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Post by futdad on Nov 19, 2021 13:35:26 GMT -5
Considering Atl United RDS program (the ones you do once a week for a few weeks).
Trying to figure out what you get out of it BESIDES touching the ball/practicing? My son is 12, already plays academy.
Would we get more mileage with private coach? (also 1x per week).
In winter at his academy they have camp 2x per week for like 8 sessions...
Trying to understand the value of RDS
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Post by Futsal Gawdess on Nov 19, 2021 14:07:54 GMT -5
From what I've seen and heard, the RDS program does do a pretty good job of training for individual skills and skills for playing with others. The instructors are pretty good too, especially on the girls side of things. I do hear that sporadically, the coaches from the AU Academy also lend their time to train and I'm sure to scout for future AU Academy players. Unofficially, I hear it is the new way to "try-out" for AU at the younger ages. Quite a few of the lads on the U12/13/14s have been plucked from RDS. One thing to note, make sure you don't miss any of the sessions. They don't do individual make-up sessions. Good luck...
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Post by futdad on Nov 19, 2021 15:14:06 GMT -5
Helpful, thank you!
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Post by mightydawg on Nov 19, 2021 15:25:07 GMT -5
RDS is a good program. They have a curriculum that they work through that includes one on one defending and attacking, press/support and how to attack it. They also group the players by skill level instead of age so your kid may be training with/against older or younger children. At a minimum, it is good training and a chance to play with kids from a variety of clubs.
After that, the goal of RDS is to be selected for RDS honors, which is an annual event where they pool the best players from each age group and location into a single session. From RDS honors, they also have, for the first time this year, an RDS showcase team that trains through the winter and then plays a tournament under the Atlanta United RDS banner and also gets to scrimmage the Atlanta United academy kids.
They also provide a player grade along with commentary for each session at the end of the season to give your player an idea of what they need to work on and where they rank on a 10 point scale for various skills.
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Post by atlantasoccerdad2020 on Nov 19, 2021 18:08:58 GMT -5
1. Additional training with top coaches
2. Training with high quality players that will push you. The better players you can surround yourself with the better you will become.
3. For Atl Utd it’s the new way for them to build homegrown players by moving from through their system. There are articles on Atl Utd site about rds call ups.
If not mistaken RDS has tryouts to even participate in their training and those have all taken place this year.
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Post by soccerfam404 on Nov 21, 2021 20:39:36 GMT -5
RDS was fun for my kids. Training is decent but coaches are not AtlUtd academy coaches or scouts. Most enjoyable part for my kids were playing with kids from other clubs. Individual training with a coach was actually more effective training than RDS. Although worthwhile, don’t do it to be “seen” by scouts. Showcase was fun but it’s not that big a deal. Have fun with it.
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