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Post by lvsoccer03 on Feb 7, 2005 16:08:42 GMT -6
rainbow, i speak for myself and maybe others that in your posts you reply in such a long drawn out rambling way that no one wants to read. no one wants to listen to someone sit there and say that they have all the answers, just that we have to scrap the system and do it the way they do it where im from. there are other ways of going about to solve problems.....as for this post, i do believe that as far as premier players go, it seems as though high school means very little to them, and they care more about club. for most of the big schools that have premier players like bm jesuit lafayette ( sidenote:the 3 schools that have won div I state the past 6 years in a row) there is some, but not much competition from schools that do not have premier players. so now it becomes a question of what do you do when you have the same schools winning state over and over, not so much how do we get better coaching in the state. i for one think that a pro/reg idea may be a good idea, seeing as that many of the aforementioned "big schools" will unintentionally recuit. in other words, many 12-13 yr olds playing club see how successful the high school program around them does and since many tema do not play year round club, it gives them a place to play soccer from november to february. but as we all know this will probably never happen i think other solutions are needed.
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Post by hdkjga on Feb 7, 2005 16:31:15 GMT -6
Clarification.....Lafayette can not intentionally or unintentionally recruit. They are a public school and the students that attend are zoned for Lafayette High or are Sprecial Education, ESL, or in the GT program. While many players are involved in GT, I doubt they enter the program to be able to play soccer at Lafayette High. I can not speak for private schools, but I don't feel that general public schools have the ability to recruit. Also, believe me, there is no public school in the Lafayette area, that soccer is high up on the enrollement criteria. LHS just had the soccer team be considered a sport and not a club 5-10 years back.
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Lucky78
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Post by Lucky78 on Feb 8, 2005 22:47:32 GMT -6
Actually when foreign coaches are chosen, its not so much about their ability to coach as it is assumed that they pretty much know the game. This is not always so. For example, I coached a college player from Columbia some years ago on a premier team and he was so skilled with the ball while holding off 4 or 5 players. But I wondered why he would never go to goal and shoot.
Then I found out that in his country where he played soccer, it was more about possessing the ball then scoring. So, if you figure that in all parts of the world a similar thing but with different situations could be taking place. I've also been informed that a lot of players in foreign countries are never coached until they' re older, so are not familier with being coached much less knowing what a coach does for young players.
So I think that what a foreign former player has to offer is 1) Skill demonstration 2) a natural passion for the game
But his biggest difficulty is giving instructions to the American player who does not share his soccer culture. Many foreign coaches have gone through the USSF License courses which has helped them bridge the gap of cultures and can be very effective coaches.
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