Competition vs. Development in US Youth Soccer | Youth Inc. | Greg Olsen

Greg and Skip Gilbert, CEO of U.S. Youth #soccer , talk about how development should not take a back seat to being a competitive player at a young age.
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[@gregorybiestek3431]

I have lived for almost two decades across the street from a large playfield and except for the few times when teachers from a nearby school forced their kids play, never once did any kids in the area use any of the field for a game. By the way, I live 1-kilometer from the border with a major inner city and about 100-meters from a bus stop. Unfortunately, in the USA there is very little interest in the sport outside of organized suburban pay -to-play leagues.

[@alivenumber5]

This is the real issue. Kids don't play pickup sports other than maybe a little neighborhood American football and basketball. On occasion wiffle ball.

[@str8fromthetrainingground]

Great stuff!

[@UHollis]

there are so few options for older teenagers to play rec/pickup soccer in country. so few. and high school soccer seems like a joke compared to decent club teams.

[@liceafilms]

I think it depends on the high school you play for

[@bans5]

@@liceafilms The skill level of high school vs club is very drastic. Makes high school soccer look like a joke. Sure maybe some outliers but I'd bet that those high level soccer schools are kids that play club together.

[@liceafilms]

@@bans5 yes that’s exactly why I said it depends what school you play for. Because I know of clubs that directly feed schools their players