Using wins and losses to evaluate teams

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What? Fl state plays that way. Stanford plays that way. Uva plays that way. USC plays that way. And more.

Poster said they haven't seen a club team play that way. You're citing top college teams where top coaches have recruited top players and instructured players to play that way as a team. Not at all the same thing.

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You are confusing a technical player with a specific style of play. Like any sport, you learn technique then you adapt to a style of play. When the person asked to what end, He was conflating proper technique with a specific style of play. You need great technical skills to play direct as well. Also technical does not only include foot work, it also means the proper use of your body to play defense and understanding angles and runs. So learning technique helps the player in all styles of play including the direct styles played in college.

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You need technical skill to play direct possession. I agree. You don't technical skill to mostly make forward runs from the press and blast it up to them.

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You need technical skill to play direct possession. I agree. You don't technical skill to mostly make forward runs from the press and blast it up to them.

Sure you do. Have seen this style of play in HS a lot. D's HS team had 2 forwards, one that was a skilled club player and the other a big track star who stopped playing club at U14. The skilled club player was able to track and receive the blasted ball WAY better as the track star had a very tough time controlling the ball before defenders could disrupt. Skilled player set a school record in goals-scored, whereas the track star was eventually moved to defense where her athleticism and muscle was able to cover for her lack in technical skills.

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You need technical skill to play direct possession. I agree. You don't technical skill to mostly make forward runs from the press and blast it up to them.

All universities play with some technical skill it’s just a matter of how much. Further I would rather have my child be the kid with more technical skill than less in any program. The more skillful someone is in anything in life the bigger the advantage over someone else who’s says”to what end” assuming both kids are athletic as well.

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Sure you do. Have seen this style of play in HS a lot. D's HS team had 2 forwards, one that was a skilled club player and the other a big track star who stopped playing club at U14. The skilled club player was able to track and receive the blasted ball WAY better as the track star had a very tough time controlling the ball before defenders could disrupt. Skilled player set a school record in goals-scored, whereas the track star was eventually moved to defense where her athleticism and muscle was able to cover for her lack in technical skills.

Lol. I'm sure you're not attempting to argue a point about technical skill when comparing club players v a track runner with no soccer skill. However, I'll gladly revise my statement: you need minimal technical skill to make forward runs from the press and blast the ball forward.
Also, excelling despite a system is different from needing skills to excel in that system.

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agree to disagree. the going long part can be implemented without taking inordinate risk. it does not have to be a desperation move. Many NWSL teams bypass midfield because the decision making in that area of the park can be critical. What is the best way to play? for me, the best way is directly related to the personnel you have. the way Barcelona plays would not work for most teams. on the youth side, the lack of common goals makes it difficult to have an opinion on what constitutes development.

First answer that makes sense. Play the the teams strength and stop trying to make little Messis out of every kid.

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First answer that makes sense. Play the the teams strength and stop trying to make little Messis out of every kid.

That's making youth soccer about winning games. It's idiotic and not what parents should be paying for

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Poster said they haven't seen a club team play that way. You're citing top college teams where top coaches have recruited top players and instructured players to play that way as a team. Not at all the same thing.

Incorrect. You are wrong. What you note is not what the poster said...

The post said

...."players having a similar vision on how to play. I have not see a team on the girls side, club or college, who plays that way consistently.Some of you need to be far more realistic."

I have not seen a team on girls side CLUB OR COLLEGE...

the responding post noted that most certainly Fl State, Stanford, and other listed (who have national championships under their belt) and other schools programs as well do stress technical skill

Try reading before bashing.

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Sure you do. Have seen this style of play in HS a lot. D's HS team had 2 forwards, one that was a skilled club player and the other a big track star who stopped playing club at U14. The skilled club player was able to track and receive the blasted ball WAY better as the track star had a very tough time controlling the ball before defenders could disrupt. Skilled player set a school record in goals-scored, whereas the track star was eventually moved to defense where her athleticism and muscle was able to cover for her lack in technical skills.

No one puts high school players in the sane basket as club and college players of today. Some high school kids don't play soccer outside of high school. Most high school only play kick and go fetch or as someone here posted "mostly direct." Lol