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Post by Soccerhouse on Aug 22, 2018 8:07:17 GMT -5
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Post by Futsal Gawdess on Aug 22, 2018 8:59:30 GMT -5
As far as I've always known the DA U12s have always been sub as the coaches saw fit. Now I have not read the article, so you may be referring to something else.
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Post by oldboy on Aug 22, 2018 9:10:27 GMT -5
As far as I've always known the DA U12s have always been sub as the coaches saw fit. Now I have not read the article, so you may be referring to something else. This is substitutions as the game is going on. You can sub players on as players come off without any stoppage in play. It's the same substitution rules as futsal basically. Sub from in front of your bench, wait until the player coming off is there before you go on. I'm sure it will be chaotic. I think the rationale is less stoppages of play.
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Post by Soccerhouse on Aug 23, 2018 9:15:27 GMT -5
I had some comments on the soccer america article, that for me now is behind a paywall. Not sure if I'll fork out for the subscription yet or not, but figured I'd post my comments here. I only was allowed 3,000 words.......All things we have discussed ad nauseam, but worth the share.
Personally I wish DA would retract and just go to the 3 older age groups - u15, u17, and u19.
Too many unknowns with the younger age groups and often you end up with bigger kids = better. I don't want to get to into this, but in city like Atlanta, the youth clubs are doing an amazing job with the young kids. U12 DA is really no different than its predecessor of just regular u12 what we called jr academy play. All the top u12 teams in the are played one another regardless of what league they were or weren't in. Now we have 4-5 other top u12 teams that will never ever play a u12 DA side. maybe a scrimmage here or there, but most avoid them during the season.
One thing it did do at least at the DA clubs is force the teams hand in playing 9v9 vs jumping to 11v11. The rat race to 11v11 here in Georgia has been an issue for years. However it did the opposite effect for the non DA clubs -- those clubs were left with less competition and fewer competitive games, so their hands were tied to play up with the u13s 11v11.
I don't recall if subs at u12 were on any dead ball. If a kid is standing there to come in, let him enter on any deadball other than a corner kick regardless of whose possession it is. This might have been the rule, but don't think it was. Subs on the fly sounds like it will be chaos, especially with 1 referee.
What happened with double pass review? Will that document be made public, or is it still on going. Seems crazy that teams are making 10 hour trips still for 1 game.
I also think that if a club wants DA at specifically the u15+ age group, then US Soccer and the club need to find away to make it subsidized in some manner -- goal should be to reduce fees and travel expenses not increase them. Every year the cost is going up. I'm not an economics expert, but look at most mega clubs that are non-profits 990 forms and you will see their is money at these clubs, the question is how is this money allocated. if a club wants to be a DA club, they shouldn't have 1 million dollars being paid to the directors of the clubs. I understand capitalism, but at what expense.
One major positive is they are exploring change which they think will improve the game and development of kids -- this is good news, vs just doing the same ole thing over and over and over. Bottom line is kids shouldn't have to walk away from DA because of costs, that shouldn't be a limiting factor, and I'm talking about middle class families that could afford to play and wouldn't qualify for scholarships.
I also think 4 nights a week of training at u13 is too much. Its fine if your within 15 minutes of your training fields, but around here we have families easily traveling 1+ hour each way 4 nights a week. Kids sleeping in cars, eating in cars, doing homework in cars, or not doing homework at all because of exhaustion. Yes, DA isn't for everyone, but there are way to many quality players being left out.
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Post by atv on Aug 23, 2018 10:31:05 GMT -5
I typically clear the cookies/ browser history and reload the page. However, probably need to buy the subscription as I read it enough.
I thought your comments, for the most part, were good. A lot of good discussion regarding in the comments section.
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