Western Ma HS soccer

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Please the upcoming freshman in the western ma area are some outstanding players. You upset your kid isn't one

OMG western mass outstanding???? LOLOLOLOL!!!!

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Didn't WESTspringfield win state title not too long ago

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Monson won D4state final

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D1,D3,D4 girls soccer was either State champ or team was runner up from western Ma.So ya pretty good showing.

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So freshman can't be leaders on the pitch?? You are exactly what is wrong with parents. Anyone can be a leader out there, has nothing to do with age.

Very difficult for a freshman to join the team and take a leadership role. They are likely taking the spot of an upper class men which causes friction. Usually it's best to work them into the line up slowly, that way everyone can see the improvement.

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Very difficult for a freshman to join the team and take a leadership role. They are likely taking the spot of an upper class men which causes friction. Usually it's best to work them into the line up slowly, that way everyone can see the improvement.

Agreed. 99% of coaching staffs take this approach. For reasons that benefit both player and team.

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So freshman can't be leaders on the pitch?? You are exactly what is wrong with parents. Anyone can be a leader out there, has nothing to do with age.

And you're just naive.

Has everything to do with age, size, ability, confidence, etc.

A leader has to be able to get others to follow. It takes an extremely rare situation for a group of seniors and juniors to follow a freshman.

We're not that far removed from the days of hazing, when freshman were abused by upper class men.

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It's all about the individual some freshman can be intimidated and some cannot be if your a strong player and you prove yourself as a beast and have strong character and a no nonsense desire to win.You can definitely lead especially if joining a team that's lacking.

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It's all about the individual some freshman can be intimidated and some cannot be if your a strong player and you prove yourself as a beast and have strong character and a no nonsense desire to win.You can definitely lead especially if joining a team that's lacking.

Anything is possible, but it would have to be an extremely small group of players with some very weak upper classmen. Not a very likely scenario to happen and definitely would not happen in a school with a strong program.

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Kids that play club compared to kids that don't .There is no comparison.As good as kids who never played club think they are not even close,especially if kids are NPL or Ecnl.

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If that high school wasn't in top of rankings before.These freshman then a no brainer.

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Kids that play club compared to kids that don't .There is no comparison.As good as kids who never played club think they are not even close,especially if kids are NPL or Ecnl.

Total myth.
True in most cases, but there are some club players that don't have enough skill to compete with a much more athletic/physical non club player. It's a cruel game and sometimes faster, stronger and bigger is just better.

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Well if the kids playing A team NPL or Ecnl She or he will be used to going up against the biggest ,strongest and most physical as well as having the technical ability to boot.Where do you think the better high school players play the ones that get noticed.Total myth is that high school soccer is good because it is not .No skill kick and run mostly,Playing the body not the ball,ugly style.

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Total myth or true in most cases. which is it .Ill tell you from experience,very true.Usually goes something like this.Big non skill gets beat acouple times gets frustrated and goes for the body on skilled player.

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Total myth or true in most cases. which is it .Ill tell you from experience,very true.Usually goes something like this.Big non skill gets beat acouple times gets frustrated and goes for the body on skilled player.

The topic is W-MA HS Soccer, not just girls.
On the boys side, the physical differences between freshman and seniors are immense. It's just too much for the younger kids to overcome 99% of the time. Yes, there are exceptions - but rare.

I would guess the average size difference is about 6" and 30-40 lbs. Plus most seniors are through puberty.