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Post by daddyo on Oct 7, 2019 14:14:16 GMT -5
Concorde and UFA have many suspect players also. A lot of politics to get on a CF or UFA DA team, even RD's team. I've seen it too many times to count. I will also mention there are some serious talent on those teams also. Players that I really enjoy watching and belong in the cream of the crop in Atlanta.
And remember, the best u17-u18 team last year did not come from AU, CF or UFA's DA teams.
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Post by daddyo on Oct 31, 2018 12:59:23 GMT -5
The level of HS play does vary greatly but take a team like Wando HS from Mt. Pleasant, SC. They have not lost a game in 2 years and 95% of their boys play at USA/MP, Great team and the number of players (100 plus) that tryout is baffling
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Post by daddyo on Oct 16, 2018 12:36:19 GMT -5
The U17 DA teams at UFA and Concorde had large percentage of roster changes. How many boys left UFA to go to Concorde and KK? Don't think this is gonna pan out for them but the season is still young, and there is a lot of talent on the Concorde side. RD gets the most out of his system of play, but many players can't stand him and was a problem at the end of last year with his DA team.
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Post by daddyo on Oct 12, 2018 9:20:18 GMT -5
Ive been involved in Youth soccer around Atlanta for over 16 years and coached 10 of those years. Yes, there are some players that are the very best skilled players on the field in whatever position you put them in. However, this is not the norm. The very best attacking players I've ever had were the laziest defenders I've ever seen and we kept them out of the back bc they dribble too much and lose the ball in the back, which is the worst possible scenario a coach can have.
I was told this a long time ago. You have 11 players on the field and they all can't be warriors, you have to have a few magicians, jesters and expert archers. The warriors go in the back obviously.
It wasn't too many state cups ago when I was watching a highly competitive game when the attacking mid kept losing the ball and not trying to win it back or defend up top when the CB and Holding mid screamed at him to start playing defense up front. The AM yelled back, I'm an attacking mid, I don't have to play defense. The coach did not utter a single word.
If I could of only coached that AM for one day, he would of been sitting beside me on the bench getting the lecture of his lifetime and either accepting his clearly defined role or he would never see the field again as an AM for me.
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Post by daddyo on Oct 11, 2018 10:57:37 GMT -5
I haven't seen many attacking midfielders/ forwards that were outstanding defenders.
Jacob has been around a long time, I think the ODP system in general needs a change and that change should be at the top. One with a vision that passes down to the coaches and they work together to accomplish this Vision.
Also, please remember that these club coaches are going to put their players in the positions they play at their club. This benefits them greatly and keeps their players coming back to their club while they get a chance to recruit within the system.
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Post by daddyo on Oct 5, 2018 9:41:51 GMT -5
Most coaches pigeon hole kids at an early age, not great for development at all. Both my boys were put in chosen positions by 10, many times I have discussed this with their coaches about developing and challenging the complete player. They were there for wins, not development and the coaches did not appreciate any thoughtful feedback or insight. As I switched clubs with my kids they started playing multiple positions. It's been a long road in the crazy world of Youth soccer, My oldest can play every position on the field now and rarely ever leaves the pitch. He played different positions in ODP and High School which gave him added confidence and greater tactical understanding. My youngest can play all but forward, but is thrown in forward sometimes and seems a bit lost bc he's an unselfish player and doesn't think, "Go to Goal", he thinks pass first always.
Mrs Futsal Gawdess, you are spot on about having the kids play different roles outside of regular team soccer. It challenges them physically and more so mentally.
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Post by daddyo on Sept 22, 2018 20:13:06 GMT -5
Nadine is fantastic, and tough as nails. She can train the boys just as great as she trains the girls.
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Post by daddyo on Sept 11, 2018 20:59:18 GMT -5
It was at Ambush but the coach running the sessions was not Eristavi. He was constantly on GB to move at game speed, which GB simply ignored. Fortunately, the other kids, including my son, heeded his warnings.
The only way to address would of been pull him to the side, clarify your expectations and tell him if you don't comply you sit on the sidelines until you buy into the program. It reminded me of Allen Iverson ; )
Either way, GB is the nicest kid on the planet and when he flipped his switch, no one could stop him.
Also, Eristavi is the nicest guy on the pitch. Too bad his handicapped by the 50% from Alpharetta rule. He does need to clamp down on his training sessions, which you are correct soccerworld, they can become comical. His personal training = priceless, he still works the ball better than most 14yr olds.
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Post by daddyo on Sept 10, 2018 17:07:11 GMT -5
ODP is extremely useful at the young ages. Touches on the ball, you can't complain about that. DA has watered down the groups but if you want your kid to get extra practice, learn "teaching styles" from other coaches, meet so many cool kids in their age group, play different positions than they are use to, it serves its purpose.
And yes, coaches use ODP to recruit. Some coaches even stack the ODP teams with their own clubs players but it doesn't defeat the purpose of Extra touches at a reasonable rate.
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Post by daddyo on Sept 10, 2018 16:39:53 GMT -5
Bello has always been a straight up stud. The only knock I ever saw on him was his work rate in Practice before joining AU but TA quickly turned that around.
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Post by daddyo on Aug 25, 2018 21:36:31 GMT -5
Lot of griping this time of year about schedules, but they have to work out all the conflicts before releasing them.
So, lets cut to the gist, last spring my younger kids team could barely schedule any games because of all the DA teams, or couldn't find competitive teams to play. It resulted in a spring season of tournaments for our games which drove up the cost to play which is crazy.
This season, my older kids team and this is funny, the refs didn't show up to the first national league game. Youth soccer, enjoy the ride, it's shorter than you think!
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Post by daddyo on Aug 20, 2018 17:06:58 GMT -5
I'm really proud of Emory Wegener!!!! I've known Emory since she was in 1st grade. She is a wonderful young lady and first class competitor. She had a lot of schools looking at her, I'm glad she decided to play close to home so her family can watch her play.
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Post by daddyo on Aug 17, 2018 6:13:57 GMT -5
CF Platinum on the boys side is normally used for the DA team to play in preseason tournaments. The DA team usually plays up a year. On the girls side, I'm only familiar with the 04g Platinum and that was the previous year's DA team, but will be top ECNL team this year.
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Post by daddyo on Aug 16, 2018 15:30:53 GMT -5
For SCCL teams technically there is no promotion or relegation. The purpose of the league is to create a competitive league that minimizes travel. I'm not sure you get anything for winning the league. I believe that there is a end of the season tournament that the winner then advances to a regional tournament. Similar to State Cup. At the regional level you might face NPL and ECNL teams. Not sure there is a reason for a end of season SCCL tournament as each team will have played each other twice in the Fall and twice in the spring. But the regional tournament would be a chance to play against tougher competition. Where it gets interesting is at clubs like UFA that decided to give one location NPL and another SCCL. What happens if the SCCL team is better than the NPL? Do they flip flop leagues? If so that's good and bad. Get to play against better competition but now have to travel more. The reality is, you don't have to travel far to find good competition. If you want travel, play DA or ECNL. Otherwise play teams in your local area. Here are the Georgia Teams in the various leagues (doing this for boys at the o5 level, but probably similar across the board) : ECNL: Atlanta Fire GSA Concorde NASA National League: Georgia Storm KSA Smyrna Georgia Rush Inter Atlanta MOBA Roswell NPL AFC Lightening SSA UFA Fowler SCCL UFA Norcross Classic 1 Athens Steamers YMCA Arsenal That's 18 quality teams in the Atlanta metro that could join together for a top league with all games local. Split them into 2 divisions that play a home and away with each team... 16 game season. Then at the end host a tournament where the top 8 play in a division and next 8 play in a second division. You get a season champion and an end of season champion. Or seed them into State Cup with 6 additional teams earning at large births. If you want to play teams out of state go to out-of-state tournaments. You don't need ecnl, npl, nl or sccl to find good competition. You don't need to drive 3-5 hours either. And the clubs should form a committee to manage this instead of turning it over to GA soccer. Ga Soccer often has its own agenda and some volunteers tend to make decision based on what helps their club. This way every club is represented equally. Common sense is the one thing you never seem to be able to find when it comes to the alphabet soup of youth soccer. This is exactly what it was like before all the clubs got DA at u12. The top two teams in the state usually got promoted to RPL after u13 but could of easily stayed in Classic I and went and played a couple of out of state tournaments to play the best of the best. Friendlies died off and are now picking up again. The entire soccer community has been watered down. Some of the u12 DA teams last year were just plain embarrassing, Everyone wants Elite when only a handful per age group are really truly elite. Money, Money, Money--the landscape is forever changed.
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Post by daddyo on Aug 15, 2018 9:08:39 GMT -5
The 02 DA games between CF and AU will be the highlight this year. That is the one DA game, I will make sure I see because it should be fabulous. Two loaded squads with very different styles of play.
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Post by daddyo on Aug 15, 2018 9:04:42 GMT -5
Running with the ball is part of the new technical testing. Oh my, here we go. I've been telling my kids this for years without technical testing. Just asked them to watch Messi, Ronaldo, Iniesta and now Neymar / Mbappe how they run (close to full speed) with the ball at their feet or rolling it, it's amazing to watch. It's a start, I hope they include multiple first touch tests from different balls being received(To me this is critical), Coerver Dribbling and rolling the ball, push/pulls etc, and the kicker, when they are finished with their dominant foot, redo the testing with their weaker foot. From US Women's ussoccer.app.box.com/s/xahqla1295hjjxt6ptplTESTS1. Head Juggling -x 1 attempt 2.Instep Juggling -x 1 attempt on each instep 3.Figure 8 Dribbling –x 1 attempt 4.Controlled Speed Dribbling –x 3 attempts 5.Passing & Receiving –x 1 attempt 6.Power Shooting –x 1attempt 7.Driven Long Balls –x 1 attempt As always Futsal Gawdess, I always enjoy your posts!
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Post by daddyo on Aug 13, 2018 12:53:14 GMT -5
There are also ECNL Composite teams at some clubs that will be playing ECNL and National League. So, for some ages, GSA and Concorde will have an ECNL and ECNL Composite team, which would make the SCCL team the 4th team for Concorde (with DA) and 3rd team for GSA.
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Post by daddyo on Aug 8, 2018 23:02:33 GMT -5
No worries, you understood what I was saying. It's a long journey we are in, I wish it was more about the kids than the money the clubs are making, lies being told, truths being hidden and disrespect for the simple beautiful game.
We all have enough stories about youth soccer that a long night around a campfire wouldn't be enough time to scratch the surface. Enjoy those rides with your kids, it's one of the highlights of our lives.
and for the winner and champion concorde fire, if Richard Pryor was alive, he could write a life time worth of jokes/stories coming from that circus.
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Post by daddyo on Aug 7, 2018 16:54:18 GMT -5
only a couple from UFA also
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Post by daddyo on Aug 6, 2018 7:12:36 GMT -5
It's gonna be interesting to see the talent level at SCCL. This will be some of the clubs 3rd and 4th teams playing against each other.
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Post by daddyo on Aug 6, 2018 7:06:22 GMT -5
TA is still gonna be coaching, just not focused on an entire team. I've witnessed his correcting of players technique from Afar that was spot on. So, in reality, he will be coaching the entire group of youngsters as he's walking through their sessions. He will began to fulfill a true Director's role.
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Post by daddyo on Aug 5, 2018 9:40:02 GMT -5
In regards to heretounderstand comment, I've been involved with the wonderful atmosphere of Youth soccer for so long, it really takes an incredibly outrageous event to surprise me today. We, as parents, need to realize that it's just a game and our kids are working hard and it's about all the great things that come with belonging to a team, no matter what the club name is on the jersey.
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Post by daddyo on Aug 5, 2018 9:30:32 GMT -5
They are resodding the shp fields. They definitely needed to replace the grass. It would of been nice if the county would of purchased the property next door and added two turf fields. Instead, they get a warehouse.
You have to commend Forsyth County officials for doing great things with their parks.
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Post by daddyo on Aug 5, 2018 9:23:26 GMT -5
I think it's about time DA changed to make it about development. I like the changes, it gives bubble kids incentive to keep working on their craft.
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Post by daddyo on Aug 5, 2018 9:19:49 GMT -5
Once you have officially accepted a position and completed the proper paperwork and it's submitted to GA Soccer, the only clear way to walk away is to fulfill the financial obligation. Only then, they are required to release your kid.
Can be a painful process. I had to contact the Head Director of the Club 4x, and eventually sent an email to him and the president of GA Soccer before it was completed, and this is after being with the club for 6 1/2 years.
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Post by daddyo on Aug 2, 2018 4:03:21 GMT -5
I have kids that have played at many clubs in Atlanta, AFU is no different than any of them. All clubs have problems, so please stop thinking your kool aid is better than the next.
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Post by daddyo on Jul 28, 2018 13:04:17 GMT -5
Proud of those boys!!! Great way to represent the state.
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Post by daddyo on Jul 12, 2018 23:31:25 GMT -5
Agree, You get out of ODP what you put into it. Also, Touches on the Ball is never a bad thing, even if you're just kicking it against the wall.
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Post by daddyo on Jul 11, 2018 0:42:49 GMT -5
Where was Jackson Conway?
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Post by daddyo on Jul 9, 2018 9:01:00 GMT -5
I was equally as impressed with Marcelo. He made the game very exciting and was an attacking thorn for Belgium
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