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You pay for the OPPORTUNITY to be on a team ,you still have to perform on a regular basis.Even high school is the same
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostIs there any guidance from US Soccer or elsewhere on playing time guidelines for U13+?
https://static.ussdcc.com/users/1489...ber2017pdi.pdf
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostYou pay for the OPPORTUNITY to be on a team ,you still have to perform on a regular basis.Even high school is the same
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostNEWSFLASH.
Clubs are businesses, they are not going to turn your son away when you are handing them $4k.
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Thanks captain obvious.If your kid sits find another sport or stop bitching and get better.There are some that no matter how much the parents want them to improve ,it’s just not their sport .Can always try lacrosse or field hockey .
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostUS Soccer introduced its Player Development Initiatives (PDI) a couple years ago. In the PDI, the philosophy is for players to get not just minutes, but more meaningful minutes with proper instruction and ample opportunities for touches on the ball. Every US Soccer-affiliated training I’ve attended advocates for equal playing time. You can read more on the PDI here:
https://static.ussdcc.com/users/1489...ber2017pdi.pdf
I did find some club websites across the country that explicitly say no guaranteed playing time at that age, so unless I find anything to the contrary I'll go with the same and leave it to coach discretion.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostThanks captain obvious.If your kid sits find another sport or stop bitching and get better.There are some that no matter how much the parents want them to improve ,it’s just not their sport .Can always try lacrosse or field hockey .
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostMulti sport athletes VS one trick ponies.
Everywhere else, I would rather have the specialist soccer player who is decently athletic, over the super-star lacrosse, football, basketball, track star athlete who also happens to play some soccer. His first touch, movement off the ball, ability to pass accurately with the proper pace and to the foot or space based on his teammate's queues, etc will all be sub-par.
No other sport in the US requires the technical ability with the body and feet that soccer does. Without it, the game devolves into kick and run, which most HS track-star athletes seem to enjoy anyway, or a slug fest of bad touches and bodies knocking into each other. No other sport requires a player to read in real-time the location and movement patterns of 21 other players on a 120 x 80 yard field for 80-90 minutes with a short 5 minute break in-between. Basketball is smaller and with less players, football the play stops constantly, hockey is smaller and with less players. Lacrosse is close, but with one less player per team. Last, every one of those sports relies on hand-eye coordination, not foot/body-eye.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostNot everybody gets a medal, and not everyone needs to pay thousands to sit on a bench and watch youth soccer. Soccer is to be PLAYED.
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