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The largest hole in SC Soccer -- indeed, American soccer -- is really much more fundamental than that. In short, we place far too much value on competing and winning; far too little on training and developing. Playing (and even winning) games doesn't make you better. TRAINING REGULARLY AND CORRECTLY, especially at a young age, makes you better.

1) The best coaches should be working with the younger age groups, developing and instilling positive skills and habits, not helping older (made) kids win games.
2) Those same younger kids should train more and play less. In the older age groups, kids are playing 50-60 competitive matches a year. Heck, most PROS need rest from THAT kind of scheduling.
3) Club-level recruiting should be strongly discouraged, and when rules are clearly broken, sanctions should ensue. Why? Because most parents don't understand that their children are being recruited PRECISELY BECAUSE their current club coach has done a great job training their kids. SCYSA should SUPPORT that concept.
4) Apply the following general rule of thumb: If your kid spends more time in a car or bus going to matches than he/she does to train, you're not developing a player. You're developing a commuter.

Shall I continue?



Continue please. I will continue to quote you -- so just maybe some will learn from your wisdom.