I am disillusioned after a tryout!

some coach's are complete £$&*-heads and are like that maby you did one small thing to anger him and now he doesn't like you maybe you might of did something to his son?
if this the case i woundnt want to be on the team

 

Sounds like you ran into a "hardwork and team before all" coach. If you are as talented as you say, and you don't seem like an arrogant type so I tend to believe you, it sounds like the coach missed out here. It is really a shame how coaches look past skill for how big or fast a kid is and other crap reasons. Keep your head up and move on, there will be a coach along the line who will appreciate your skills and want you on their team.

 

If you arent going to get on with the coach, trust me you don't want to play for the team. I had a coach who i played for who didn't like you as a 'fancy' player. Now, im not fancy all the time, and when i am fancy i pull it off. But he just had a really bad attitude about how i played my game. I can say, i didnt stay at that club for very long!!

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Tough luck, but you need to put it behind you and move on. Not being selected for an academy team doesn't mean you're not talented. One thing players like Mia Hamm and Mike Bradley have in common (besides success and talent) is that they always believed that they could do better. They drove themselves to constantly work at improving their game. As a start you might email the coach and ask him politely for advice on what areas you should work on improving. At worst you won't get a response, but he may give you some advice.

 

you need to be cocky to get anywhere in football because you need to show that you have the flair you may be technically gifted but if they think that it seems you dont have it menttally they dont take you on most times

 

It's easy for us to tell you not to get down since we're not in your shoes. But, many of us have felt the pain before. Let it get you down, but then you need to move on. The academy isn't the only high level team you can reach for.

Just as a suggestion, you might want to find out why you didn't make the team. Email the coach telling you don't want to create a fuss, you just want to find out what went wrong so you can work on it for future tryouts. He might just say you weren't good enough, which is an easy way out for him. He might say you didn't work hard, you have a bad first touch, or your attitude seemed bad. These things can be corrected.

 

The coach probably thought you were too fancy and would be cocky ocne you made the team. I now you aren't that way, but if you were pulling all that, he probably thought it wold get alot worse (like you would dribble all the time) if you were on the team.

Some coaches like simple players, some like fancy ones. Depends. Even if you did make the team, it sounds like you wouldn'y enjoy it with him as a coach.

 

If I were you I'd contact the coach saying something like this:

I understand that I didn't make the cut. However, I am interested in knowing why, not as a question of judgment but simply so I can better my game.

Thank you.


Perhaps the coach is a complete twit and there was something wrong about your game that he picked up and you didn't. Email him and find out why, its not like hes going to..uh, cut you again right? Anyways, chin up, keep working.


Also, I have come to realize with tryouts sometimes its not what you do right that really sticks out, its what you do wrong. Any chance you missed some easy chances or didn't play the smarter ball or anything along those lines?

 

Just remember that sometimes you truly do get unlucky. It just happens in tryout situations, sometimes your just missed unjustly.

 

don't worry, just keep training and look for other teams

I faced situations like that sooo many times........the worst was a tryout that I completely dominated (5 goals and 2 assists) vs 1 goals by the other team along with having 2 assists in an exhibition match with the club winning 2-0

even though I dominated, he chose not to select me....his reason was that I may get injured a lot in the league

so what did I do? nothing....just went to the gym weekly and focused on training

 

Injured a lot in the league.. Thats a weird reason... did you seem weak to him or something?

 

yeah kind of.......I returned from 12 months after ACL surgery + in the tryout I got hit from behind after making a no-look pass.........and had to come off for a few minutes which I guess help make up his decision

 

don't sweat just focus on your training and you'll improve more:

now when he is talking about technically........most coaches are referring to stuff like vision, making runs, turning and ball control...etc. not dribbling skils (those are something you do after you master basics)

so I'm curious what kind of style you played in the tryout....did you play like cristiano ronaldo and touch the ball like 4-5 times before making a pass or kick?

what position were you playing mostly? Did you come back to help defend? Were you vocal?

 

Tryouts aren't a good time for showing flair. I don't know whether you missed out on available passing options while doing some of your tricks. Even if you didn't, I can tell you that when I see someone in a tryout who I see as trying to do too much on the ball or trying to do something that's unnecessarily difficult, I lose interest quickly because it makes me think they will be a selfish player. Clearly, that's not always going to be the case, but in a tryout setting, a coach doesn't usually want to gamble on a guy that could be a headcase or a cancer to the team by unnecessarily screwing with the ball while others are busting their butts making good runs and putting you and themselves in good position. Showing tricks in a tryout makes you look like you could be more about "flair" or that you might be selfish on the ball rather than playing fundamentally great soccer. That, plus yelling at another player would be huge red flags for me. Next time, keep tricks (even something as simple as a nutmeg) to a minimum, and show your skill through your ability to consistently trap, touch, and pass the ball with the perfect weight, precision, and compsure, as well as your ability to make good runs off of the ball, your ability to create space for others, your effort, and a good, positive rapport with your teammates. I've seen lots of guys who can do really fancy stuff, but who aren't particularly good soccer players. 99% of soccer is being able to do the simple stuff really well, and 99% of making a team is showing that you will be a good teammate who will help everyone reach a common goal. It sounds like you might have the extra 1% that a lot of guys aren't lucky enough to have. Once you make the team, there will be plenty of time to show the "special sauce" once you have a better feel for the team. Sure, you need to play your game, but a tryout is a a short period of time, and you want to send the right message.

These are just my thoughts, and others may disagree. Just so you know where I'm coming from, I played in college, coached a college team for a while, and have managed a very high level men's team for the last 10 years, so I have been through both sides of tryouts many times.

Good luck. Keep your chin up, and keep improving. You have a lot of years of soccer ahead of you.

 

I think this is the problem....don't take it the wrong way, but playing like c ronaldo is something you can do after years of practicing in a team environment and you are very familiar with your team and can effectively contribute to the coach's game strategies/tactics.

For tryouts, try to show your mastery of the basic skills.........keep the number of touches to less than three ideally (that means control in your first-second touch and pass/shoot in your next touch)....go for wall passes, cross-overs, through balls from a horizontal run.......etc

when it comes to advance plays like elastico or nutmegs, those moves should only be used if your are in a tight corner and want to get out, or want to make a cross/shot. They should occur instinctively, not on purpose. If you are doing it on purpose, your wasting a lot of time on the offensive, and many of the defenders are already back in their half to close down your team's attack.

 

Are there any other teams you can tryout for? With your age its getting really close to the end so to speak. I would try to find more teams to tryout for, prove the coach wrong. Keep trying.

As for the tricks, keep them at the bare minimum. I'm by no means a fancy player, I can't do really any tricks, I don't really see the point, I just do quick touches and passes, pass and move lol. Try to work on looking around the field before the ball comes to you so you know where players are going.

Look for more teams to tryout for. If there isn't any then maybe try emailing the coaches of the teams asking if they have any spots open and if you can do a private tryout. Don't give up because one coach didn't select you. If you really want to find a team try looking farther away (an hour or so). I know guys that played on teams over an hour away from their houses. Good luck.

 

Don't worry about it man. I was in your same situation a year ago except I'm a little younger. I tryed out for a premier team and thought that I was one of the best there. I am way too hard on my self at games and tryouts and everyone sees it, so when I think I played good, then I know I had a really good tryout. And they cut me. I had no idea why. Now I'm on an academy team that would blow the other team away and the coach and the whole staff have a ton of trust and confidence in me when I'm out there, and I have a big role on the team. Even a parent from the other team told me he had no idea why I didn't make it. But just keep your head up because now I am on a team that the other club can't even compare themselves to.

 

Sounds like you're not as good as you think you are.