DS is working out 4-5 hours a day on his own. Usually 2 hours of cardio and lifting, and then 2 hours juggling and working on 1 on 1 moves. Then he watches game film at night (I tape all of his club games). He has to chart each game before bed.

My kid does about an hour every day

My child is a high level player think DA/ECNL- The level of play during the year is beyond tough so summer is time to let body rest soccerwise. DC goes away to camp for a month and excercise is through swim/hiking and plays some pick up here and there but it is a time to relax. When DC gets back spends two weeks with some private training and the. Is eager for season to begin. You want to set things up that your child is chomping at the bit for the season to begin. Too many kids are getting serious injury young through overuse and many kids start to hate soccer because it becomes a chore. If you child is transitioning from Rec to travel and really needs footwork help then you can use the summer for skills development as they probably are not in a stressful competitive year and their body is not overworked. Hope this helps!

Anonymous wrote:Haha sure the South American coach who coaches the junior national team who is "only around for the summer" before being " only around for the fall" and " only around for the winter" somewhere else

If the kid is getting good training who cares. But in most cases all you are really paying for is the kid to get a guaranteed number of touches in over the summer and frankly for most kids that is all that is needed and setting up a little curriculum isn't rocket science but keeping the kids engaged is the real key.

Haha sure the South American coach who coaches the junior national team who is "only around for the summer" before being " only around for the fall" and " only around for the winter" somewhere else

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Anonymous wrote:My kids, 15 years old boy and 14 years old girl, would like to get stronger and faster this summer. I just hire a physical trainer to train them. How many hours a day should they train? They don't have any other activities in the summer other than training to get stronger and faster when they resume soccer in the fall. TIA

They really should also be working on their skills during the summer too, not just strength training. Many kids who take soccer seriously train 5 hours a day at camps, multiple weeks during the summer, like mine does because he loves it. But they also mix this in with vacation, swimming, other sports etc.

Sending your kid to a camp that is 5 or 8 hours in the scorching sun is a complete waste of time and money. Players can only give high effort for a couple hours at most. Anything longer than a couple hours is not for serious players it is for parents that need a babysitter

I agree with this but being around the ball for 5-6 hours at 1/2 or 1/4 effort is still better than nothing. It’s baby sitting with some soccer drills and conditioning. Even though I said this, I only signed my DD for 1 week back in June. My DD complained that it was too hot when it was only 90 degrees not the extreme heat and humidity we are experiencing this week.

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Anonymous wrote:I see 4 kids do daily training with a soccer coach from South America here for the summer and they train from 7am-12:30pm M-F at Langley HS Football field

South America is a big place. Is the coach Argentine, Brazilian or Uruguayan who played in the top leagues in those countries. If not, the coach is a hack. Other countries in the region are a joke. Case in point, if you watched the Argentina vs Brazil semi-final last week, you basically watched some of the best players in the world outside of Hazard and Neymar.

I hear it is Vidal and Alexis from Chile or James from Columbia. Just kidding ...

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Anonymous wrote:My kids, 15 years old boy and 14 years old girl, would like to get stronger and faster this summer. I just hire a physical trainer to train them. How many hours a day should they train? They don't have any other activities in the summer other than training to get stronger and faster when they resume soccer in the fall. TIA

They really should also be working on their skills during the summer too, not just strength training. Many kids who take soccer seriously train 5 hours a day at camps, multiple weeks during the summer, like mine does because he loves it. But they also mix this in with vacation, swimming, other sports etc.

Sending your kid to a camp that is 5 or 8 hours in the scorching sun is a complete waste of time and money. Players can only give high effort for a couple hours at most. Anything longer than a couple hours is not for serious players it is for parents that need a babysitter

Some clubs practice twice a week all summer long

Anonymous wrote:My kids, 15 years old boy and 14 years old girl, would like to get stronger and faster this summer. I just hire a physical trainer to train them. How many hours a day should they train? They don't have any other activities in the summer other than training to get stronger and faster when they resume soccer in the fall. TIA

They really should also be working on their skills during the summer too, not just strength training. Many kids who take soccer seriously train 5 hours a day at camps, multiple weeks during the summer, like mine does because he loves it. But they also mix this in with vacation, swimming, other sports etc.

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Anonymous wrote:I see 4 kids do daily training with a soccer coach from South America here for the summer and they train from 7am-12:30pm M-F at Langley HS Football field

South America is a big place. Is the coach Argentine, Brazilian or Uruguayan who played in the top leagues in those countries. If not, the coach is a hack. Other countries in the region are a joke. Case in point, if you watched the Argentina vs Brazil semi-final last week, you basically watched some of the best players in the world outside of Hazard and Neymar.

I think I've seen this coach at Yorktown HS as well. He was training 3 kids there between 3pm-7pm. He also mentioned coaching a few kids in the morning at Langley HS. I got his name and looked him up and that he is one of the coaches for Chile Jr. national team. He is only in the area for the summer.

It is soccer, so you just show up for practice once in awhile, especially if you are only playing at high school level. Dont do this if you are into MMA.

Anonymous wrote:I see 4 kids do daily training with a soccer coach from South America here for the summer and they train from 7am-12:30pm M-F at Langley HS Football field

South America is a big place. Is the coach Argentine, Brazilian or Uruguayan who played in the top leagues in those countries. If not, the coach is a hack. Other countries in the region are a joke. Case in point, if you watched the Argentina vs Brazil semi-final last week, you basically watched some of the best players in the world outside of Hazard and Neymar.

I see 4 kids do daily training with a soccer coach from South America here for the summer and they train from 7am-12:30pm M-F at Langley HS Football field

Pipeline is like ODSL compared to BRYC. Here we do all of that and teach the boys to speak Welsh. Next year we are upping the cost to be a part of our (pockets) umm I mean program. Bleed blue !!!!!!!!