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Post by Futsal Gawdess on Dec 8, 2017 18:30:03 GMT -5
Atlanta United Academy launches United Juniors Development Training Program United Juniorswww.atlutd.com/post/2017/12/08/atlanta-united-academy-launches-united-juniors-development-training-programAtlanta United today announced the launch of its United Juniors Development Training Program. The program, beginning in February 2018, will give players born 2009, 2008, and 2007 the opportunity to train under the Atlanta United Academy staff at the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Training Ground. The United Juniors program is designed to identify youth players and enhance development earlier than the U-12 level. Players selected to the program will train with the Atlanta United Academy staff weekly from February – May 2018. Atlanta United Academy staff will work with club directors and coaches from youth teams across Georgia to select players to join the United Juniors Training Program. Once selected, players will remain an active player with their own youth club while receiving additional development from Atlanta United’s Academy staff. “This is a great way to help develop young players without taking them away from the clubs and their teams at such a young age,” said Atlanta United Academy Director Tony Annan. “We look forward to working with coaches from Georgia youth soccer clubs to help enhance player development and assist with coaching education. Directors and coaches of clubs choosing to participate in the United Juniors Program will be eligible for workshops and coaching education programs.” The Juniors Program is another milestone for Atlanta United’s Academy, which has reached unprecedented levels of success since launching in 2016. Last season the U-16 team won the National Championship after taking down perennial youth powerhouse and defending champion FC Dallas and the U-18s finished with the No. 1 overall record in the country, losing just twice in 30 regular season matches en route to winning the Southeast Division. Finally, the Academy produced six players who signed professional contracts, including 17-year-old Andrew Carleton, who has already made his MLS debut. For more information on the United Juniors Training Development Program or the Soccer Development Partner Program, enquire with your club Director or visit www.ATLUTD.COM/ACADEMY.
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Post by Soccerhouse on Dec 8, 2017 20:40:22 GMT -5
I get the intention and motivation, but don't like it one bit. Make the rat race begin with 8 year olds. It's bad enough already.
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Post by soccerballz on Dec 8, 2017 21:04:57 GMT -5
Can’t see some clubs recommending their best players for this, what’s the incentive for a club potentially losing their best players? Hopefully there would be an open tryout. Will AU scout U9 matches?
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Post by Futsal Gawdess on Dec 8, 2017 21:25:05 GMT -5
Can’t see some clubs recommending their best players for this, what’s the incentive for a club potentially losing their best players? Hopefully there would be an open tryout. Will AU scout U9 matches? They already scout younger aged group games. I saw a couple of them last month at a U8/U9 game. I thought maybe the coaches had a friend or family member and they were just there to watch/support. In discussions with one of them, he confirmed that they were scouting "future players" to track. @soccerhouse - I agree with you, can you imagine parents of 8 year olds. One of the first questions they will ask is "does your club participate in the Juniors Development Program" if not they will move on to another club. I can see parents and coaches getting even more rabid on the sidelines now.
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Post by spectator on Dec 10, 2017 0:07:21 GMT -5
Oh dear Lord NO! 8 year olds? Seriously? Every parent of those 8 year olds is going to think they have sired the next Messi when in fact, they have a normal 8 year old kid who just wants to play with his friends.
Based on what we witnessed at Disney listening and watching parents of U12 players shrieking and acting like it was World Cup and their 11 year old was about to blow a full scholarship to a D1 school, I cannot imagine the parents of these 8 year olds being anything but nightmarish and obnoxious on the sidelines.
And what about that kid who looks great at U9 but has pretty much peaked by U11 - what's mama going to do when he's asked to leave the program after being hand plucked at 8 to be developed into the next MLS star. Think about the 'stars' on your former U9 team - are they still playing - are they still stars? In our case, no - one did peak at 11 and eventually quit. The rest were just early bloomers and once the growth spurts evened out, they were average players at best.
But hey - at this rate, I await the announcement of the pre-natal development program next - identify through genetic testing while still in the womb and make sure mom has the properly branded Atlanta United headphones on her belly so the embryo can listen to all the latest MLS games. #rollingeyes
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Post by Soccerhouse on Dec 10, 2017 18:59:25 GMT -5
bad bad bad idea -- especially if kids starting have to miss their regular training sessions with their teams for this.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2017 20:13:40 GMT -5
Interesting given all the georgia soccer rules etc and since they are not a state association they don't have to play buy the rules. I'd like the idea, if it was regional training centers around the city. US ain't Europe. So many clubs are kissing AU's a** that they will bend over backwards for them. The best coaches in this city are not at AU (besides TA).
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Post by gaprospects on Dec 10, 2017 20:32:49 GMT -5
Just from skimming over the reaction here, it seems the biggest concern is not with the development of the kids, but with the behavior of the parents. Maybe if mature adults decided to, you know, act mature about this, it wouldn't be such a big problem. Plus, it's like zico said, Atlanta United will find the kids they think are good enough regardless of how old they are or who they play for. This will just give certain talented kids a chance to train with one another and get some higher-level instruction.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2017 20:43:21 GMT -5
Just from skimming over the reaction here, it seems the biggest concern is not with the development of the kids, but with the behavior of the parents. Maybe if mature adults decided to, you know, act mature about this, it wouldn't be such a big problem. Plus, it's like zico said, Atlanta United will find the kids they think are good enough regardless of how old they are or who they play for. This will just give certain talented kids a chance to train with one another and get some higher-level instruction. I don't agree at all don't see this as a parents behavior issue besides the fact that parents are posting on this board. i've seen so many u7/8 kids labeled as the next great ones in this community that coaches talk about without ever even seeing the kids play. Players get reputations at young ages, and regardless of player performance, there reputation precedes them. Seen this for years. I think it will create uneasiness cause instability with many youth clubs etc. Little kids start to notice when kids are and aren't at training. Kids missing their teams training to train with another team/club is concerning - puts coaches in a awkward position as well. Agree with what has been said before, atlanta united should stick with u15+, let the local clubs do their jobs. They have been doing it for years. aka carleton, goslin, juan pablo, Deedsan at KSA, the list goes on and on. many great youth coaches in this community
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Post by soccerdaddy on Dec 20, 2017 10:24:12 GMT -5
Good Day Soccer Fans! Does anyone know the process to getting a shot at The United Juniors program? Is the only way going through your club DOC who is too busy and unapproachable?
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Post by soccerdaddy on Dec 20, 2017 13:13:19 GMT -5
Your son’s coach ought to be able to help as well I would think. My son’s coach was very helpful last year with getting the boy seen at a game or two and in to the AU evaluation process. The AU staff also gets out and about quite a bit so if your son is a standout player, chances are they’ve already seen him play. Thanks for the advice! It’s not my son but a friends and he will contact his son’s coach.
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Post by Futsal Gawdess on Dec 21, 2017 8:30:33 GMT -5
Good Day Soccer Fans! Does anyone know the process to getting a shot at The United Juniors program? Is the only way going through your club DOC who is too busy and unapproachable? While there are some clubs that have staff who work very very closely with the AU staff and based on their histories and experiences, would be open to getting suggestions from them. I believe this is supposed to be an organic program. AU has been and will continue to scout the younger age groups and when the time is right will reach out to the clubs/coaches/parents about participating in the program. Think of it as a modified ODP scouting program, much like the current model of the younger ODP aged players. The only difference is you don't have a "camp" or actual tryouts. As long as your son continues to work at his craft and get fundamentally better and shows he has the chops, he will get a chance. Based on some of the decisions chosen this current year at AU, one of the prevailing issues AU has noticed in the younger aged boys is their fundamentals. There are "studs" who don't know how to receive the ball or make simple wall passes or play out of the back. One of the goals of this program is to bridge this gap before they get to AU. Currently, there are boys at AU who have to come in earlier for "remedial" training separate from their normal training. Now all of these boys prior to coming to AU were considered "studs" So in a nutshell, keep supplementing your kid's official coaching with good fundamentals and foundations of soccer and if he's any good he'll soon be at the CHOA Training Grounds.
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Post by Futsal Gawdess on Jan 6, 2018 12:06:25 GMT -5
Have an update to the AU Juniors Development Training Program. This is for my nephew so getting the info from my brother & sister in law. AU is apparently looking for boys that would be in the U9, U10, U11 age groups (2007s, 2008s, 2009s). The goal this spring is to offer extra training to the boys probably on Friday evenings so it won't conflict with their current club teams training and games. Much like an ODP style of extra training. From the group of boys chosen they will be trained and observed over the course of the next few months and then sometime before summer will be offered spots on an actual team. That new team will now play under the banner of AU come Fall 2018. So it will be a 4/5 month tryout. Don't know who else has been offered spots on the AU ODP team or how many they intend on having.
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Post by RedDevil10 on Jan 22, 2018 19:13:30 GMT -5
Any updates on this program or is it invite only ?
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Post by SoccerMom on Jan 22, 2018 20:08:53 GMT -5
I know of 3 kids going and they got an invite
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Post by Futsal Gawdess on Jan 26, 2018 19:28:42 GMT -5
Any updates on this program or is it invite only ? After the initial scouting, approximately 50 boys for each of the three age groups were invited to the tryouts at the training grounds(2007, 2008, 2009). From what I've been told, the boys who made the team will know by this weekend. Hope that helps.
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Post by Soccerhouse on Jan 26, 2018 22:21:15 GMT -5
What is the frequency of their training sessions - 1 or 2 times a month?
Can make for a long week for a 8/9 year old along with 2 games a weekend.
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Post by Futsal Gawdess on Jan 27, 2018 3:03:47 GMT -5
It will be loosely formatted like ODP. Teams larger than a normal one, will be picked but they do not "play" for AU. They play for their individual clubs. They will come to the AU training grounds once a week(current goal of Friday) to train. From now till just before the official club tryouts, will be used to evaluate the boys and then a standing team will be chosen to begin play under the banner of AU in the fall of 2018. So by tryouts, you'll know to go tryout with your current club or if you've already made it. I concur that it could potentially make for a long week, but with the AU carrot out there, I don't know many parents who wouldn't take the offer. I know for some of the younger kids, they tend to practice only twice a week, so hopefully that will continue so the poor kids don't get burned out.
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Post by Futsal Gawdess on Jan 29, 2018 9:57:57 GMT -5
If you son does not make the AU Juniors Development Training Program, you can pay to get the same type of training with the Skills Clinics in April/May - www.atlutd.com/skillsclinics
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Post by soccerdaddy on Jan 29, 2018 10:24:15 GMT -5
If you son does not make the AU Juniors Development Training Program, you can pay to get the same type of training with the Skills Clinics in April/May - www.atlutd.com/skillsclinicsThank you for the information 😃
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Post by Soccerhouse on Jan 29, 2018 10:24:40 GMT -5
Ouch seems a little steep for five 1 hour sessions - $275, comes to 55 a session. At that price, I hope an Atlanta United player is running the session.....
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Post by soccerdaddy on Jan 29, 2018 10:44:37 GMT -5
Ouch seems a little steep for five 1 hour sessions - $275, comes to 55 a session. At that price, I hope an Atlanta United player is running the session..... For that much money, I would assume they would throw in a practice uniform and maybe some extras, like a ball or something with the AU logo. Well, compared to UFA and Concorde prices they have the facilities, coaches and the Club to charge that amount and will probably fill up before spring is done. Does anyone know if other MLS academies do the same? Holding outside clinics for youth players? If so, are they charging about the same?
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Post by cantgetright on Jan 29, 2018 11:14:43 GMT -5
Anyone know who the coaches are for these sessions? No information on the site. I am guessing it is just a moneymaker for some of the assistant coaches to help get them paid.
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Post by soccerdaddy on Jan 29, 2018 11:21:31 GMT -5
Anyone know who the coaches are for these sessions? No information on the site. I am guessing it is just a moneymaker for some of the assistant coaches to help get them paid. I think your right! I would like to know which coaches for the different age groups?
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Post by soccernotfootball on Jan 29, 2018 11:48:25 GMT -5
$55 a session? To be fair, the coaches that offer privates at just about every neighborhood club around charge between $35-60 an hourly session. So they don't seem to be out of range from what others are already charging.
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Post by soccerdaddy on Jan 29, 2018 11:58:10 GMT -5
$55 a session? To be fair, the coaches that offer privates at just about every neighborhood club around charge between $35-60 an hourly session. So they don't seem to be out of range from what others are already charging. Good point, but that’s 1 on 1 or even a few more for a group rate. I’m guessing they may have 10-20 per age group so do the numbers. Again, sounds like a way to supplement pay for assistant coaches. 😃
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Post by cantgetright on Jan 29, 2018 12:00:37 GMT -5
Any recommendations for a good shooting and finishing trainer?
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Post by cantgetright on Jan 29, 2018 12:01:18 GMT -5
In our around Cobb County. Fridays would probably be the day, maybe weekends as well.
Thanks.
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Post by soccernotfootball on Jan 29, 2018 12:05:42 GMT -5
$55 a session? To be fair, the coaches that offer privates at just about every neighborhood club around charge between $35-60 an hourly session. So they don't seem to be out of range from what others are already charging. Good point, but that’s 1 on 1 or even a few more for a group rate. I’m guessing they may have 10-20 per age group so do the numbers. Again, sounds like a way to supplement pay for assistant coaches. 😃 Possibly, same for most coaches - but hey, looks like the kids will get a shirt. Get to be at ATL training ground. Get some good touches and feedback and get a shirt. If the parent has the time and money - I'm sure the kid will love it.
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Post by cantgetright on Jan 29, 2018 12:33:56 GMT -5
I'm not worried about the prices as much as I am about who the coach is. Some of those that are assistants, I know them and wouldn't have my son train with them for any amount of money.
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