I can tell you for a fact that many kids who are meant to play soccer long-term end up quitting is because they never learn the right skills to improve. We all have natural gifts and different things we enjoy more. Why many talented kids ages 6-9 quit soccer In rec soccer there are some players who are really good, but either their parents don’t want to commit to club soccer or they just don’t know about it.įor the players and parents who really want to be pushed to higher competition, then by age 8-9 you should move to academy. There is also more than one youth soccer league, to keep the level even. Rec soccer is usually a once practice per week for 8-10 weeks with one game on the weekends and a volunteer mom or dad.įunny thing is, some of the rec coaches are better than the paid academy coaches…Īcademy has a mix of kids who are usually a lot more into soccer or their parents are. The way people find out there is academy is the club/ academy coaches will recruit at the rec games.Īcademy is where you pay coaching fees and practice at least 1 extra practice per week.
Of these families, most don’t have a clue that there is a higher level called academy. Most players start out their first few years playing rec soccer. The best thing is that they were ready to compete at the highest level at age 15-16 years old when college coaches are recruiting. These same players continue to work with me when they come back from college, so they have that desire to improve even though they are now playing top tier college soccer. It’s not like they all did private 1on1 lessons, but they did do small group training once a week for most of the year. Well from age 10-14 they really worked hard on their technical game, away from their club team with Global Futbol Training. I have seen so many players at the age of 10 who playing rec or in a 3rd tier youth league and end up playing D1 college soccer and even starting as a true freshman. The large groups of 12+ players make it hard to develop the skills outside of what they do with their team.
The age 10-15 time frame is massive, when it comes to getting skills outside your club. If your overall goal is to make the high school team or play at the college level, then you can’t worry about what league at age 7-11. For some it’s a status or competitive thing, but the root is they are just not experienced or educated on this matter. The biggest problem for this age is, many parents think that the highest level league is better for their kid.
Age 9- 10 is where many parents find out that youth club soccer is a bigger deal than they thought. Please remember I am speaking to a national audience, so I’ll touch on most levels and ages from 6-17. Understanding which youth soccer league is best for you in each age group is important.
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