High school coaching is more tactical versus technical. There's not enough time to teach ball skills to kids that don't have them. The good coaches can evaluate the talent they have and organize the team accordingly in order to try and maximize wins.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostHigh school coaching is more tactical versus technical. There's not enough time to teach ball skills to kids that don't have them. The good coaches can evaluate the talent they have and organize the team accordingly in order to try and maximize wins.
You obviously have a range of players on any team, from those with superior technical skills to perhaps players that are deficient (I don't take "don't have them" literally, let's assume we're talking about programs that cut players and among the reasons is they aren't skilled enough to play). Regardless of ability, touches on the ball for the purpose of technical development should be an integral part of the training session progression. If it's not, it's misguided, lazy or both on the part of the coach.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostFather of a HS girl -
The thing I don't understand is this...
Not every club team is the best team in the state, but everybody that isn't doesn't "suck". You can still be a pretty decent club team with reasonably skilled players as a top-25 team in your age group in the state, IMO.
So if there are 17 kids per team, and 100 teams (25 each at U15-U18)... that's 1700 reasonably skilled club-level players that are playing in HS. Simple math going the other way... that should be enough to have 100 reasonably skilled high school teams in MA.
So where are those teams... and where is the disconnect?
- Are the kids in poorer physical condition because their season just changed from "Aug-June" to "Aug-Oct and Mar-June"?
- Is it the level of coaching?
- Is the HS season too short to develop crisp play?
- Is it a strategic move to try to win games (or more specifically not lose them, in HS) as opposed to developing overall skills (in club)?
- Could it be that kick-and-run can be effective against a sweeper (which many teams still employ), which opens up the long-ball down the wing?
Everybody says that HS soccer is ugly, kick and run soccer. I'd be interested to hear what people think the solution is.
My reaction is that it starts with having a qualified (read: licensed and with some playing experience) coach who comes to practice with a gameplan in mind. That candidate can be hard to find considering the small pricetag put on a HS coaching position.
I truly wish club soccer at U15 and above would continue at this age in the fall and compete directly with HS soccer. We have kids on our HS team that only started playing 1-2 years ago and have no clue as to how to play the game. My son gets nothing from this and has told me that 'this sucks'. This hurts US soccer in that we have U15-18's going through an entire season with horrible coaching.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI truly wish club soccer at U15 and above would continue at this age in the fall and compete directly with HS soccer. We have kids on our HS team that only started playing 1-2 years ago and have no clue as to how to play the game. My son gets nothing from this and has told me that 'this sucks'. This hurts US soccer in that we have U15-18's going through an entire season with horrible coaching.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI truly wish club soccer at U15 and above would continue at this age in the fall and compete directly with HS soccer. We have kids on our HS team that only started playing 1-2 years ago and have no clue as to how to play the game. My son gets nothing from this and has told me that 'this sucks'. This hurts US soccer in that we have U15-18's going through an entire season with horrible coaching.
I know not all HS experiences are like that. If it's really that bad then tell him not to do it next year. But maybe there are some positives you can help him focus on to get through it.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI truly wish club soccer at U15 and above would continue at this age in the fall and compete directly with HS soccer. We have kids on our HS team that only started playing 1-2 years ago and have no clue as to how to play the game. My son gets nothing from this and has told me that 'this sucks'. This hurts US soccer in that we have U15-18's going through an entire season with horrible coaching.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI truly wish club soccer at U15 and above would continue at this age in the fall and compete directly with HS soccer. We have kids on our HS team that only started playing 1-2 years ago and have no clue as to how to play the game. My son gets nothing from this and has told me that 'this sucks'. This hurts US soccer in that we have U15-18's going through an entire season with horrible coaching.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostHonestly if this is true that you have boys with only 1-2 years of soccer experience on the varsity then your plight is hopeless because it says that soccer in your town is an after thought. This may seem harsh but if your town doesn't care about soccer why should that necessitate changing the whole soccer environment? Why don't you just move you boy to a private school where soccer is important then?
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI truly wish club soccer at U15 and above would continue at this age in the fall and compete directly with HS soccer. We have kids on our HS team that only started playing 1-2 years ago and have no clue as to how to play the game. My son gets nothing from this and has told me that 'this sucks'. This hurts US soccer in that we have U15-18's going through an entire season with horrible coaching.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostI'm not saying it isn't true, but I'm with you in my surprise that in MA with the level of participation in soccer, including club, that such a program exists where players are making the varsity cut who can't play.
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