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Post by soccerlegacy on Jun 7, 2019 12:41:06 GMT -5
TBH, their development in the academy is fine, but I wouldn't say it's superior to others. In fact, IMHO, the club with what I would consider the best development is not even one of the big 5, its Impact. I've had many people from other clubs comment and praise their players fundamentals and style of play. But they're a smaller club so many people don't know about them and they usually have their best players eventually leave to a destination club. One of the biggest reasons people don't go their is the location for it... it's too far for most to get there on a regular basis. Agreed on location. Cherokee county is not ideal :-) you mention it being a smaller club and that’s always a challenge. At the Academy ages, the more Physically advanced players aren’t challenged enough and go elsewhere. Even though everyone is developing technically the training environment is not competitive enough. Simply a Numbers issue. I’ve got Latino friends that have a great little club. My kids have trained with them & loved it but they had to train with older age groups Because the younger age groups don’t have enough high-level players to be competitive Exactly. It's disappointing, but the numbers always win out eventually as you progress from 7v7 to 11v11... Depth is what truly makes TH and CF better than others... not development. |
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Post by 4theloveofsoccer on Jun 7, 2019 13:02:33 GMT -5
Sometimes I wonder about the lunitic fridge on this forum. Every club recruits and has girls move from club to club. It funny how many people put down Tophat because of their name and PR work. I do agree Tophat does do a great job on the PR but they are doing it to get the girls name out there so they can be scouted and get a look at by colleges. The more they promote the girls and teams the more college coaches will come. So the question I have is our you upset with Tophat with what they do or our you upset your Club doesn't do a better job of it? Maybe if your club did more of that maybe you would become a "Destination Club" for the more elite girls. I agree all clubs recruit some by having leagues in the offseason such as summer camps and Super Y, along winter indoor/futsal. It's good PR to promote players that have gone off to college and have been playing with AU. |
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TH "Camp"
Jun 7, 2019 14:49:02 GMT -5
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Post by goalz on Jun 7, 2019 14:49:02 GMT -5
What exactly is this camp intended for other than to collect $155? My daughter attended last night. Upon check-in, the girls were separated into what level they played last year and than basically scrimmaged for an hour an a half. There were 2 coaches (EH and PD) in attendance who walked around, No instruction, No drills and honestly did not pay attention to the girls. My daughter has been working hard this offseason, improving her technical ability with the goal of trying out for a higher caliber team, only to be lumped in with younger girls who were needed to be able to field teams. I know the bulk of this board is focused on DA / NPL / ECNL however how does one progress if they are automatically cast aside without a look? She's not at that level but is more than capable of SCCL (sure I'm a bit biased but also a realist). We simply didn't have the funds last year so she didn't push for it and I regret that. However, she did play (and start every game) Varsity for her HS team which made it to the Elite 8 in State. This may be premature and hopefully she'll get an actual look during actual tryouts next week but she was frustrated because this is exactly how TH tryouts were handled last year. The SCCL team was 95% filled before tryouts and the remaining players were cobbled together to form another team with a random coach who was more interested in his college team than developing the girls. It seemed like a money grab at the time and feels eerily similar with this "camp". |
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TH "Camp"
Jun 7, 2019 14:49:55 GMT -5
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Post by goalz on Jun 7, 2019 14:49:55 GMT -5
04GParent--I think why people are jumping on this topic is because it is another example which runs contrary to THs constant and unmatched PR campaign that it is the "Development Club." I do think TH is a good club and does do a good job of training kids. HOWEVER, I think it does a much better job of recruiting. Beginning in ODP, 3v3 and other places. Heck, look its 03 and 02 girls in national pool right now and most came from other clubs (and were in the pool prior to coming to TH) in the past 12 -24 months. They do have some home grown kids but majority came from elsewhere. TH (and Concorde) are destination clubs. I cant blame any club for using social media to spread the news of their accomplishments. Heck last year with SSA won NPL in two age groups it was all over social media. What would you like for TH social media to do? Sample post: Congrats to player name1 (from CF, SSA) , and player name2 (born in South Alabama)... LOL. Reality is parents of players are the most influential in player accomplishments, not the club. Home grown is so subjective... |
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TH "Camp"
Jun 7, 2019 14:50:38 GMT -5
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Post by goalz on Jun 7, 2019 14:50:38 GMT -5
Any new girls on TH 01 02 DA ? If so, what clubs are they from ?
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TH "Camp"
Jun 10, 2019 5:59:43 GMT -5
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Post by insideinfo on Jun 10, 2019 5:59:43 GMT -5
Any new girls on TH 01 02 DA ? If so, what clubs are they from ? One girl that used to play at UFA but took last year off due to a torn ACL joined their team. I don't think they had many show up for tryouts, they pulled up some players from their old ECNL. And their main Natl player quit the team last season and didn't come back for her last year. |
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