...beep. Who got the keys to the Jeep? Vrrroooooom

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Anonymous wrote:imagine spending no time in the gym and then doing a beep test for "fitness"

Beep test isn't for fitness. It's to measure level of fitness.

Imagine claiming to be an elite level travel soccer player and spending no time in the gym or training on your own.

Count how many youth clubs in NOVA call themselves elite and give no gym time, no guidance on gym time, etc.

If you haven't started basics by U15, you'll be behind. Anyways hEy LeT's sCriMmAgE aGaiN aT pRaCTiCe!

What's wrong with scrimmaging? The game is the best teacher. Certainly better than most of the coaches in this area.

scrimmaging IS awesome. scrimmaging ISN'T the game. scrimmaging for the entirety of every training session can (does) solidify players into roles, tactics, etc. reinforces bad game ideas because they're good in scrimmage (cherry picking goals because no offside, being direct, etc). when the scrimmage scores are constantly 5-4 but you lose games 0-3, that's an indicator there needs to be more.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:imagine spending no time in the gym and then doing a beep test for "fitness"

Beep test isn't for fitness. It's to measure level of fitness.

Imagine claiming to be an elite level travel soccer player and spending no time in the gym or training on your own.

Count how many youth clubs in NOVA call themselves elite and give no gym time, no guidance on gym time, etc.

If you haven't started basics by U15, you'll be behind. Anyways hEy LeT's sCriMmAgE aGaiN aT pRaCTiCe!

What's wrong with scrimmaging? The game is the best teacher. Certainly better than most of the coaches in this area.

Anonymous wrote:So most ECNL/MLS Next team train 4 days a week and have a game on the weekend. What extra do they do in season? Do they lift weights? If so, how often? Futsal? Additional fitness? Addition sports?

depending on the age, one of those training days should be very positional, and another day should be performance-centric. strength and power training occurs in the offseason

So most ECNL/MLS Next team train 4 days a week and have a game on the weekend. What extra do they do in season? Do they lift weights? If so, how often? Futsal? Additional fitness? Addition sports?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:imagine spending no time in the gym and then doing a beep test for "fitness"

Beep test isn't for fitness. It's to measure level of fitness.

Imagine claiming to be an elite level travel soccer player and spending no time in the gym or training on your own.

Count how many youth clubs in NOVA call themselves elite and give no gym time, no guidance on gym time, etc.

If you haven't started basics by U15, you'll be behind. Anyways hEy LeT's sCriMmAgE aGaiN aT pRaCTiCe!

Sounds like a VDA parent.

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Anonymous wrote:European U14 academies have GPS tests to track burst, acceleration, pace, and other qualitative game markers. Getting actual biomeasurements.

Colleges? Beep tests like it's 2004 lol. Shows you the level of where American coaching, ingenuity is at.

My kid’s D1 team wears GPS trackers in all their games and some of their practices. I assumed that was standard for D1, but could be mistaken. Their coach is also a huge fan of the beep test. Seems like torture to me, but it absolutely motivates players to follow their off-season fitness program.

"Fitness". Great term. Talking D1 players and they throw around terms like "fitness"

Why the eye roll? Fitness is, of course, part of high level soccer training, and players have off-season agility and recovery program goals as well.