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The coaches I’ve seen in NE GA play direct.

Stars Blue are direct as direct can be, fast kids up top and kickball over the top. NEFC attempts possession.

[Guest]

Stars Blue are direct as direct can be, fat kids up top and kickball over the top. NEFC attempts possession.

Well whatever environment they’re put in, obviously you’re going to start with your local leagues as they’re younger. Whatever environment you’re putting them in, just make sure they’re really enjoying the experience and they’re surrounded by good people, whether it’s a volunteer coach … and that those adults in charge are there for the kids and are there to make sure the kids are having a good time, enjoying what they’re doing. Not even about really teaching them, especially at those young ages of three, four, five, six. It’s just about gathering them together and drawing all out and making sure that they’re enjoying what they’re doing, so that at the end … so they feel no pressure and they really enjoy the game and they love the ball so that, when they come home, they’re more likely to take the ball outside.

[Guest]

Well whatever environment they’re put in, obviously you’re going to start with your local leagues as they’re younger. Whatever environment you’re putting them in, just make sure they’re really enjoying the experience and they’re surrounded by good people, whether it’s a volunteer coach … and that those adults in charge are there for the kids and are there to make sure the kids are having a good time, enjoying what they’re doing. Not even about really teaching them, especially at those young ages of three, four, five, six. It’s just about gathering them together and drawing all out and making sure that they’re enjoying what they’re doing, so that at the end … so they feel no pressure and they really enjoy the game and they love the ball so that, when they come home, they’re more likely to take the ball outside.

Beavis? If they go to an organized structure that becomes … at a young age, that becomes too structured and too difficult for them with too many different types of drills, it just makes it difficult for them to really have that true enjoyment.

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Beavis? If they go to an organized structure that becomes … at a young age, that becomes too structured and too difficult for them with too many different types of drills, it just makes it difficult for them to really have that true enjoyment.

Butthead! Do you think, in our youth soccer landscape, that we are putting kids in organized structures, you use your words, too soon, too often?

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Butthead! Do you think, in our youth soccer landscape, that we are putting kids in organized structures, you use your words, too soon, too often?

Yeah. I don’t have a problem so much with these little kiddie kicker leagues as they’re playing, as long as the environment is a good environment and it’s fun for the kids, and the adults and the coaches that are in charge are doing it in the best interest of the kids. Obviously we can get into a whole topic of … and I did a show, my third episode of my podcast was about over parenting and making sure you don’t have these kids doing too much in structured environments. That they have time after school a couple days a week to just go outside and be kids. We get lost sometimes in wanting every night to have them in an organized situation.

[Guest]

Yeah. I don’t have a problem so much with these little kiddie kicker leagues as they’re playing, as long as the environment is a good environment and it’s fun for the kids, and the adults and the coaches that are in charge are doing it in the best interest of the kids. Obviously we can get into a whole topic of … and I did a show, my third episode of my podcast was about over parenting and making sure you don’t have these kids doing too much in structured environments. That they have time after school a couple days a week to just go outside and be kids. We get lost sometimes in wanting every night to have them in an organized situation.

I agree with that. I think there’s a couple angles of that though. One, in one situation, often times clubs are having three nights a week already at young ages of structured training. Some of them, I think twelve, four nights a week is a lot to ask in some situations for some kids. Then there’s the flip side of that of there’s no one to go play with. So what I’m seeing pop up … have you seen these? I’m sure you have. We have one here, it’s called Own Touch. It’s basically like free play, but we pay for it because kids aren’t just going out and playing at the park anymore or playing in the cul de sac like I did growing up. So now, as parents, it’s almost like we have to facilitate this free play environment. Are you a fan of those situations?

[Guest]

I agree with that. I think there’s a couple angles of that though. One, in one situation, often times clubs are having three nights a week already at young ages of structured training. Some of them, I think twelve, four nights a week is a lot to ask in some situations for some kids. Then there’s the flip side of that of there’s no one to go play with. So what I’m seeing pop up … have you seen these? I’m sure you have. We have one here, it’s called Own Touch. It’s basically like free play, but we pay for it because kids aren’t just going out and playing at the park anymore or playing in the cul de sac like I did growing up. So now, as parents, it’s almost like we have to facilitate this free play environment. Are you a fan of those situations?

That’s a little different in Europe. In Europe, it’s like you go back in time. When I go to Europe, because I travel there a lot, I go back in time because I see kids playing in the streets. I just don’t see that here. They don’t need to have a training session four days a week because seven days a week they’re becoming comfortable with the ball because they’re outside knocking the ball around and passing it. So we do have to adapt in this country though to what we are given. Right now, obviously with the kids having so much distraction with so much to do, social media and video games and things of that nature, we do have to adapt. If it’s somewhat free play structured where you have to pay for it, if you think it’s suitable and best for your child, then there’s no problem with it. As long as it’s, like I said, every night of the week it’s not structured in the way that it’s a training session.

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That’s a little different in Europe. In Europe, it’s like you go back in time. When I go to Europe, because I travel there a lot, I go back in time because I see kids playing in the streets. I just don’t see that here. They don’t need to have a training session four days a week because seven days a week they’re becoming comfortable with the ball because they’re outside knocking the ball around and passing it. So we do have to adapt in this country though to what we are given. Right now, obviously with the kids having so much distraction with so much to do, social media and video games and things of that nature, we do have to adapt. If it’s somewhat free play structured where you have to pay for it, if you think it’s suitable and best for your child, then there’s no problem with it. As long as it’s, like I said, every night of the week it’s not structured in the way that it’s a training session.

Two days a week structured, I would say, for nine and ten year olds is more than enough. Again, these are my opinions. You can go some research and some might say more or less, but I think two days a week, and I think those have to be no more than 90 minutes long each session. Then there needs to be availability for your kids to express themselves in an unstructured environment, whether it’s with a ball or without a ball. Then, once the passion comes and they really enjoy those two nights a week, they’re going to be hungry for the ball and to get out and maybe do some things on their own, and find some friends or something where they can knock the ball around.

I run the table like it's Vegas
I'm like Charlie with these angels
Takin' pictures, feelin' famous, ah
I feel so Kim and Khloé
Ain't no Photoshop, Adobe
Walkin' like a young Naomi, ah

You can’t make your child into a professional player or a player that’s going to receive a full scholarship to a university. It’s an evolution of their childhood of what’s inside them. A few lucky breaks here or there. So everyone wants this, like we talked earlier, this secret formula or this magic formula. The only thing I think a parent can do too much of is really over parent them, or force them in a way where you’re telling them to go outside and play, or you’re telling them they need to train more, or you’re telling them to go to the year older training session so that they’re on a field every day, and you’re pushing them to do that. Then you’re really going … it’s going to have the reverse effect. It’s not going to be what they truly want to do. It’s going to be what you as the parent want them to be.

[Guest]

Two days a week structured, I would say, for nine and ten year olds is more than enough. Again, these are my opinions. You can go some research and some might say more or less, but I think two days a week, and I think those have to be no more than 90 minutes long each session. Then there needs to be availability for your kids to express themselves in an unstructured environment, whether it’s with a ball or without a ball. Then, once the passion comes and they really enjoy those two nights a week, they’re going to be hungry for the ball and to get out and maybe do some things on their own, and find some friends or something where they can knock the ball around.

I run the table like it's Vegas
I'm like Charlie with these angels
Takin' pictures, feelin' famous, ah
I feel so Kim and Khloé
Ain't no Photoshop, Adobe
Walkin' like a young Naomi, ah

You can’t make your child into a professional player or a player that’s going to receive a full scholarship to a university. It’s an evolution of their childhood of what’s inside them. A few lucky breaks here or there. So everyone wants this, like we talked earlier, this secret formula or this magic formula. The only thing I think a parent can do too much of is really over parent them, or force them in a way where you’re telling them to go outside and play, or you’re telling them they need to train more, or you’re telling them to go to the year older training session so that they’re on a field every day, and you’re pushing them to do that. Then you’re really going … it’s going to have the reverse effect. It’s not going to be what they truly want to do. It’s going to be what you as the parent want them to be.

A word that’s often used when I talk to other parents or even when I talk to pro players that I’ve interviewed in my pro player series. I’ve interviewed Peter Vint, who’s a high performance expert, used to work for the Olympic Committee. They use the word “obsessive” in a positive way, but for kids who truly have this high performance mentality, there’s this sense of a little bit of obsessiveness about learning skills or sticking with it. Is that something that you related to to the Jews and Christians?

[Guest]

A word that’s often used when I talk to other parents or even when I talk to pro players that I’ve interviewed in my pro player series. I’ve interviewed Peter Vint, who’s a high performance expert, used to work for the Olympic Committee. They use the word “obsessive” in a positive way, but for kids who truly have this high performance mentality, there’s this sense of a little bit of obsessiveness about learning skills or sticking with it. Is that something that you related to to the Jews and Christians?

No islamic soccer training? I was absolutely amazed at just the passion every day for them wanting to be a professional player, just inside of them what they had in training and how competitive they were. I said it on my podcast once, I had to tame them down at times. We don’t have that in this country. In this country, we’re constantly trying to motivate kids in training or on the field, to work harder or to commit themselves more. So it’s the culture. I think the media, I think again, when you say about having more good players … I don’t want to just say my son because there’s a lot of good talented young players in the system now, but I think the media also plays a big part in it as well, where they expect so much and they want this massive superstar. They just put so much pressure, whereas in other countries, they just let these young talents develop on their own because there’s so many of them. Then, the ones that do, they do and it’s just a little bit more free.

[Guest]

No islamic soccer training? I was absolutely amazed at just the passion every day for them wanting to be a professional player, just inside of them what they had in training and how competitive they were. I said it on my podcast once, I had to tame them down at times. We don’t have that in this country. In this country, we’re constantly trying to motivate kids in training or on the field, to work harder or to commit themselves more. So it’s the culture. I think the media, I think again, when you say about having more good players … I don’t want to just say my son because there’s a lot of good talented young players in the system now, but I think the media also plays a big part in it as well, where they expect so much and they want this massive superstar. They just put so much pressure, whereas in other countries, they just let these young talents develop on their own because there’s so many of them. Then, the ones that do, they do and it’s just a little bit more free.

On the other side, if you see that their talent is extremely at a high level and they have that passion to want to solely focus on it, then when they get in to their teenage years, that’s when you can have that discussion. But anything before 11, or 12 it’s just difficult to really want to do that to them.

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We played both, Blue is far stronger.

The popularity of the product is ultimately what counts because this brings in the revenue, but in the vast majority of cases women's sport simply isn't as saleable as men's.

As far as football/soccer is concerned, the men (who make vast profits due to high demand) have been subsidising the women's game ever since the latter was created. Left to the normal laws of economics there would be no female soccer today but political interference has ensured its survival.

I knew that this would be the next phase, however. It's all so boringly predictable and the noisy feminist lobby will keep on screeching until their demands are met.

I don't watch women's sport for this very reason - purely on principle!

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Stars Blue are direct as direct can be, fast kids up top and kickball over the top. NEFC attempts possession.

Not GB?? He is the chosen one, the messiah? This can’t be true!!!

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Not sure if it can get worse than last weekend for them. So this guy will claim even a 5-0 butt kicking is a sign that Surf is great.

A sign of growth and development. RI Surf is on the rise and everyone who doubts them doesn’t know good soccer. Great coach/director and strong players. Anyone who doubts them will be surprised at seasons end when they end up at the playoffs.

And to the one who said ecrl players couldn’t make ga. Half of the team are players who came from ecrl and encl and ga.

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Not GB?? He is the chosen one, the messiah? This can’t be true!!!

Both GA and ECNL clubs with 2 top teams view the teams as separate entities. This is important because if they're separate entities there's rules around when players can move between the teams.

Think of the 2 teams as separate clubs.

This is done so clubs can't move players from team to team week after week for wins.