Sorry, Boys 14U (2005) is one P1, one P2, and one First.
Great Lakes 14U has one Premier I division, one Premier II division, and one First Division (11 teams).
The most recent PDF says it will have Premier I, Premier II and First Division tiers, but who knows for sure...
In Midwest, there are likely few NL conference level teams west of Omaha, NE/Wichita, KS, and few in North or South Dakota, so the spread is...
[ATTACH] The full National League conference setup, as of a May 8 tweet. Michigan shows as being in Midwest, but Indiana and Michigan teams can...
As in too many or too few per age group?
They could have separated into four conferences based on population centers: Great Lakes: Michigan, Ohio North, PA West, NY West (Detroit,...
Kentucky here...we've played Michigan teams in Indy and Cincinnati, and played Northern Ohio teams in Cincy and Akron. Yeah, adding Buffalo,...
A good game for that 4-5 year old age group is "Ouch!" Players dribble their ball while coach roams among them. They try to kick (pass) the ball...
https://www.usyouthsoccer.org/assets/1/6/usys_nl_midwest_and_great_lakes_conferences_fact_sheet_5-4-18.pdf
[IMG] [IMG] Red Bull Arena just sets up a temporary stage... [IMG]
Not to mention Precourt's trips to SKC under the guise of learning about their stadium and local club ownership when according to this, SKC was in...
Yes, 2005s. True, but if a coach is supposed to be developing players and systems of play then they're not allowing them to crack one from the...
They've changed our designations to "age-U" as in 13U, 12U, 11U, etc. We have two boys who will be 13 in January and one who will just turn 12...
I recently saw a session plan where the club is trying this order: free-play skills-SSG scrimmage instead of: individual work small combos-SSG...
I like the change! I did the same game but called, "Ouch!" where they tried to pass a ball and have it hit me. Then I'd grab my leg and shout...
[MEDIA] For reference, here are Barcelona's U12s playing 7v7 in a tournament in Miami this past December.
When I coached rec at that age group, I always used "top of the big box" for the 18 and "top of the little box" for the 6 just to get them their...
You can make an arc around the Puggs with disc cones and say no one can touch the ball within the arc, attacking or defending. They can run...
Except whether you shoot a 3-pointer with your left or right hand, the relative placement of the start of the shot is typically just above your...
A tweet this morning about RAE at Euro 2016... [ATTACH]
When a player fell in games or training at that age, through a knock or just falling down from a trip or something, I'd get them in the habit of...
This was a question someone brought up to me that I hadn't thought about... If a club or rec league is in the middle of a 2-year or longer cycle...
Kentucky is adopting the new SSG mandates starting in 2016-17 but they're not being strict on the goal sizes since that's a huge expense...as long...
http://changingthegameproject.com/the-perils-of-single-sport-participation/ My son's primary sport is soccer, he plays at a fairly high level and...