Michael Varn
BRONZE
The only college soccer on TV on a regular basis is the NCAA college cup tournament that is held anually to determine a national champion.
But watching D1 college soccer looks a whole lot different from top pro and top international soccer.
But it's not just because it is a different level of soccer, that is obvious, but....
Why is D1 soccer played at such a fast pace?
Let's begin with my perceptions:
Why does the feild that college teams play on look so much smaller than the feilds that top pros play on?
Those feilds that the pros play on look like multi acre plantations, while D1 soccer feilds look so compact?
It's the same for womens college soccer in comparison also. The women use those multi acre plantations as well during Olympic and World Cup competitions.
Again, my POV is coming from watching TV. Is this simply due to the fact that the video camera is placed closer to feild level in college than that of the pros?
In D1 soccer I have never seen players from either team pouce on 50/50 loose balls so quickly after the ball is not in possesion of either team.
College players can really occupy empty space very quickly. And it seems like they are sprinting at full speed from start to finish without getting tired. I guess this is because a players endurance around the age of 18 to 22 is the best it's ever going to be.
Now the top pros are cleary more creative on the individual level, and alot less systematic than college teams as they maintain possession moving forward with passes.
I guess the top pros have a way of "slowing the game down". Now I am not saying top pros are not fast, but they seem to be more methodical with the ball on offense and defense.
Does anyone share this perception?
But watching D1 college soccer looks a whole lot different from top pro and top international soccer.
But it's not just because it is a different level of soccer, that is obvious, but....
Why is D1 soccer played at such a fast pace?
Let's begin with my perceptions:
Why does the feild that college teams play on look so much smaller than the feilds that top pros play on?
Those feilds that the pros play on look like multi acre plantations, while D1 soccer feilds look so compact?
It's the same for womens college soccer in comparison also. The women use those multi acre plantations as well during Olympic and World Cup competitions.
Again, my POV is coming from watching TV. Is this simply due to the fact that the video camera is placed closer to feild level in college than that of the pros?
In D1 soccer I have never seen players from either team pouce on 50/50 loose balls so quickly after the ball is not in possesion of either team.
College players can really occupy empty space very quickly. And it seems like they are sprinting at full speed from start to finish without getting tired. I guess this is because a players endurance around the age of 18 to 22 is the best it's ever going to be.
Now the top pros are cleary more creative on the individual level, and alot less systematic than college teams as they maintain possession moving forward with passes.
I guess the top pros have a way of "slowing the game down". Now I am not saying top pros are not fast, but they seem to be more methodical with the ball on offense and defense.
Does anyone share this perception?