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    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    So the Stars are the only club coaches who have to take some time to break the players of some bad high school soccer habits? They are the only club affected by this? Or are they just so superior that they simply should not have to waste time on this petty cause that every other good club coach has to deal with?

    First of all, if the players are THAT good then the high school game won't affect them. It just won't. Never kept any players back before, not going to now.

    Second, if this is the rationale, then this is about the Stars and what is best for them, not the individual player.

    Do the kids, by someone's estimate 50% or so, that do sit out high school to train with the club pay more for that fall participation?
    50% ?? Whose estimation? Closer to 5%

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      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
      We're talking high school adolescents, kids not professionals, with a malleable brain and lots still to learn. And yes, they can be held back by bad coaching. The better ones will recover with access to good coaches who can correct bad habits. But understand it's a lot easier to learn it right the first time than it is to unlearn it and than relearn. For many kids, it can never be unlearned. That's a fact of science, not opinion.

      Practice makes perfect, or so they say, but the reality is perfect practice is really what makes perfect.
      Coaching is not a replacement for a lack of self discipline. By the time a player reaches high school they most certainly shouldn't be malleable brains with lots still to learn. They are not babies, don't treat them like they need someone holding their hands. Put some responsibility on the players and quit making them dependent on external stimuli.

      When you say practice makes perfect you have to be referring to technical skills. By the time a player gets to high school they should know exactly how to perform all of the technical skills they need to play the game and have moved on to tactical training. At that point the work they should be putting in on those skills should be all about increasing the efficiency of the movements and that is 95% mental. You don't need a coach looking over your shoulder to tighten up turning with your left foot.

      As far as developing a player's tactical understanding and increasing their speed of play goes, you have to actually play soccer to develop that side of the equation. The player needs to be able to read the field and react to game situations in real time. You don't want a coach sitting on their shoulders telling them what to do every step they take because that defeats their development and makes them play like little robots who have no creativity.

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        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
        50% ?? Whose estimation? Closer to 5%
        Which means that they have 95% of their players playing for their high school teams and then going over to Stars practice or face getting their role diminished. Whose bright idea was this?

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          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
          high school soccer is free, stars fall high school program has a fee.
          Stars HS soccer is less than my daughter's HS fee. And my daughters HS fee isn't that high.

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            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
            Stars HS soccer is less than my daughter's HS fee. And my daughters HS fee isn't that high.

            Rumor is that Stars lost 2 of their top goalies this week. Is this true?

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              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
              Rumor is that Stars lost 2 of their top goalies this week. Is this true?
              what do you mean by lost?

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                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                what do you mean by lost?
                Short players, long grass

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                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  what do you mean by lost?
                  they left the program, quit

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                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    they left the program, quit
                    Age ?

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                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      Age ?
                      Were they playing high school soccer?

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                        Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                        they left the program, quit
                        Don't blame them, probably couldn't take JD's abuse about high school soccer week in and week out.

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                          Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                          Don't blame them, probably couldn't take JD's abuse about high school soccer week in and week out.
                          Wouldn't be surprised. Heard from 2 different HS playing violators that the rhetoric has been cranked up recently.

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                            Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                            Wouldn't be surprised. Heard from 2 different HS playing violators that the rhetoric has been cranked up recently.
                            Music to the competition's ears.

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                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              Music to the competition's ears.
                              LOL. Music composed and played by the competition. Let's not let any lies get in the way of a good crusade.

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                                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                                Wouldn't be surprised. Heard from 2 different HS playing violators that the rhetoric has been cranked up recently.
                                true, very true

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