At the ECNL level burnout is really just not a thing. Over a decade in I've only seen a couple of kids quite the sport entirely. Some wash out at...
The point really being that State Cup should play zero consideration with one’s intent to try out for another team. It’s not like your team is...
Sure attend tryouts but it is best to try and arrange for your player to attend a practice with just the other team.
I’d just worry about attending another team’s practice on a day that doesn’t conflict with your team’s regular practice schedule if possible....
We have a couple of local multisport organizations that field travel soccer, LAX, Basketball etc. The problem is they really don't have just one...
Unless a roster is absurdly large at U10, honestly this isn't the problem that NDC is making it out to be in regards to development. Certainly it...
You simply let them rotate. What they do away from the team in regards to training is on them but at U10 it should be a war crime to designate a...
Depending on the age State Cup doesn't mean as much. After U13 it loses prestige as kids migrate to ECNL, MLSNext etc and no longer participate....
You're better off reaching out to the other team's coach directly and simply attend practices avoiding tryouts all together.
No, nobody at 10 years old or small field should be encouraged to play keeper. There are early bloomers who come out of the gate bigger than...
My point? My point is: 1. Organized youth games are of a proper duration for development. 2. Games are not as important to player development as...
Nobody is saying drills, drills, drills, drills. I’m saying that 5-6 year olds are not really capable of organizing any meaningful street soccer...
You are all over the place. Of course at 5-6 Larry Bird was not shooting 500 shots a day. But at 5-6, most kids are not out there organizing...
It isn’t street soccer that makes kids great, it is the love and passion of the game that gets into kids and adults alike who want to play...
Wall ball is when you are younger. Ball mastery, kid + ball + time is when they are younger. The principle applies, only the focus is different....