Club Practices During HS season

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You're proving my point... parents have no clue, otherwise they would not fall for club "tactics". Clubs will keep on doing it as long as there is a market for it.

Tough for parents to get educated at least in terms of coaching. They never played or played at a high level. The leagues and landscape changes every two minutes so it's hard to keep up. Then there's useful sights like this lol

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Oh sure, the kids would be fine. But they would have no idea as to how to properly kick a soccer ball. But that would be ok I guess... most of them would still kick the ball better than their High School coaches.
As far as club being about making money above all else... what's wrong with someone getting paid for their services? Do lawyers not get paid? Doctors? Engineers?

Have you seen a club soccer game lately? How many of the kids have great touch or a strong feet? What about their weak foot? Would they take a shot from 20 with it. Legit 80% or better of plyers do everything with dominant foot still .... hiw many U17 girls a duck when the ball is in the air? Give me a break. As previous poster said club soccer is in it pure and simple for money. I bet the all state track team would give any club team fits foruch of the game.

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Have you seen a club soccer game lately? How many of the kids have great touch or a strong feet? What about their weak foot? Would they take a shot from 20 with it. Legit 80% or better of plyers do everything with dominant foot still .... hiw many U17 girls a duck when the ball is in the air? Give me a break. As previous poster said club soccer is in it pure and simple for money. I bet the all state track team would give any club team fits foruch of the game.

Your post is way too general. There is a HUGE range of level and ability when it comes to "club soccer". My kid is a u15 ECNL player and if players on her team were ducking when the ball is in the air, they'd be dropped from the team within a couple of weeks. My kid will play HS soccer to have fun with friends from our town, but the level of play is not good. Her u15 club team would easily beat our town's HS varsity team. Obviously, there are some very strong public HS and private school teams, but the majority of those that dominate have a ton of high level club players on them (ECNL, GA, NPL, etc.).

Side note--I don't think it's a bad thing for clubs to offer lower level teams. If a kid loves to play and they want an experience other than town soccer, why is that a problem? Parents can decide whether they want to pay for that experience for their kid or not (just like any other activity).

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Your post is way too general. There is a HUGE range of level and ability when it comes to "club soccer". My kid is a u15 ECNL player and if players on her team were ducking when the ball is in the air, they'd be dropped from the team within a couple of weeks. My kid will play HS soccer to have fun with friends from our town, but the level of play is not good. Her u15 club team would easily beat our town's HS varsity team. Obviously, there are some very strong public HS and private school teams, but the majority of those that dominate have a ton of high level club players on them (ECNL, GA, NPL, etc.).

Side note--I don't think it's a bad thing for clubs to offer lower level teams. If a kid loves to play and they want an experience other than town soccer, why is that a problem? Parents can decide whether they want to pay for that experience for their kid or not (just like any other activity).

Different poster but we should want as many kids playing as possible at all different levels. This whole attitude of "if you're not playing at a high level why bother?" isn't good for the sport or creating a stronger soccer culture in this country.

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Have you seen a club soccer game lately? How many of the kids have great touch or a strong feet? What about their weak foot? Would they take a shot from 20 with it. Legit 80% or better of plyers do everything with dominant foot still .... hiw many U17 girls a duck when the ball is in the air? Give me a break. As previous poster said club soccer is in it pure and simple for money. I bet the all state track team would give any club team fits foruch of the game.

Funny, cuz what really happens at our HS is the soccer girls choose to run indoor track over the winter, and they medal in the All-State meet. Ya got it backwidz kid

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Have you seen a club soccer game lately? How many of the kids have great touch or a strong feet? What about their weak foot? Would they take a shot from 20 with it. Legit 80% or better of plyers do everything with dominant foot still .... hiw many U17 girls a duck when the ball is in the air? Give me a break. As previous poster said club soccer is in it pure and simple for money. I bet the all state track team would give any club team fits foruch of the game.

yeah boot it to the track star who can't make a shot to save their lives. That's our HS team.