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That was painful...and now I REALLY appreciate my club!
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My son's high school has over 50 club players and the HS coach makes them play kickball.
It will be another long season.
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I was at my kid's game last year, and the other team's coach took out one of his players for throwing the ball backwards on a throw-in, screaming about how he never wants a throw-in to go backwards. Poor kid had nowhere to throw but back. Found out this coach is a social studies teacher. That team was winless. Shocking, huh?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostMy son is a HS freshman, playing his first varsity game in a preseason match over in Central Florida. After a few years of competitive club ball, this ended up being really painful to watch. Nothing but long balls, blind clearances and reckless collisions. Never making the simple pass to build towards a goal.
Makes me really see how well the clubs do in terms of teaching soccer the right way. That being said, I've never seen my son smile bigger than he did after the game. He had a lot of fun playing with his buddies in a lower pressure environment, so there are pros and cons. But boy was it ugly!
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The reason HS soccer sucks is because anyone that is any good is not playing. The Development Academy players are not allowed to play HS soccer so you are left with kids that could not get on a DA team. They may play club, but it is second tier club soccer if they don't play DA.
Not surprising the play stinks since there are no good players there.
Go watch some DA soccer if you want to see some true talent.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe reason HS soccer sucks is because anyone that is any good is not playing. The Development Academy players are not allowed to play HS soccer so you are left with kids that could not get on a DA team. They may play club, but it is second tier club soccer if they don't play DA.
Not surprising the play stinks since there are no good players there.
Go watch some DA soccer if you want to see some true talent.
Whatever, dude. Believe what you want, but I know, for a fact, that some kids don't want to be controlled like the DA does. There's many kids that do not have reasonable access to DA. So, there are many talented kids that are not in DA. Good for you too, because if my kid was there, your kid wouldn't be!
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe reason HS soccer sucks is because anyone that is any good is not playing. The Development Academy players are not allowed to play HS soccer so you are left with kids that could not get on a DA team. They may play club, but it is second tier club soccer if they don't play DA.
Not surprising the play stinks since there are no good players there.
Go watch some DA soccer if you want to see some true talent.
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"You are the Best of the Best" "The true elite" " The top 1%"
"You are the Development Academy." It's kind of like Top Gun. You wouldn't expect the local bush pilots to fly like Maverick and Iceman, so you shouldn't expect the local HS kids to play like DA Players.
There is a reason D1 colleges don't waste time on HS soccer players.
Lower your expectations for the HS players. They are doing the best they can.
Just cheer when the kick it far and smile happy.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe reason HS soccer sucks is because anyone that is any good is not playing. The Development Academy players are not allowed to play HS soccer so you are left with kids that could not get on a DA team. They may play club, but it is second tier club soccer if they don't play DA.
Not surprising the play stinks since there are no good players there.
Go watch some DA soccer if you want to see some true talent.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostBefore you make the comment, how good is the freshman you're saying he shouldn't take on varsity?
In addition, there are usually over a hundred + players trying out, for which at least 75% play club.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe reason HS soccer sucks is because anyone that is any good is not playing. The Development Academy players are not allowed to play HS soccer so you are left with kids that could not get on a DA team. They may play club, but it is second tier club soccer if they don't play DA.
Not surprising the play stinks since there are no good players there.
Go watch some DA soccer if you want to see some true talent.
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[QUOTE=Unregistered;1405723]The coach is looking for players to earn their spot (all 4 years), and it does mean playing at least one year at JV. A few years back, he had a junior that had just moved to the school who was 6'4" and a fantastic soccer player, but he did make him start out on JV. The player did (good sport that he was), and then moved up to varsity. Its just one of the rules to show respect, dedication, patience, and working hard to earn your place.
In addition, there are usually over a hundred + players trying out, for which at least 75% play club.[/
All of the JV and V at our school play club too. Do not agree with having 5 freshman make V even if the best. Something to be said for the humbling JV experience and also letting as many upper classman have the V experience.
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No JV
What area of the state has JV? In Tampa there is no JV only varsity. Our high school had 80 kids try out but only took 22. There was certainly enough to field a JV team that got turned away.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThe reason HS soccer sucks is because anyone that is any good is not playing. The Development Academy players are not allowed to play HS soccer so you are left with kids that could not get on a DA team. They may play club, but it is second tier club soccer if they don't play DA.
Not surprising the play stinks since there are no good players there.
Go watch some DA soccer if you want to see some true talent.
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