Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2015 10:43:42 GMT -5
Thanks long time viewer, first time poster (under this identidy).
Quick Question - What should I expect from a typical ODP training session??
I have a child with the 03 age group. Our sessions are 90% scrimmaging. 4 hours yesterday and the boys scrimmaged for probably 3 hours of that time.
Keep in mind these scrimmages are like an all-star nba basketball game, just up and down, lots of scoring, very little defense, and certainly no instructions on or focus on the defensive side of the ball.
They have the boys playing with 2 backs, its 4v2s & 5v3s all day, just goal after goal after goal. Very little attempt at possession and playing team defense! its very very similar to tryouts to be honest. But to be fair, at tryouts the kids at least played some small sided games at 4v4 and 5v5.
Maybe my expectations are/were to high. I was expecting, some hard core training sessions at least similar to what we get from our club.
I couldn't imagine if our club team had a scrimmage with one of our other teams and the final score after 30 minutes was 28-25.
Look at the end of the day, its not the end of the world, the kids are out there playing and having fun and yes they do stop the play to correct improper balls played and some poor decisions, but thats it.
Quick Question - What should I expect from a typical ODP training session??
I have a child with the 03 age group. Our sessions are 90% scrimmaging. 4 hours yesterday and the boys scrimmaged for probably 3 hours of that time.
Keep in mind these scrimmages are like an all-star nba basketball game, just up and down, lots of scoring, very little defense, and certainly no instructions on or focus on the defensive side of the ball.
They have the boys playing with 2 backs, its 4v2s & 5v3s all day, just goal after goal after goal. Very little attempt at possession and playing team defense! its very very similar to tryouts to be honest. But to be fair, at tryouts the kids at least played some small sided games at 4v4 and 5v5.
Maybe my expectations are/were to high. I was expecting, some hard core training sessions at least similar to what we get from our club.
I couldn't imagine if our club team had a scrimmage with one of our other teams and the final score after 30 minutes was 28-25.
Look at the end of the day, its not the end of the world, the kids are out there playing and having fun and yes they do stop the play to correct improper balls played and some poor decisions, but thats it.
