Best teacher of the game is playing.
Play Futsal, YMCA, AYSO, local city league, Sunday latin league, high school, pickup, club, etc.
Lots of people prefer to emphasize training more than playing, 4x a week or more for how long before real competition and game playing starts regularly. To. On top of that private or semis also.
I recall some DA teams training for 3-5 months straight and only getting 3 scheduled games or so before Nov'ish. Son had some friends on the Pats and others that would almost train to death and not hardly play it seemed. Motivation for competition is often more enlightening then just training or preparing.
Not sure what the ideal training with the team, on your own, to playing competitive games ratios are but I will tell you all 3 of our players would rather play a competitive game vs training > 3 sessions a week for example. 1.5 hr playing / 6hrs training should be enough. > Greater ratios are almost like diminishing returns for a lot of people.
Have to keep things fun and loving of the sport if you want players to play 12 years or so (5 to 17/18) and continue on to college, go pro, or just as a hobby. Overtraining or not being with a successful club/teams can suck the life out of things if your a paying customer.
High school people says it's not really costing much so the expectations and happiness Factor or not as affected.
Play Futsal, YMCA, AYSO, local city league, Sunday latin league, high school, pickup, club, etc.
Lots of people prefer to emphasize training more than playing, 4x a week or more for how long before real competition and game playing starts regularly. To. On top of that private or semis also.
I recall some DA teams training for 3-5 months straight and only getting 3 scheduled games or so before Nov'ish. Son had some friends on the Pats and others that would almost train to death and not hardly play it seemed. Motivation for competition is often more enlightening then just training or preparing.
Not sure what the ideal training with the team, on your own, to playing competitive games ratios are but I will tell you all 3 of our players would rather play a competitive game vs training > 3 sessions a week for example. 1.5 hr playing / 6hrs training should be enough. > Greater ratios are almost like diminishing returns for a lot of people.
Have to keep things fun and loving of the sport if you want players to play 12 years or so (5 to 17/18) and continue on to college, go pro, or just as a hobby. Overtraining or not being with a successful club/teams can suck the life out of things if your a paying customer.
High school people says it's not really costing much so the expectations and happiness Factor or not as affected.
