I love the power rankings! Thank you!
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Stop. You're a very strange individual. Not funny in the least.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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+1Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
This guy/gal's powere rankings are much more thoughtful, unbiased and not mean spirited which is more than I can say for most posts on thus forum.Comment
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Sorry for spelling errors :-/ need to double check before submitting!Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Wasn't meant as a joke, was meant as a matter of fact.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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have it your way
ok then ....Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
Stop. You're a very strange individual. Not "factual" in the leastComment
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Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
I love how parents minimize and justify losing. Is soccer the only sport where losing is used as a measuring stick for future success. If I hear "it's because they are learning to play the right way" or "it's all going to change just you wait and see . . . " anymore I am going to puke in my mouth.
"The only thing to be learned from a loss is learning how to lose."
- Vince LombardiComment
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Apparently this is your oldest. Things do change. Teams that won state at U12 aren't always the best. Take Crush for example. Or look at LO Ice. At U11/U12 they were a powerhouse. By U14 they finished last. Things change.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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The kids are still the best they just play for different teams now.Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight........................ .Originally posted by Unregistered View PostComment
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Soccer is weird that way...
[QUOTE=Unregistered;844774]I love how parents minimize and justify losing. Is soccer the only sport where losing is used as a measuring stick for future success. If I hear "it's because they are learning to play the right way" or "it's all going to change just you wait and see . . . " anymore I am going to puke in my mouth.
"The only thing to be learned from a loss is learning how to lose."
- Vince Lombardi[/QUOT]
I agree that it's all too handy an excuse at times, but that doesn't
mean there is no truth to such a notion, especially at the younger ages. Over the first 2-3 years of competitive soccer, you can win matches against a lot of teams by "parking the bus" and blasting every ball out of the back as far as possible up the field, especially of you have a speed and strength advantage up top with your striker(s). I'm not talking about long, direct passes with intention (all good teams need this in their attack atleast somewhat), but mindless "one time" blasts. If you watch much youth soccer at those ages you see some teams play this way almost exclusively...and some times they win a lot doing this. You can tell which teams do this just by sound alone as their parent groups tend to yell "send it" and "go" a lot. The point is that this kind of soccer has a shelf life in terms of success. The size and athlete discrepancies (with some notable exceptions) tend to even out as the teams get older and playing one-time bootball goes from leading to wins to being just a bunch of unforced turnovers leading to losses.
That said...again soccer is weird. I saw my daughters last weekend absolutely dominate their opponent for the 25 minutes (had the other team chasing on their defensive half the whole time) only to be down 2-0 because of long balls that got through. In the end their quality prevailed 3-2 but they could have lost and not single person would have left the pitch thinking the long ball playing team was the better side.Comment
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Working it out of the back with controlled passing is something that average U11 and U12 teams struggle with, hence the old defensive clear (e.g. run up and whack it as hard as possible). Boys teams do a much better job at younger ages. Very good girls teams can do it at younger ages, but resort to the panicked whack when the opposing team is pressing hard.Comment
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