Anonymous
11/19/2019 15:35
Subject: Girls u13 midfield
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lol. Rather predictably, yet another Barca Academy recruiting topic. The snootiness about midfield play gives it away every time. So easy to spot every time a topic like this comes up.
What a bizarre, hateful post. It's logical. He didn't say what level she wants to play at, but unless she is shooting for DA or ECNL, it's a good choice. If she does want DA or ECNL, then obviously Barca isn't a good fit. Not all families want to travel the continental U.S. for U13 and at that age, a smaller developmental club makes sense.
Arlington favors direct play. Alexandria might be a good choice. I think their Futsal emphasis suggests a more technical style of play, if that location is a good fit. I don't remember SYC or Vienna being a possession/midfield style.
No hate, brother. Just reality. This isn’t the first topic that has been used that way. Very insidious behavior. It was more honest when the pumping came within your own thread.
How many kids have you lost to Barca coach?
Barca must be a problem for him to be so prickly about that. So much hostility
Lmao. Same playbook every time from you Barca folks when someone merely points out that you are trying to boost your club.
So paranoid.
Ok, you have the stage. Name the 5 best clubs in the region for midfield development for a 9-12 year old.
First, at those ages, you primarily develop technical skills. Formations are different than 11v11 formations. Midfield play has a different nature between 7v7 or 9v9 and 11v11. The best environments at those ages that would produce capable midfield players are, based on historical information (seeing players at older ages coming out of these programs and producing at a high level) and not wishcasting:
FCV, McLean, Alexandria, Bethesda, Herndon
Loudoun and Arlington are great at producing forwards, backs, and keepers.
Drop Herndon and Alexandria and you have your list. FWIW none of the clubs above are developing position specific players at ages 9-12.
Agree with the sentiment and it really applies to all clubs. At these ages clubs are not developing positions, but the style a club plays will cater to some positional strengths and weaknesses. Positional development will happen as a matter of course if not a matter of specific focus.
+1
Anonymous
11/19/2019 14:16
Subject: Girls u13 midfield
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I told you guys these Barca boosters are fanatics. It becomes obvious when threads like this come up and then go sideways.
Name 5 clubs who are good at developing midfielders for age 9-12.
Nothing fanatical about that. One club is not always an option for everyone. So either recommend some quality clubs that address the OP's question or go away. If all you have against a club is that parents are happy with a club that is not an argument. If you do not think Alexandria or Barca do not teach possession and play through the midfield that is different.
If you think other clubs are good at it or better then just simply list them. We don't have a clue where the OP lives.
I think there is a distinction to be made between OP and this. OP is asking which clubs value midfield play at u13+; just because a club values midfield play, doesn't mean they develop it. Case in point, if a talented 10 or 8 shows up at McLean or FCV at u13 or older, they will take the player and probably play the player at that position. However, the players that are coming up through their clubs aren't getting the training they need to become that player.
Anonymous
11/19/2019 13:34
Subject: Girls u13 midfield
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lol. Rather predictably, yet another Barca Academy recruiting topic. The snootiness about midfield play gives it away every time. So easy to spot every time a topic like this comes up.
What a bizarre, hateful post. It's logical. He didn't say what level she wants to play at, but unless she is shooting for DA or ECNL, it's a good choice. If she does want DA or ECNL, then obviously Barca isn't a good fit. Not all families want to travel the continental U.S. for U13 and at that age, a smaller developmental club makes sense.
Arlington favors direct play. Alexandria might be a good choice. I think their Futsal emphasis suggests a more technical style of play, if that location is a good fit. I don't remember SYC or Vienna being a possession/midfield style.
No hate, brother. Just reality. This isn’t the first topic that has been used that way. Very insidious behavior. It was more honest when the pumping came within your own thread.
How many kids have you lost to Barca coach?
Barca must be a problem for him to be so prickly about that. So much hostility
Lmao. Same playbook every time from you Barca folks when someone merely points out that you are trying to boost your club.
So paranoid.
Ok, you have the stage. Name the 5 best clubs in the region for midfield development for a 9-12 year old.
First, at those ages, you primarily develop technical skills. Formations are different than 11v11 formations. Midfield play has a different nature between 7v7 or 9v9 and 11v11. The best environments at those ages that would produce capable midfield players are, based on historical information (seeing players at older ages coming out of these programs and producing at a high level) and not wishcasting:
FCV, McLean, Alexandria, Bethesda, Herndon
Loudoun and Arlington are great at producing forwards, backs, and keepers.
Drop Herndon and Alexandria and you have your list. FWIW none of the clubs above are developing position specific players at ages 9-12.
Agree with the sentiment and it really applies to all clubs. At these ages clubs are not developing positions, but the style a club plays will cater to some positional strengths and weaknesses. Positional development will happen as a matter of course if not a matter of specific focus.
I think we already settled that playing style is coach driven. Although clubs may claim to have a style that is more talk than reality. Find a coach who understands kids and appreciates/encourages technical work and you will have an environment capable of developing any midfielder.
If you never see the TD at the fields this is true. If you do in fact see the TD at the fields observing practice then there is a chance that the club is instilling a club philosophy. Some clubs require coaches to provide their lessons ahead of time too. Mileage will vary but some clubs do try but I will concede that most don't and any attempt is based solely on getting the right coach irrespective of the club.
Anonymous
11/19/2019 13:23
Subject: Girls u13 midfield
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lol. Rather predictably, yet another Barca Academy recruiting topic. The snootiness about midfield play gives it away every time. So easy to spot every time a topic like this comes up.
What a bizarre, hateful post. It's logical. He didn't say what level she wants to play at, but unless she is shooting for DA or ECNL, it's a good choice. If she does want DA or ECNL, then obviously Barca isn't a good fit. Not all families want to travel the continental U.S. for U13 and at that age, a smaller developmental club makes sense.
Arlington favors direct play. Alexandria might be a good choice. I think their Futsal emphasis suggests a more technical style of play, if that location is a good fit. I don't remember SYC or Vienna being a possession/midfield style.
No hate, brother. Just reality. This isn’t the first topic that has been used that way. Very insidious behavior. It was more honest when the pumping came within your own thread.
How many kids have you lost to Barca coach?
Barca must be a problem for him to be so prickly about that. So much hostility
Lmao. Same playbook every time from you Barca folks when someone merely points out that you are trying to boost your club.
So paranoid.
Ok, you have the stage. Name the 5 best clubs in the region for midfield development for a 9-12 year old.
First, at those ages, you primarily develop technical skills. Formations are different than 11v11 formations. Midfield play has a different nature between 7v7 or 9v9 and 11v11. The best environments at those ages that would produce capable midfield players are, based on historical information (seeing players at older ages coming out of these programs and producing at a high level) and not wishcasting:
FCV, McLean, Alexandria, Bethesda, Herndon
Loudoun and Arlington are great at producing forwards, backs, and keepers.
Drop Herndon and Alexandria and you have your list. FWIW none of the clubs above are developing position specific players at ages 9-12.
Agree with the sentiment and it really applies to all clubs. At these ages clubs are not developing positions, but the style a club plays will cater to some positional strengths and weaknesses. Positional development will happen as a matter of course if not a matter of specific focus.
I think we already settled that playing style is coach driven. Although clubs may claim to have a style that is more talk than reality. Find a coach who understands kids and appreciates/encourages technical work and you will have an environment capable of developing any midfielder.
Anonymous
11/19/2019 12:14
Subject: Girls u13 midfield
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lol. Rather predictably, yet another Barca Academy recruiting topic. The snootiness about midfield play gives it away every time. So easy to spot every time a topic like this comes up.
What a bizarre, hateful post. It's logical. He didn't say what level she wants to play at, but unless she is shooting for DA or ECNL, it's a good choice. If she does want DA or ECNL, then obviously Barca isn't a good fit. Not all families want to travel the continental U.S. for U13 and at that age, a smaller developmental club makes sense.
Arlington favors direct play. Alexandria might be a good choice. I think their Futsal emphasis suggests a more technical style of play, if that location is a good fit. I don't remember SYC or Vienna being a possession/midfield style.
No hate, brother. Just reality. This isn’t the first topic that has been used that way. Very insidious behavior. It was more honest when the pumping came within your own thread.
How many kids have you lost to Barca coach?
Barca must be a problem for him to be so prickly about that. So much hostility
Lmao. Same playbook every time from you Barca folks when someone merely points out that you are trying to boost your club.
So paranoid.
Ok, you have the stage. Name the 5 best clubs in the region for midfield development for a 9-12 year old.
First, at those ages, you primarily develop technical skills. Formations are different than 11v11 formations. Midfield play has a different nature between 7v7 or 9v9 and 11v11. The best environments at those ages that would produce capable midfield players are, based on historical information (seeing players at older ages coming out of these programs and producing at a high level) and not wishcasting:
FCV, McLean, Alexandria, Bethesda, Herndon
Loudoun and Arlington are great at producing forwards, backs, and keepers.
Drop Herndon and Alexandria and you have your list. FWIW none of the clubs above are developing position specific players at ages 9-12.
Agree with the sentiment and it really applies to all clubs. At these ages clubs are not developing positions, but the style a club plays will cater to some positional strengths and weaknesses. Positional development will happen as a matter of course if not a matter of specific focus.
Anonymous
11/19/2019 12:11
Subject: Girls u13 midfield
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lol. Rather predictably, yet another Barca Academy recruiting topic. The snootiness about midfield play gives it away every time. So easy to spot every time a topic like this comes up.
What a bizarre, hateful post. It's logical. He didn't say what level she wants to play at, but unless she is shooting for DA or ECNL, it's a good choice. If she does want DA or ECNL, then obviously Barca isn't a good fit. Not all families want to travel the continental U.S. for U13 and at that age, a smaller developmental club makes sense.
Arlington favors direct play. Alexandria might be a good choice. I think their Futsal emphasis suggests a more technical style of play, if that location is a good fit. I don't remember SYC or Vienna being a possession/midfield style.
No hate, brother. Just reality. This isn’t the first topic that has been used that way. Very insidious behavior. It was more honest when the pumping came within your own thread.
How many kids have you lost to Barca coach?
Barca must be a problem for him to be so prickly about that. So much hostility
Lmao. Same playbook every time from you Barca folks when someone merely points out that you are trying to boost your club.
So paranoid.
Ok, you have the stage. Name the 5 best clubs in the region for midfield development for a 9-12 year old.
First, at those ages, you primarily develop technical skills. Formations are different than 11v11 formations. Midfield play has a different nature between 7v7 or 9v9 and 11v11. The best environments at those ages that would produce capable midfield players are, based on historical information (seeing players at older ages coming out of these programs and producing at a high level) and not wishcasting:
FCV, McLean, Alexandria, Bethesda, Herndon
Loudoun and Arlington are great at producing forwards, backs, and keepers.
Drop Herndon and Alexandria and you have your list. FWIW none of the clubs above are developing position specific players at ages 9-12.
Anonymous
11/19/2019 12:10
Subject: Girls u13 midfield
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lol. Rather predictably, yet another Barca Academy recruiting topic. The snootiness about midfield play gives it away every time. So easy to spot every time a topic like this comes up.
What a bizarre, hateful post. It's logical. He didn't say what level she wants to play at, but unless she is shooting for DA or ECNL, it's a good choice. If she does want DA or ECNL, then obviously Barca isn't a good fit. Not all families want to travel the continental U.S. for U13 and at that age, a smaller developmental club makes sense.
Arlington favors direct play. Alexandria might be a good choice. I think their Futsal emphasis suggests a more technical style of play, if that location is a good fit. I don't remember SYC or Vienna being a possession/midfield style.
No hate, brother. Just reality. This isn’t the first topic that has been used that way. Very insidious behavior. It was more honest when the pumping came within your own thread.
How many kids have you lost to Barca coach?
Barca must be a problem for him to be so prickly about that. So much hostility
Lmao. Same playbook every time from you Barca folks when someone merely points out that you are trying to boost your club.
So paranoid.
Ok, you have the stage. Name the 5 best clubs in the region for midfield development for a 9-12 year old.
First, at those ages, you primarily develop technical skills. Formations are different than 11v11 formations. Midfield play has a different nature between 7v7 or 9v9 and 11v11. The best environments at those ages that would produce capable midfield players are, based on historical information (seeing players at older ages coming out of these programs and producing at a high level) and not wishcasting:
FCV, McLean, Alexandria, Bethesda, Herndon
Loudoun and Arlington are great at producing forwards, backs, and keepers.
Are the same coaches still at those clubs though? Still working with the same age groups?
Depends on the club. Some rotate their coaches back through the age groups when the kids move to U13. Mileage will vary.
Anonymous
11/19/2019 12:08
Subject: Girls u13 midfield
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Lol. Rather predictably, yet another Barca Academy recruiting topic. The snootiness about midfield play gives it away every time. So easy to spot every time a topic like this comes up.
What a bizarre, hateful post. It's logical. He didn't say what level she wants to play at, but unless she is shooting for DA or ECNL, it's a good choice. If she does want DA or ECNL, then obviously Barca isn't a good fit. Not all families want to travel the continental U.S. for U13 and at that age, a smaller developmental club makes sense.
Arlington favors direct play. Alexandria might be a good choice. I think their Futsal emphasis suggests a more technical style of play, if that location is a good fit. I don't remember SYC or Vienna being a possession/midfield style.
No hate, brother. Just reality. This isn’t the first topic that has been used that way. Very insidious behavior. It was more honest when the pumping came within your own thread.
How many kids have you lost to Barca coach?
Barca must be a problem for him to be so prickly about that. So much hostility
Lmao. Same playbook every time from you Barca folks when someone merely points out that you are trying to boost your club.
So paranoid.
Ok, you have the stage. Name the 5 best clubs in the region for midfield development for a 9-12 year old.
First, at those ages, you primarily develop technical skills. Formations are different than 11v11 formations. Midfield play has a different nature between 7v7 or 9v9 and 11v11. The best environments at those ages that would produce capable midfield players are, based on historical information (seeing players at older ages coming out of these programs and producing at a high level) and not wishcasting:
FCV, McLean, Alexandria, Bethesda, Herndon
Loudoun and Arlington are great at producing forwards, backs, and keepers.
Are the same coaches still at those clubs though? Still working with the same age groups?