Are you speaking from experience? I think the smaller fields are ideal for prepubescent kids. Really hard to put an age on it though since the age of puberty is all over the map. Fair to say "most" will get to it by 13-14yrs old. My kid is a tall 13yr old and has started to to physically mature. He loves the bigger field, but there are plenty his age that still aren't physically ready to be effective on an 11v11 field.
.The whole purpose of the BOL is that the kids have more time on the ball initially so that they have a chance to play out of the back and learn the principles. The "UNDER VERY HEAVY PRESSURE" is held back for a moment so that the player receiving the first pass has a chance.
If the team rehearses the proper off the ball movements and knows what the available options are when receiving a pass AND they have the technical skills to make accurate, properly weighted passes AND they can receive the ball cleanly with the correct foot, then they have a chance to build out of the back
The BOL simply gives a team a chançe to play out of the back.
But I agree with your "3 stars must align" idea.....if any of those 3 are off, disaster is awaiting.
Speaking for the 2018/2019 Soccer Initiatives posted on Cal South Website, it says G2006 U13 will continue to play on the field size that we are playing on right now yet we will be adding 2 more players to each team or 4 more players to the field of play (2 for each team). That doesn't make sense to me which is why I think someone got it wrong. There is nowhere on the US Soccer site that speaks to changes for U13. Their initiatives are confined to U12 and below. http://www.ussoccer.com/coaching-education/resources/us-soccer-player-development-initiatives
Next year/season which is what my post is related to G06 will be U13.
haha some are just straight frauds. then they get questioned about background and coaching methods by legit coaches and they get offended - then leave with half the team from club to club. each time they move they have less kids until they only have their own kid on the team. US Soccer has some real $ in the bank now, time to use it - but they wont. unless its to make more $ or throw at some big name coach
I just seem to keep agreeing with everything you say no matter what the post. Just recently a parent on the sideline yelled to my daughter to drop to her knee for a scoop which can and often results in the ball bouncing off of a foot or knee if not done perfectly and limits the ability to move fast for the next move. I explained that technique is not utilized with the professional goalkeepers nor does her trainer teach that. Her response was that is the first time she had ever heard that. Not sure if she was presuming I was wrong or not but I did just watch a video of the training for U17 National Team goalkeepers and her trainer is teaching her to do exactly what they do with both the scoop and frontal. You also don't see College Keepers doing it so why teach the kids to do that now to later have to break a habit? I did see one Keeper from another country use that technique in the Olympics and the ball still went through her legs. My poor daughter keeps getting taught various techniques for a variety of things which has caused her considerable confusion. I watch a lot of soccer and I have just recently decided we needed to pick a road and that road is the approach that most closely resembles what is being done in the professional world and tell whom ever is training her that is what she is going to do because the confusion is causing her to make mistakes. I am sure the folks are thrilled when I do that because I am a parent that doesn't know anything. She is finally training with 2 trainers that are teaching consistent approaches and I can see a difference in her game. US Soccer should establish some standards that should be taught based upon proven methods and put it in the training for all coaches. That wouldn't even take that long to do. There aren't that many moves with controversial methods.
