No, I'm not a thorns lover and I think their DA propaganda is really close to used car BS.
But
High school soccer is one of the biggest risks a player goes through every year. For serious players, and no I don't mean 10k a year Ecnl now I think I'm elite even though logic would say I'm being fooled or screwed, but serious players who know they will play in college and want to achieve the highest soccer school available. Serious players should consider not playing high school soccer.
1. Game schedule is utterly a disaster waiting to happen. 3 full games in a week and sometimes 4 spaced out throughout the week with training every day... In no top soccer country along with top level programs in the states would ever say that is correct. Football plays one game a week with about 19 minutes of action while soccer will have anywhere from 60-70 minutes not including when the all is out.
2. Players are going through physical development. Boys and girls are more succesptable to injury during this time. Everything is imbalanced. But hey, why not throw on a few more preseason games simply because the AD thinks it's cool.
3. High school coaches aren't your top level coaches in many cases. Many including some great resume coaches don't spent enough time or know much about injury prevention. Some rely on the players to do it and create it.
4. Rediculous preseason workout plans that are meant to break players muscles down..
Fix even a few of those and the benefit of high school soccer is worth not doing a program that says you can't because they are "serious"
But
High school soccer is one of the biggest risks a player goes through every year. For serious players, and no I don't mean 10k a year Ecnl now I think I'm elite even though logic would say I'm being fooled or screwed, but serious players who know they will play in college and want to achieve the highest soccer school available. Serious players should consider not playing high school soccer.
1. Game schedule is utterly a disaster waiting to happen. 3 full games in a week and sometimes 4 spaced out throughout the week with training every day... In no top soccer country along with top level programs in the states would ever say that is correct. Football plays one game a week with about 19 minutes of action while soccer will have anywhere from 60-70 minutes not including when the all is out.
2. Players are going through physical development. Boys and girls are more succesptable to injury during this time. Everything is imbalanced. But hey, why not throw on a few more preseason games simply because the AD thinks it's cool.
3. High school coaches aren't your top level coaches in many cases. Many including some great resume coaches don't spent enough time or know much about injury prevention. Some rely on the players to do it and create it.
4. Rediculous preseason workout plans that are meant to break players muscles down..
Fix even a few of those and the benefit of high school soccer is worth not doing a program that says you can't because they are "serious"
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