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Join Us at Street Eats, 8/17

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Tonight you will find us at the Fremont Street Eats, drop by to say hello, and take part in plenty of the fun games they have going on around the venue, and indulge in some great food offerings.

More Than Soccer

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This weekend an incredible World Cup came to an end, a fantastic tournament of surprise results and shock performances.

During the tournament England’s Fabian Delph welcomed his child in to his life, and a moment of class from Gareth Southgate insisted that Delph return home during the tournament to be with his wife and new born child.

Southgate said: “The thought process is some things in life are more important than football”. His wife is due to go into labor. This is a big tournament, but family is more important. At times like this, players who are family orientated should be supported by us”.

At the biggest soccer tournament in the World, a key player was released for a family moment. This is something we are now seeing that is missing in youth soccer. Tournaments and travel games being more important than moments in a child’s life, missing family events and childhood experiences.

We are all passionate about soccer, and as a club we will do everything we can to support the soccer development of Fremont players, but there must be balance and an environment for kids to develop as human beings.

Kids First, Avoid FOMO

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Every year we pull parents in to the office and explain our philosophy, and how we are different by not getting swept up in the crazyness that has become youth sports.

Christian Pulisic is arguably the first US international superstar player, and it’s an incredibly difficult road to get there. But the following segment from 60 Minutes is refreshingly enlightening to know not to get swept up by the travel and the additional individual specialized coaching. Let the kids play, stop jumping from club to club, and them emphasis is on the individual to want to push to be at the highest level. Talent Identification is not identifying teams and championships, it’s about the individual.

Skip ahead to the final part of the program – https://www.cbs.com/shows/60_minutes/video/nTbhew6uBE1AR_mYgiY3JepJdbUnRPOs/redemption-voyagers-the-young-american/

Being in a free to play creative environment brings out the best in a player. It’s then the players desire and hardwork away from practice that can put them on to a pathway of playing at a high level.

NB: FIFA rules do not allow players under the age of 18 to move countries to play soccer, unless you have dual citizenship or a parent moves for a non-soccer reason.

WC 2018 Finals – Business End

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We are now at the crucial stage of the World Cup, the Finals. Wales have politely obliged to let the other countries around the world have a chance of winning and chose not to qualify. So now to make our pick –

Belgium

We love their development program for their players all the way from grassroots to senior…

“It was a massive shift but we believed that 4-3-3, at that moment, was the strongest learning environment for our players,” Browaeys says. “We felt that we had to develop dribbling skills, we said at the heart of our vision was 1v1, the duel. We said when a boy or girl wants to start playing football, you must offer first the dribble, let them play freely.” Belgium Blueprint

… and Lukaku is representing Man Utd with some fantastic performances.

Also a shout out for Sweden! and then Croatia!… whoever England play.

Enjoy the remaining few rounds of the Competition, enjoy it as a fan, embrace the skill on display, and become the creative little players of your idols on display.

College Exposure – iSoccerPath

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We would always recommend picking your college based on the location and academics provided, but we also understand the desire of individuals to be recruited for a college.

To gain this exposure the most efficient way to be spotted is by attending a College ID Camp. 80% of college coaches expressed the College ID Camp as the most efficient way of being scouted.

As explained by iSoccerPath:

The answer simply is that due to the enormous amount of soccer players who all have talent and good grades, it is impossible to get a good evaluation in just one game or in 15 to 20 minutes at a showcase.  Coaches on average see 30-40 games over 2 to 3 days at a showcase and having only 10-15 minutes at each game it has become too hard, as they get 100-200 email requests a day leading up to a showcase to visit players’ games.  High School games are mostly thought of as very low value due to level of talent on field. Not every player can or does the ODP/TC route and club games are still viable but only for coaches in a 30-60 mile radius on a weekend for the most part.

The reasons that coaches now encourage 1 day College ID Camps and small multi coach camps are listed below:

  • Have on average 5 to 6 hours to be evaluated in a small setting
  • Players are grouped within their grad year to play amongst peers
  • NCAA allows one on one communication at camp to learn character (Division 1 excluded)
  • Current college team players run drills and can get to know recruits during the day
  • Players can get a feel of the campus, staff, food, and dorms to see if a possible fit (Division 1 excluded)
  • Costs are usually less than $150 and many camps have multiple D1, D2, D3, NAIA and JC coaches
  • Can use camp to set up unofficial visit after September 1stof your junior year in high school
  • Can receive an eval from college coach staff afterwards to know immediately if you should continue to pursue that program or not
  • Opportunity to work on branding and marketing yourself before and after camp through email and phone communications with coaching staff

To read the full article, click on the following – https://isoccerpath.com/college-id-camps-take-over/