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Cesa is all about winning state even more than development, that why players only have to attend one practice per week if they live outside the Greenville araea.



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The error of your thinking is that you assume development occurs more at practice than at games and that teamwork happens from practicing together, not a player mindset.

As the kids get older, a HUGE part of their development comes from playing in the R3PL games. At least that is the case if you are competitive. As I noted elsewhere, if you can't compete in the games, then it probably does more harm than good.



JAK,interesting points you made above. Would be compelled to say that a combination of (if possible..more than one practice session a week) for team practices and exposure at the above named games would be more viable and development oriented than one session and several R3PL games.

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As the kids get older, a HUGE part of their development comes from playing in the R3PL games. At least that is the case if you are competitive. As I noted elsewhere, if you can't compete in the games, then it probably does more harm than good.



You just might wanna revise the above statement abit because if the proper development methods were being used,the scenario you stated above would be very unlikely.

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I have also seen players who attend one practice a week who play a great team game while others are at every practice and don't have a clue about teamwork. It's more about the players personality than the number of days they are at practice.


It is abit hard to iron out the above as it draws several aspects of development but summarily stated,real progressional soccer development=Practice AS A TEAM(the more practices the better)+ Involvement in competative leagues/tournaments.



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Would it be better if the entire team could be at every practice? Of course. But does it mean the club is not interested in development? I would disagree.