SDS Posted November 2, 2015 Report Posted November 2, 2015 SDS has posted clips of his daughter's team a couple of times before. It seems to me that they have an incredible coaching staff that is teaching them to think about the game the way the pros do--even if the skills aren't quite there yet. By the way, that video initially confused me; I couldn't figure out why they wouldn't shoot! Then I noticed the people sitting in the goal, and then I noticed the other goals. Yeah, this game was 9v9 on an 8v8 field. US Soccer is mandating 9v9 at the U11 and U12 age groups, but virtually no one in the country has fields those dimensions. 7v7/8v8 generally just use half an 11v11 field and play cross-field.
Sabres Fan in NS Posted November 2, 2015 Author Report Posted November 2, 2015 A short clip of my 10 year old, soon to be 11, daughter. She is the one who makes the overlapping run down the near sideline. What amazing ball movement for 10 year old girls. It's a shame our forward didn't check-in to finish/continue the play. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8GhHqgAQS4&t=3m30s The future for women's football in the US is certainly looking bright. As 11 stated below it sure looks like the coaches are teaching the basics very well.
SDS Posted November 2, 2015 Report Posted November 2, 2015 and if you want to know what I look like - I'm the guy sitting next to the coach on the other side of the field with the gray sweat pants on. Handsome devil - aren't I?
chileanseabass Posted November 2, 2015 Report Posted November 2, 2015 SDS has posted clips of his daughter's team a couple of times before. It seems to me that they have an incredible coaching staff that is teaching them to think about the game the way the pros do--even if the skills aren't quite there yet. By the way, that video initially confused me; I couldn't figure out why they wouldn't shoot! Then I noticed the people sitting in the goal, and then I noticed the other goals. Yeah, I've seen some of those before. Quite impressive. I wish we had similar coaches available for my kids. My daughter's team has really come around. They lost their first 5 games by a combined score of 35-1, but have won their last 4 straight, by a combined score of 21-4. Something has clicked and they're getting it. My son's team has only lost one game all year, and it was really close, but their team is a straight up tire fire. They should easily win every game by 5 or 6 goals, but they can't/refuse to play as a team so they win 3-1 instead. Instead of trying to change that mentality, the coach just rolls with it since they're winning.
SwampD Posted November 11, 2015 Report Posted November 11, 2015 Ovi was on Men in Blazers tonight. He knows his football. I don't,… like, at all,… but man is show entertaining.
Sabres Fan in NS Posted November 14, 2015 Author Report Posted November 14, 2015 BiH scored late to salvage a 1 - 1 draw. Canada won it's latest WC 2018 qualifier against Honduras.
That Aud Smell Posted November 17, 2015 Report Posted November 17, 2015 (edited) A short clip of my 10 year old, soon to be 11, daughter. That's insane. My daughter is playing U10 at the moment and is miles behind something like that. Hell, I wish my son's U14 team could move the ball that way. Instead, the coaches have them give the ball to the two highly skilled players on the team and watch them try to dribble through 4-5 defenders. It's infuriating. Luckily one of the two is suspended for their next match for yellow card accumulation. SDS has posted clips of his daughter's team a couple of times before. It seems to me that they have an incredible coaching staff that is teaching them to think about the game the way the pros do--even if the skills aren't quite there yet. SDS's soon to be 11 year-old is on a team playing at a high level. That sort of play does not happen by accident. I have kids who play locally year-round, at varying levels of play. A couple of them have been out to play the Flash academy teams at Sahlen's in Elma, and the play of those academy teams resembles the play on SDS's clips. The thing with which US Soccer may need to contend (although this is less of an issue in the wake of the World Cup win): The best programs teach so much structure that, when young players rise to the top of their cohort, there is sometimes an absence of individual creativity and ingenuity. Of course, Brazil has just about precisely the opposite problem. The latest edition and success of the USWNT seemed to quell the over-programming concerns, which were ramping up in volume a few years ago. Edited November 17, 2015 by That Aud Smell
SDS Posted November 17, 2015 Report Posted November 17, 2015 SDS's soon to be 11 year-old is on a team playing at a high level. That sort of play does not happen by accident. I have kids who play locally year-round, at varying levels of play. A couple of them have been out to play the Flash academy teams at Sahlen's in Elma, and the play of those academy teams resembles the play on SDS's clips. The thing with which US Soccer may need to contend (although this is less of an issue in the wake of the World Cup win): The best programs teach so much structure that, when young players rise to the top of their cohort, there is sometimes an absence of individual creativity and ingenuity. Of course, Brazil has just about precisely the opposite problem. The latest edition and success of the USWNT seemed to quell the over-programming concerns, which were ramping up in volume a few years ago. I would be extremely reluctant to extend US Soccer's influence too much down at the team level at younger ages. What they learn is 99.99% the domain of the individual coach and how they view the game. I'm far more knowledgeable on US Soccer's philosophy/curriculum and I never played (but I do read) than her coach. Our coach played in college and just mish-mashes what he picks up from his past, other coaches, and his own online research. He has no idea what US Soccer has to say and I'm constantly at odds with some of his views because of it. He's a ManU guy, so there is a style of play he prefers. What he does isn't dictated by anyone - even John Ellinger who is our club's Director of Coaches/Technical Director (look him up on Wikipedia). At the younger ages, US soccer preaches Guided Discovery. This is the middle ground between "let them figure it all out on their own" and "this is exactly what you do in all situations". Through small-sided games with unique constraints you set them up to problem-solve a particular situation. It isn't Brazil street soccer, but it isn't the Germany Army either. The 3-man overlap I showed the other day was never practiced in that form. Sure we did generic overlapping activities, checking to the ball activities, made switching fields coaching points, but the girls were left to synthesize all that into the play on that video. My daughter knows to spread out when possessing, so she retreated to her corner. She knew Mary was open on the wing and saw the space to her outside. It was her decision to make the run and let Mary know what she was doing. Mary ignored her run and chose the simple check-in pass to our center-mid. The real magic was our CM seeing Paige making an overlapping run despite not being a part of the usual 2-man combination. She sees the run and plays the ball into space for my daughter to run on. These concepts were all taught in various ways, at various times, but never strung together as was executed on the video. So, in that sense they picked up their Lego pieces and made something they never made before. Where this leads in the future - I don't know. She made the Maryland U12 ODP pool with a few of her teammates. We will see what that level of instruction brings. All I know is that she informs me everyday that practices are too short and that any stretch of days without training is too long a break. It's nice that she has a passion for it.
That Aud Smell Posted November 17, 2015 Report Posted November 17, 2015 Good stuff. Interesting to hear how it's being implemented.
Huckleberry Posted November 17, 2015 Report Posted November 17, 2015 BiH Bit surprised bosnia and norway didn't make it. Sweden and Ukraine also made it today :D
Sabres Fan in NS Posted November 21, 2015 Author Report Posted November 21, 2015 On my phone, so my apologies for anything stupid. Wrong thread ... What the hell is going on in your hometown? Bit surprised bosnia and norway didn't make it. Sweden and Ukraine also made it today :D Damn phone. Please see my post above.
Hank Posted November 22, 2015 Report Posted November 22, 2015 Leicester? Seriously? LEICESTER?!?! WTF is going on here?
Huckleberry Posted November 23, 2015 Report Posted November 23, 2015 On my phone, so my apologies for anything stupid. Wrong thread ... What the hell is going on in your hometown? Damn phone. Please see my post above. Well not actually living there (only 8 miles from it though), but its something that has been brewing for over 20 years, and it didn't help that a french speaking socialist mayor did everything to ignore it. And everything we flemish said was because we were "racist". It blew up in his face I guess. But they arrested 15 people this evening so.
That Aud Smell Posted November 23, 2015 Report Posted November 23, 2015 Leicester? Seriously? LEICESTER?!?! WTF is going on here? Can't last. Won't last. (Will it?!)
Eleven Posted December 20, 2015 Report Posted December 20, 2015 How about those Canaries winning away at Man U?
Sabres Fan in NS Posted December 20, 2015 Author Report Posted December 20, 2015 How about those Canaries winning away at Man U? Tis' the season. I have not paid much attention to football lately. Awesome result. I cheer for anyone and everyone against Man U.
Two or less Posted December 20, 2015 Report Posted December 20, 2015 Any going to the euro cup? I'm going to two games! Super pumped
Huckleberry Posted December 20, 2015 Report Posted December 20, 2015 Any going to the euro cup? I'm going to two games! Super pumped nice, well i can have a littel rivalry with MODO. Belgium playing Ireland, Sweden and Italy. What games will you be attending ? Going to look into getting me some tickets for Belgium to, but I don't think we can buy them yet.
qwksndmonster Posted December 20, 2015 Report Posted December 20, 2015 Any going to the euro cup? I'm going to two games! Super pumped That's awesome.
Huckleberry Posted December 21, 2015 Report Posted December 21, 2015 Leicester? Seriously? LEICESTER?!?! WTF is going on here? Everyone outside of England is hoping it will last, always nice to see an underdog go all the way. That being said, they have someone who can score each game, and the team looks solid.
That Aud Smell Posted December 21, 2015 Report Posted December 21, 2015 How about those Canaries winning away at Man U? Up the Canaries. (Is that how it works?) Everyone outside of England is hoping it will last, always nice to see an underdog go all the way. That being said, they have someone who can score each game, and the team looks solid. After my Reds lost decisively this weekend, I'm almost equally baffled by how Watford is sniffing at the top 4 at Christmastime.
Two or less Posted December 22, 2015 Report Posted December 22, 2015 nice, well i can have a littel rivalry with MODO. Belgium playing Ireland, Sweden and Italy. What games will you be attending ? Going to look into getting me some tickets for Belgium to, but I don't think we can buy them yet. Czech Republic vs. Croatia in Saint-Etienne Poland vs. Ukraine in Marseille
Huckleberry Posted December 22, 2015 Report Posted December 22, 2015 Czech Republic vs. Croatia in Saint-Etienne Poland vs. Ukraine in Marseille Nice , fairly even match ups. Belgian games are in South of france so who knows might bump into you. Or let me know if you happend to be the in Brussels area :D
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