is cross country enhancement or detraction from soccer?

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Our middle school program runs about 15 miles a week and we build to 20.

Each practice there is 30 minutes spent on build your upper body. They also practice agility drills and for an intense work out they play tag on a football field.

Running at a high rate over rocks and twigs while leaning into turns and bumping opponents have some similarities with soccer

I am not trying to convince anyone. We like the dual sport approach and it works for us.

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yes the running on twigs part definitely would help at Lancaster

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yes the running on twigs part definitely would help at Lancaster

If your kid is a top player, skip XC. Too much wear and tear, especially towards the end of the season where the XC is doing finals for state and districts. Also club is doing make up and games Saturday and Sunday. Just too much.

If you kids is not a top player and gets limited playing time, XC might be ok.

Also depending on the school if the meet times get delayed you might have trouble getting to practice.

XC starts off with not too much effort and time commitment but it can get in the way

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If your kid is a top player, skip XC. Too much wear and tear, especially towards the end of the season where the XC is doing finals for state and districts. Also club is doing make up and games Saturday and Sunday. Just too much.

If you kids is not a top player and gets limited playing time, XC might be ok.

Also depending on the school if the meet times get delayed you might have trouble getting to practice.

XC starts off with not too much effort and time commitment but it can get in the way

Thanks guys. Nice round of feedback. much appreciated

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Note 1 thing about the feedback.

FWIW -- I am not sure one person that actually had their child in both voiced against the experience. It was all so-called internet experts that knew better that advised against it.

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Note 1 thing about the feedback.

FWIW -- I am not sure one person that actually had their child in both voiced against the experience. It was all so-called internet experts that knew better that advised against it.

https://www.nfhs.org/articles/is-lon...ccer-training/

http://completetrackandfield.com/long-slow-sprinters/

https://www.breakthroughbasketball.c...urt-your-game/

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https://www.nfhs.org/articles/is-lon...ccer-training/

http://completetrackandfield.com/long-slow-sprinters/

https://www.breakthroughbasketball.c...urt-your-game/

I challenge you to pick ANY question. Pick a side. ANY side and google it. You will always find some "expert" supporting your agenda, er I mean, opinion.

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https://www.nfhs.org/articles/is-lon...ccer-training/

http://completetrackandfield.com/long-slow-sprinters/

https://www.breakthroughbasketball.c...urt-your-game/

The middle one is comparing sprinters to distance runners. Which are too different disciplines. Of course they would be not simpatico

Soccer requires both speed and endurance. You need both distance and sprint training to be successful.

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XC runners are also the runners on the spring track program.

The weakness XC does have is the lack of lateral movement. This is where a sport like tennis or basketball helps. But they lack the long run that a soccer player has to do.

The bottom line for my kids is that I try to cross train them in a lot of different sports.

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XC runners are also the runners on the spring track program.

The weakness XC does have is the lack of lateral movement

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yes they run *distance* on spring track not sprints, duh.

XC has more lateral movement than track around the oval 15 times. Although bumping Kate Moss out of the way will in no way prepare you for soccer

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XC runners are also the runners on the spring track program.

The weakness XC does have is the lack of lateral movement

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yes they run *distance* on spring track not sprints, duh.

XC has more lateral movement than track around the oval 15 times. Although bumping Kate Moss out of the way will in no way prepare you for soccer

15 times? That would be 6000 meters. That's an interesting race run by no one ever

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XC runners are also the runners on the spring track program.

The weakness XC does have is the lack of lateral movement

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yes they run *distance* on spring track not sprints, duh.

XC has more lateral movement than track around the oval 15 times. Although bumping Kate Moss out of the way will in no way prepare you for soccer

You appear to be one of those internet experts that have no real world knowledge. In middle school and younger, in our track club, the XC boys run with 1.8. They train with sprints, distance, playing follow the leader, running stadium stairs, etc.

These same boys will run track. Due to their age, some run 50 but more run the 100 and the 200.

I personally think of the 100 as a sprint.

Lastly, clearly the internet expert has not been the Jr. Olympics. At the Region 1 finals, the kids are hardly wispy. The the bumping and the elbowing is just as intense as when my son plays center back.

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yes you are correct the 100 is indeed a sprint.
JO at age 9-11 is pee wee. Its a great opportunity to get acclimated to running. In ages 15 up you will not see a xc boy running the 100. You will see the running back from the football team however....

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yes you are correct the 100 is indeed a sprint.
JO at age 9-11 is pee wee. Its a great opportunity to get acclimated to running. In ages 15 up you will not see a xc boy running the 100. You will see the running back from the football team however....

At HS XC is the same season as football so you would never see a football player running XC. But put aside your silly example. We are not talking about a 15 year old. At 15, you have 3 seasons left of club soccer and whereever you are is probably where you are going to stay.

The original question was for a 12 and 13 year olds. Middle schoolers!

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At HS XC is the same season as football so you would never see a football player running XC. But put aside your silly example. We are not talking about a 15 year old. At 15, you have 3 seasons left of club soccer and whereever you are is probably where you are going to stay.

The original question was for a 12 and 13 year olds. Middle schoolers!

The 100 sprint is a Track & Field event, and not XC. T&F is spring so yes a Football player could run it.