very rarely are there kids who should be playing up. But it gets to the point where clubs play entire teams up because it makes the club look better.and surprise surprise the teams playing up constantly end up with age appropriate guest players lol. It gives parents extra bragging rights about how amazing their kid is and their club is because they're sooooooo talented that they just can't compete in their actual age group. There has been all of one team I've known that truly should play up and not even a handful of kids who continually play up appropriately and that all goes away by u-14/15. It absolutely does and should happen sparingly with specific players. However, it's not very sparingly, is it?

Anonymous wrote:What are "twin split goals"?

If it is what I think it is (kid only played rec in 2nd grade, but this is how it worked), it is a set of two small pop up goals side by side on each end of the field instead of one bigger goal w a GK. I recall thinking my child was on crack when they kept telling me there were four goals on the field until I went to the first game. It’s supposed to be part of the progression from two side by side small sided games (essentially combing those two side by side games into one game) to one goal and the standard 7v7 formations erc.

If you look at EDP there are a lot of boys teams in the u10-u11 range that are playing up a year. A lot of 2014 teams in the top 2013 brackets this fall, and 2015 teams in the 2014 brackets. It seems to be happening a lot in tournaments too.

Is this a new thing? In the past was it common for full U10 teams to play in U11 for example?

Did your DC not make the team, OP?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:money money

Huh? Please explain

Not pp, but at our club U9 is the youngest 'real' travel team with real travel fees. U8 and below is academy which is really cheap and in addition to rec. That being said, our club has a policy of only playing kids up if they make the top teams

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are a handful of 2015 teams playing U11. Rumor is its a recruiting tactic. It's all nonsense.

There are a few 2015s playing up, SYC, Mclean, Loudoun and Arlington are the ones I’m familiar with personally. For each of those teams, winning the majority of their games 6-1, 10-2 or worse, except when playing each other, (of course with a few exceptions) likely wasn’t helping their development at a macro level. I have no problem with teams playing up an age group if that is what is required to continue their development. Also, playing 9v9 alone will accelerate their development vs playing 7v7 if they weren’t being challenged.

At I think at U9, you get goalies instead of twin split goals at the lower ages.

And you can fit more players on a team playing 9v9 vs 7v7 and 11v11 vs 9v9.

This allows the soccer clubs to make more money by bringing in more players to top teams and keeps high level players away from competing teams.

Note that having fewer players on a field is said to lead to more touches on the ball which leads to accelerated development. So l guess they are saying less is more but than more is even more.

I agree that fewer players on the field = more touches.
I also know that more players on the field = quicker decision making.

Both are critical skills in the long term development of any player. Up to the individual to figure out which means more.

What are "twin split goals"?

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Anonymous wrote:Why are a handful of 2015 teams playing U11. Rumor is its a recruiting tactic. It's all nonsense.

There are a few 2015s playing up, SYC, Mclean, Loudoun and Arlington are the ones I’m familiar with personally. For each of those teams, winning the majority of their games 6-1, 10-2 or worse, except when playing each other, (of course with a few exceptions) likely wasn’t helping their development at a macro level. I have no problem with teams playing up an age group if that is what is required to continue their development. Also, playing 9v9 alone will accelerate their development vs playing 7v7 if they weren’t being challenged.

At I think at U9, you get goalies instead of twin split goals at the lower ages.

And you can fit more players on a team playing 9v9 vs 7v7 and 11v11 vs 9v9.

This allows the soccer clubs to make more money by bringing in more players to top teams and keeps high level players away from competing teams.

Note that having fewer players on a field is said to lead to more touches on the ball which leads to accelerated development. So l guess they are saying less is more but than more is even more.

Anonymous wrote:money money

Huh? Please explain

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Anonymous wrote:What do you think the U stands for? If they show up to tryouts and make the team, then what is the problem?

What does U stand for?

U stands for "Under".

Thanks, I really didn’t know that. I guess that means kids can essentially play on any team as long as they are under that age … had no clue 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Anonymous wrote:Why are a handful of 2015 teams playing U11. Rumor is its a recruiting tactic. It's all nonsense.

There are a few 2015s playing up, SYC, Mclean, Loudoun and Arlington are the ones I’m familiar with personally. For each of those teams, winning the majority of their games 6-1, 10-2 or worse, except when playing each other, (of course with a few exceptions) likely wasn’t helping their development at a macro level. I have no problem with teams playing up an age group if that is what is required to continue their development. Also, playing 9v9 alone will accelerate their development vs playing 7v7 if they weren’t being challenged.

Keep drinking the kool-aid

Anonymous wrote:Why are a handful of 2015 teams playing U11. Rumor is its a recruiting tactic. It's all nonsense.

There are a few 2015s playing up, SYC, Mclean, Loudoun and Arlington are the ones I’m familiar with personally. For each of those teams, winning the majority of their games 6-1, 10-2 or worse, except when playing each other, (of course with a few exceptions) likely wasn’t helping their development at a macro level. I have no problem with teams playing up an age group if that is what is required to continue their development. Also, playing 9v9 alone will accelerate their development vs playing 7v7 if they weren’t being challenged.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you think the U stands for? If they show up to tryouts and make the team, then what is the problem?

What does U stand for?

U stands for "Under".