Oakwood

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take a look at the 02 class

the 3 best players in my town are still the 3 best players- i could argue that they switched spots but they are the 3 best players by miles

of the top 10 kids in the state (02-03 class) those kids were all amoungst the best when they were young

i think you can find the best if you know what you are looking at , i think good may fade

Kids that have huge physical advantages at 12 often don’t have them at 17

My kid was always quick and technical but often got knocked off the ball earlier on youth soccer. Fast forward to end of HS, she’s still quick and technical but now 5’8 and almost 150lbs and moving onto the next level.

The stud from our town is now the same size as u12, fat and can’t keep up for an 80 minute HS game.

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take a look at the 02 class

the 3 best players in my town are still the 3 best players- i could argue that they switched spots but they are the 3 best players by miles

of the top 10 kids in the state (02-03 class) those kids were all amoungst the best when they were young

i think you can find the best if you know what you are looking at , i think good may fade

Many "studs" move to other sports they prefer more. There's no telling what they could have become if they'd stuck with soccer. While some of the early studs remain so, there are others that do not even when they do stick with it. A big part of becoming a top player is also mental. That mental toughness is harder to predict than physicality or skills, and becomes more important in the HS years.

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Already at u13 we are seeing the kids they moved up from ytl getting cut or losing their spot as a chosen one.

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Oakwood sucks

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Already at u13 we are seeing the kids they moved up from ytl getting cut or losing their spot as a chosen one.

There are countless one and dones, maybe they get there twice . You need to be called many times to be considered a true top talent

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There are countless one and dones, maybe they get there twice . You need to be called many times to be considered a true top talent

YTL, not YNT

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YTL, not YNT

According to many at OW they are the same!

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Bigger and stronger doesn’t do the trick, we have an useless one in ours. It makes sense to play her up to challenge her and develop her. And even tough she’s an 07, she does have the skill, the hunger, and the creativity to get the job done. When she’s paired up with a great midfield or her parter in crime whom i think is the better player, beautiful things happen.

her partner in crime is one dimensional and only cares about 1 thing herself. her dad will ruin the game for her.

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Already at u13 we are seeing the kids they moved up from ytl getting cut or losing their spot as a chosen one.

the chosen ones at OW play up 2 years...

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the chosen ones at OW play up 2 years...

Whether they deserve to or not ..... Then we replace them at 14 anyway when we get a rec player from gbury who embarrasses that chosen one.

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Oakwood 02s where’d you go.

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the chosen ones at OW play up 2 years...

Try to keep up, the YTL kids they identify as the chosen ones and play up to the next age group, give them extra practices, extra games, double the touches on the ball then anyone else on the team really are not progressing compared to the kids they ignore. By U13/14 these kids (the chosen ones) are starting to get cut or put back down to the age appropriate team.

OW only knows how to identify talent by a few methods; big kid that knocks everyone of the ball usually by fouling, kid with big leg, kid with parents making deals with RD and DF.

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her partner in crime is one dimensional and only cares about 1 thing herself. her dad will ruin the game for her.

this is definitely the most accurate post. Doesn't matter how good she is, her dad is gonna ruin it for her and she'll burn out.

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this is definitely the most accurate post. Doesn't matter how good she is, her dad is gonna ruin it for her and she'll burn out.

07 team??

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07 team??

there's one on that team too?