Size VS Skill, when do you see a difference.

MakeAPlay said:
The last true possession girls club team I saw was Deanza Force 98/99 and maybe the Surf 98/99 team. I would love to see another one. What age group and level are you coaching? My player is off until June and I have some time to kill. What team are you talking about and where will they next be playing.
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Since you brought it up, I have been fortunate that my DD plays for Marquez Rebels SC '01 Elite is as close to a true possession style team. It also helps that Ryan has the '00 Elite team as well. As a result next years team at the '01 Elite should be quite a team, with about 5 girls dropping to play their age and the already heavily talented current roster with is made of some of the premier '02 girls. It should be quite a year.
The following link is a National League game, although the competition was not the best, you can see the way they possess and pass.
 
toucan said:
I teach "possession-style" soccer; where the primary means of ball movement is foot-to-foot passing. Usually that means 3-6 passes to get the ball into the attacking third. My youngers are pretty good at it for their age, but we aren't anywhere near the level of the two older teams you speak of. I know we struggle to put passes together against fast, athletic teams who really come at us hard. But if you put us against a weaker team and we get a 3 or 4 goal lead, then we often play for "pure possession," and can often string 10-15 passes together at a time. That is pretty good for G2007s and G2008s. We still have far to go.

I think you may be baiting me about wanting to watch my teams play, and no doubt you will see much to be improved upon if you do, but I have already PM'd you with our current schedules.
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No bait. I am serious. I like to hear that a coach is teaching possession. It can be done but wins and losses can't be important early on. That DeAnza 98/99 team used to lose with they were the were ULittles but around U13/14 they started to be a force and the rest is history...
 
ChargerPride said:
Since you brought it up, I have been fortunate that my DD plays for Marquez Rebels SC '01 Elite is as close to a true possession style team. It also helps that Ryan has the '00 Elite team as well. As a result next years team at the '01 Elite should be quite a team, with about 5 girls dropping to play their age and the already heavily talented current roster with is made of some of the premier '02 girls. It should be quite a year.
The following link is a National League game, although the competition was not the best, you can see the way they possess and pass.
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I live close enough that I can see this team play live. Can you PM me a schedule link please? Thank you in advance.
 
ChargerPride said:
Since you brought it up, I have been fortunate that my DD plays for Marquez Rebels SC '01 Elite is as close to a true possession style team. It also helps that Ryan has the '00 Elite team as well. As a result next years team at the '01 Elite should be quite a team, with about 5 girls dropping to play their age and the already heavily talented current roster with is made of some of the premier '02 girls. It should be quite a year.
The following link is a National League game, although the competition was not the best, you can see the way they possess and pass.
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#12 @ the 5 min mark! She is not messing around, bravo.
 
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