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....
When you are actively discouraging players, who you deem may end up to short, you are a part of the "discrimination" against short keepers that...
As the article about the DA pointed out, the majority of touches should come through training versus game minutes. The touches your kids need can...
No, they were not. They play with their mom and dads as wee little kids and then they play organized youth soccer that isn't much different than...
Completely Agree, and, if the article is correct, it looks like we finally have a decent pyramid set up on the men's/boy's side to work from. Over...
I think it is nothing more than a point on the continuum. DA players at first were to robotic so things changed to address those issues. DA died...
US Soccer agrees with you and this premise was the initial starting point for creating the DA as the following article illustrates:...
You literally started this thread with the following statement: "I know this will be controversial, but let me be blunt. I don't think short kids...
The opportunity fell into our lap. One team was a boys team and the other was DA as a playup. Cards did not conflict and league games were on...
Pick your MLSNext team carefully because they are essentially intended to be set up to be feeders to the local MLS club. If they are not within...
Step 1. Get two clubs to agree to share. Be transparent and be talented enough for both clubs to be willing to do it. Step 2. Make sure both...