stoppagetime
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I'm wondering if anyone knows if there is a set of standardized scouting measurements at the collegiate/national program/professional level used to evaluate soccer players?
In baseball, it's traditionally been the 5-tools for field players (Glove, arm, speed, hit for power, hit for avg) while pitchers are evaluated on quality of each pitch category they throw on a 100 point scale in 10-20 point increments. Sabermetrics and advanced technology is adding more dimension to these scouting evaluations, but the 5-tools are still a good shorthand for how to think about a player, their potential, what positions they could play, where they should hit in a lineup, etc.
I never played the sport that now consumes my ulittle daughter's life, but even after watching many many many games on TV (international coverage, PL, La Liga, Bundesliga, NCAA) I've yet to hear a standardized set of evaluation measurements for soccer players. There are definitely terms thrown around...touch, speed, vision, etc...but I'm trying to connect what I am learning about soccer and my ulittle's progress with how she will be evaluated in as objective a way as possible.
Thanks in advance for replies.
In baseball, it's traditionally been the 5-tools for field players (Glove, arm, speed, hit for power, hit for avg) while pitchers are evaluated on quality of each pitch category they throw on a 100 point scale in 10-20 point increments. Sabermetrics and advanced technology is adding more dimension to these scouting evaluations, but the 5-tools are still a good shorthand for how to think about a player, their potential, what positions they could play, where they should hit in a lineup, etc.
I never played the sport that now consumes my ulittle daughter's life, but even after watching many many many games on TV (international coverage, PL, La Liga, Bundesliga, NCAA) I've yet to hear a standardized set of evaluation measurements for soccer players. There are definitely terms thrown around...touch, speed, vision, etc...but I'm trying to connect what I am learning about soccer and my ulittle's progress with how she will be evaluated in as objective a way as possible.
Thanks in advance for replies.