Oakwood

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A young kid wo is bigger and more athletic than his peers competes with his advantages and relies overly on them, mostly at the expense of technical and tactical development. Why would I pass to you when i can outrun everyone on this field easily. I dont even need to keep the ball close and control it because with long touches i can more easily outrun the competition. Fast-forward 6 years .... other players are closer in size and much closer in speed and athleticism and the things that made you successful at 9 and 10 no longer work and you failed to learn the other stuff that the smaller kids needed to to compete ... namely combination play, quickness of play, and teamwork. So often (not always), the bigger kids advantage dries up quickly and they have no backup .... often they also become more clumsy and slow-footed as they age as well and the smaller kids become much quicker and close the gap on speed.

Agree! Thank you for taking the time to spell it out..

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A young kid wo is bigger and more athletic than his peers competes with his advantages and relies overly on them, mostly at the expense of technical and tactical development. Why would I pass to you when i can outrun everyone on this field easily. I dont even need to keep the ball close and control it because with long touches i can more easily outrun the competition. Fast-forward 6 years .... other players are closer in size and much closer in speed and athleticism and the things that made you successful at 9 and 10 no longer work and you failed to learn the other stuff that the smaller kids needed to to compete ... namely combination play, quickness of play, and teamwork. So often (not always), the bigger kids advantage dries up quickly and they have no backup .... often they also become more clumsy and slow-footed as they age as well and the smaller kids become much quicker and close the gap on speed.

Exactly

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A young kid wo is bigger and more athletic than his peers competes with his advantages and relies overly on them, mostly at the expense of technical and tactical development. Why would I pass to you when i can outrun everyone on this field easily. I dont even need to keep the ball close and control it because with long touches i can more easily outrun the competition. Fast-forward 6 years .... other players are closer in size and much closer in speed and athleticism and the things that made you successful at 9 and 10 no longer work and you failed to learn the other stuff that the smaller kids needed to to compete ... namely combination play, quickness of play, and teamwork. So often (not always), the bigger kids advantage dries up quickly and they have no backup .... often they also become more clumsy and slow-footed as they age as well and the smaller kids become much quicker and close the gap on speed.

My D is a small player, always has been a small player. She worked on what she can control…skill, speed, quickness and didn’t fight the size gap. She’s a P5 commit now, but I acknowledge that no coach would want 20 of her on his team. Teams are made up of a diversity of talent and sizes. Control what you can control.

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My D is a small player, always has been a small player. She worked on what she can control…skill, speed, quickness and didn’t fight the size gap. She’s a P5 commit now, but I acknowledge that no coach would want 20 of her on his team. Teams are made up of a diversity of talent and sizes. Control what you can control.

My D is a FU commit

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My D is a small player, always has been a small player. She worked on what she can control…skill, speed, quickness and didn’t fight the size gap. She’s a P5 commit now, but I acknowledge that no coach would want 20 of her on his team. Teams are made up of a diversity of talent and sizes. Control what you can control.

Congrats to your daughter, sounds like she worked hard to get to where she is.

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Oakwood is the only MLSN club in the region that isn't also NAL. Anybody know why?

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Oakwood is the only MLSN club in the region that isn't also NAL. Anybody know why?

Because they don't have B/C/D teams.

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Congrats to your daughter, sounds like she worked hard to get to where she is.

she sure did work it
hard

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My understanding is NAL is MLSN B teams. MLS is trying to steal market share from ECNL. Is this correct?

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My understanding is NAL is MLSN B teams. MLS is trying to steal market share from ECNL. Is this correct?

actually the COK is DIKLIK C teams. COK is taking over ECNL

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Which is better??

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My understanding is NAL is MLSN B teams. MLS is trying to steal market share from ECNL. Is this correct?

First sentence is not correct - NAL is MLSN teams without parent clubs for the most part. 2nd sentence is correct.

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First sentence is not correct - NAL is MLSN teams without parent clubs for the most part. 2nd sentence is correct.

He's not wrong. It's MLSN B teams (or lower depending on the club) and some non MLSN teams.
Obviously the MLS academies are not in it, as they don't have B teams.

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Oakwood girls dumpster fire.

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Oakwood girls dumpster fire.

Boys are the same. Watch their U-11 and U-12 boys. No technique, bunch of individuals who play for themselves. Anyone who supports a club who treats players and parents but handing out report csrss
to 8 year Olds Saying find a new club, you support this?!?