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Anonymous wrote:Beautiful. Love watching the other team chase after the ball

According to Youth Soccer Rankings, that team is ranked 35th in Washington State.

Proof that rankings mean nothing compared to learning how to play the right way.

Kickball is one extreme, how they played in that video is the other extreme. Not one of those girls took on the other team 1v1 or made any type of meaningful move. The right way to play is somewhere in the middle. If all your child does is once they get it is immediately pass, they are not developing properly. If they never pass, they also aren't developing properly. Its all about balance.

Looks like that video was against the lowest ranked team in that state. If they could do that against a good team, then that would be impressive, but those passes were too soft, touches too hard, etc to do that against a good team. I know, they are only 10, but the kids at our club have much better footwork and overall skills at that age than this team. Not sure why this is being shown as an example.
Looking at that video doesn't make me wish my child was on that team. Actually, the opposite.

I have to agree. I wasn't quite sure why that video was selected. It wasn't even an FCB from anywhere in the world. Disclaimer, we are with FCB. FCB encourages creativity---and anytime a player has space---to go forward with the ball into it/take the space. The other players are taught where to move when that player is coming up from the back 'taking space', player shifting to cover, another moving out of the way, etc. I also didn't think the kids in that video had the greatest touch for their age. It's not 'just ditch the ball' as soon as it is passed to you. That's not the correct way. Players should be analyzing and knowing their options before the ball even reaches their foot. But, you aren't excluded from developing dazzling footwork in a Club that teaches possession.

The point is, those kids are obviously average players and they are being taught the right way to play regardless of their skill. They moved the ball around methodically and never turned it over. Seriously what more can you ask of 10 year olds? Not picking is missing the point.

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously, they’re 10, get a grip on yourself. Who hurt you?

They are doing it right, as they get older they’ll get quicker. The other team never touched the ball.

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, they’re 10, get a grip on yourself. Who hurt you?

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Anonymous wrote:Beautiful. Love watching the other team chase after the ball

According to Youth Soccer Rankings, that team is ranked 35th in Washington State.

Proof that rankings mean nothing compared to learning how to play the right way.

Kickball is one extreme, how they played in that video is the other extreme. Not one of those girls took on the other team 1v1 or made any type of meaningful move. The right way to play is somewhere in the middle. If all your child does is once they get it is immediately pass, they are not developing properly. If they never pass, they also aren't developing properly. Its all about balance.

Looks like that video was against the lowest ranked team in that state. If they could do that against a good team, then that would be impressive, but those passes were too soft, touches too hard, etc to do that against a good team. I know, they are only 10, but the kids at our club have much better footwork and overall skills at that age than this team. Not sure why this is being shown as an example.
Looking at that video doesn't make me wish my child was on that team. Actually, the opposite.

I have to agree. I wasn't quite sure why that video was selected. It wasn't even an FCB from anywhere in the world. Disclaimer, we are with FCB. FCB encourages creativity---and anytime a player has space---to go forward with the ball into it/take the space. The other players are taught where to move when that player is coming up from the back 'taking space', player shifting to cover, another moving out of the way, etc. I also didn't think the kids in that video had the greatest touch for their age. It's not 'just ditch the ball' as soon as it is passed to you. That's not the correct way. Players should be analyzing and knowing their options before the ball even reaches their foot. But, you aren't excluded from developing dazzling footwork in a Club that teaches possession.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Beautiful. Love watching the other team chase after the ball

According to Youth Soccer Rankings, that team is ranked 35th in Washington State.

Proof that rankings mean nothing compared to learning how to play the right way.

Kickball is one extreme, how they played in that video is the other extreme. Not one of those girls took on the other team 1v1 or made any type of meaningful move. The right way to play is somewhere in the middle. If all your child does is once they get it is immediately pass, they are not developing properly. If they never pass, they also aren't developing properly. Its all about balance.

Looks like that video was against the lowest ranked team in that state. If they could do that against a good team, then that would be impressive, but those passes were too soft, touches too hard, etc to do that against a good team. I know, they are only 10, but the kids at our club have much better footwork and overall skills at that age than this team. Not sure why this is being shown as an example.
Looking at that video doesn't make me wish my child was on that team. Actually, the opposite.

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Anonymous wrote:Beautiful. Love watching the other team chase after the ball

According to Youth Soccer Rankings, that team is ranked 35th in Washington State.

Proof that rankings mean nothing compared to learning how to play the right way.

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Anonymous wrote:I saw some of the FCB teams play this weekend. Style they tried to play was markedly different from the boot and run of ours and other teams. When it was executed correctly it was quite effective our kids were chasing and drawn out of position. I wish my kid was on a team like that. What struck me was every player was equally important, not just trying to get the ball ahead to the best one. Will be interesting to see those teams in a few years.

And trying to implement that kind of style, right away, into high level tournaments would be a disaster. They are placing teams in lower level tournaments so the kids can play in a competitive yet less stressful environment in order to follow through on their training in a game situation.

What people should be looking at is actually how cohesive the FCB teams are already playing, not at the box score or what tournament they are playing in.

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Anonymous wrote:I saw some of the FCB teams play this weekend. Style they tried to play was markedly different from the boot and run of ours and other teams. When it was executed correctly it was quite effective our kids were chasing and drawn out of position. I wish my kid was on a team like that. What struck me was every player was equally important, not just trying to get the ball ahead to the best one. Will be interesting to see those teams in a few years.

And trying to implement that kind of style, right away, into high level tournaments would be a disaster. They are placing teams in lower level tournaments so the kids can play in a competitive yet less stressful environment in order to follow through on their training in a game situation.

What people should be looking at is actually how cohesive the FCB teams are already playing, not at the box score or what tournament they are playing in.

Anonymous wrote:I saw some of the FCB teams play this weekend. Style they tried to play was markedly different from the boot and run of ours and other teams. When it was executed correctly it was quite effective our kids were chasing and drawn out of position. I wish my kid was on a team like that. What struck me was every player was equally important, not just trying to get the ball ahead to the best one. Will be interesting to see those teams in a few years.

Anonymous wrote:I saw some of the FCB teams play this weekend. Style they tried to play was markedly different from the boot and run of ours and other teams. When it was executed correctly it was quite effective our kids were chasing and drawn out of position. I wish my kid was on a team like that. What struck me was every player was equally important, not just trying to get the ball ahead to the best one. Will be interesting to see those teams in a few years.

Anonymous wrote:Beautiful. Love watching the other team chase after the ball