trying out for high school

Just play smart and don't over analyze and if u have to try out for goalie because teams always need them.

 

Naaah never get stuck in goal, be the ruthless kid who never goes in goal because the scouts won't get to see you if you do

 

be in good shape when the try-outs start cuz they usually run you hard. tackle hard. basically high school soccer is strength and speed and thats it. my team, which is 3 years younger than my high school varsity team, demolished my high school team (which was second in the state) by 5 goals.

 

Goalie is fun when ur defense isn't that good. I think it is the funnest position to play. Defense is the hardest and forward is by far the easiest. You make a run miss, make a run and you don't get the ball because the reatard mid player kicks it horribly. Goalie, defense, and mid you make decisions and forward people make them for u.

 

fitness is they key to a great team. You can win with ok talen and great fitness.

 

i am not saying that fitness is not important, i am saying that there is an over-emphasis on strength and speed. my team was a lot smaller and weaker, maybe we were a bit faster but we had a lot more skill and this is why we annihalated them.

 

Actually I was serious about the fitness thing and not being sarcastic.

 

well obviously you need fitness, but talent is more important. its easy to get fit, but hard to get good.

 

Congratulations. You managed to sound like a complete idiot in only three posts.

Posters like you are what brings this place down. Don't just make stuff up and babble for the sake of babbling.

 

If you can continuosly sub in fresh players you will eventually win. There was an article in ESPN magazine about a D3 basketball coach who uses this philosophy and they are defending champs. Of cousre players can't be subbed in and out at the national level so talent is more inmportant.

 

yea, most of the tryouts (at the beginning at least) they'll be running you around the field doing all sorts of excercises and going off on mile runs.

After the first couple days then they start focusing on playing and teamwork.
well at least that's how they do it at our school.

 

My high school try-outs involved a week of running and such and 2 days of actual soccer. And my school is one of the best in the state and in the county with one of the best in the country.

 

It's impossible for anyone to say. Don't listen to any of these yokels.

The point is not "High School Soccer" in general, but rather what it will take to make YOUR High School team.

I know of some teams that are loaded with skilled and experienced players. You better bring some stuff with you, because you're competing against some high-powered players.

I know of other teams where simply being fast and aggresive will at least get you on the roster, because either the coach is unsophisticated of the team is not highly skilled, or both.

Find out who was on the team last year who will be coming back. Are they good, solid club players, or three-sport athletes who work hard but aren't that proficient?

Is the coach a former player, or a well qualified club coach, or is he a math teacher who doesn't really know the game?

Find out what you're dealing with, and then do what you need to do. If Being skilled is the ticket, then hone your skills this summer. If it's a "boot it and run" team then figure out where you fit in that sort of scheme.

Above all, come into tryouts in the best shape of your life. Jog everywhere. Never, ever walk during a scrimmage, and the later it gets and the more tired everyone else is, the harder you're gonna be working.

"Work rate" stands out. Coaches notice that long before they notice your stepover move. Think Frankie Hejduk.

Do some research. You'll do fine.

 

I find this american organized try outs for everything very interesting. Here its just everyone goes to every practice (anybody is welcome we usually get about 20 and people who suck just don't bother going in general) and then the team is selected with a few subs for every match. There are no tryouts, and everyone knows who is good and so do the teachers. There is no need for try outs so to speak.

Is everything in America selected in this way? At the start of the year for club teams is there big tryouts and if your cut you are cut? Or is everyone welcome except only the best will tend to play matches? And what is this about paying to play for a club! I nearly laughed, here you don't pay anything except transport costs for the bus everygame and you pay for your own tracksuit. Everything else is paid for by fundraising. Nobody would play organized football if there was a big fee. In the GAA there is a membership fee of £15 for insurance (£5 for U-18) and thats it! Football here is more a way of life I suppose and there are teams everywhere. 3 teams in my town of 4 500 people for example and this in a town where it is competing with Gaelic Games.

 

Congratulations on sounding like a complete idiot in 1 post. I have got some real competition. I was not babbling for the sake of it you flippin moron, its not posters like me who bring this place down, its speds like yourself who critisize people trying to provide valid insight to someone asking a valid question. I know you may not know all that much about soccer but let me explain to you that what I said was perfectly correct. Let me say it again (although I am not sure if you will understand my grade 2 vocabulary): Fitness is an important aspect of the game, but skill is by far the most important attribute to a team. I am sorry but you really have to try some Prozac. (its a little blue pill my dog takes in in the morning with liver sausage, you should too)

 

Fitness is great and can take your further than your talent justifies but it can only get you so far on its own. Would you rather an incredibly fit player with average skills or Maradona in his prime?

If you're team was that good, I imagine some of your players had some actual soccer talent. If not, then soccer teams would just pick a bunch of Michael Johnsons and Carl Lewises.

My advice: do as much fitness work as you can with the ball. Do sprints and longer runs with a ball at your feet. You get the aerobic work and get a ton of touches at the same time. You kill two birds with one stone. Besides, if you can run as fast with the ball as a defender can without the ball, you have a huge advantage.

 

I generally don't like cuts if I can avoid it. If you cut a kid, you're going to turn him off the sport forever. Maybe he just had a bad week or had distractions from home or school or is clumsy at the moment because of a growth spurt. Remember the basketball coach that cut Michael Jordan?

I've never made cuts but I understand why some teams have to. If you have 30 kids come out for a soccer team, it's really unmanageable in both games and practices. I had 24 once (no cuts), though I managed with extreme difficulty.

I don't want to have a kid work his butt off in practice and not get an opportunity to play because the squad is so huge.