Development

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Match fit couldn’t develop a wet fart.

Bucci is an expert at developing wet farts

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they recruit the best teams from the tri state .

They dont recruit teams. Just the best talent from teams. Btw they don’t force people to join the club..

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Lots of recent posts about development vs recruitment, and why don't teams develop their own players. But I see only 3 main categories in which players can develop: 1) improve their athleticism (which is a solo activity, running, HIIT, weight training on their own time, etc), 2) technical skills improvement (which again should be mainly a solo activity, dribbling, aerial, wall exercises done by a motivated player on their own), and 3) practicing with fast, athletic players. Of these 3 the only thing a team can provide you with is #3. Some coaches are better than others in that they are better teachers, have better drills, offer more correction, etc but fundamentally what the team offers is #3. Which is why a kid can train on their own but still be unprepared for high level games with fast players and why a kid can be on a high level team but lack development, because they are not training or practicing skills on their own. This is why good teams are always trying to recruit more athletic players and also why kids who lack athleticism fall behind no matter how long they've trained with a particular team. And of course, less motivated players fall behind as well, as their technical skills are surpassed.

Point being, parents who blame teams for cutting players whom they "haven't developed" in their system don't know what they're talking about. Practicing with fast skilled players can only get you so far.

Wrong - A good club/team will incorporate all 3 into its training sessions. That doesn't mean you shouldn't work on things yourself but if all your club/team does is 15-30 minutes of rondo followed by small sided scrimmages then don't expect your kid to go very far.

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Problem is that some people think that because they pay, the club is responsible for development but the reality is that the club is responsible for coaching a team, not individuals. If you want to improve as an individual, you have to do that work yourself, or go to a service that provides that service. Club coaches only have so much time to devote to specific kids. Just a question of time.

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Wrong - A good club/team will incorporate all 3 into its training sessions. That doesn't mean you shouldn't work on things yourself but if all your club/team does is 15-30 minutes of rondo followed by small sided scrimmages then don't expect your kid to go very far.

If you are depending on your team to develop athleticism and elite technical skills, good luck.

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Wrong - A good club/team will incorporate all 3 into its training sessions. That doesn't mean you shouldn't work on things yourself but if all your club/team does is 15-30 minutes of rondo followed by small sided scrimmages then don't expect your kid to go very far.

The primary reason players develop is their own intrinsic motivation to become as comfortable with the ball as possible, as early as possible. Team training 3-5 times per week at 90 mins/session, isn't enough. Once a player is on the personal growth path, the team can help by providing an appropriate amount of resistance, in both training and matches, but even with this, the team will not be the primary development factor. Playing on winning teams, or against great competition from all over the US isn't really needed for a player to develop - if the technical ability with the ball isn't present, neither the level of resistance, level of play, nor tactical instruction means much of anything. That being said; facing too high of resistance, not getting adequate play time, or being in an environment so focused on winning that the player cannot learn from risk will kill individual development by forcing bad decisions or stopping the demonstration of technical ability.

Long way of saying, we, as coaches seem to be getting in the way.