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This is the problem with all youth sports on this country.

Posted on: July 15, 2024 at 11:10:18 CT

sprintcar STL

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All that money spent on travel ball is simply for fun, it's not in the best interests of improving skills. You could spend 1/4 the time and money working on skills and your kid would become a much better player. But that's not fun.

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These teams are light years ahead of the US. Not sure how - TigerFan92 STL - 7/14 22:11:12

We don't play soccer like we play BBall or used - Mizzou Lou KC - 7/15 08:52:46

Referencing to my post below, one of the fundamental points - jumbo73 MU - 7/15 10:28:35

This is the problem with all youth sports on this country. - sprintcar STL - 7/15 11:10:18

We haven’t convinced enough of our urban/poor population to - jumbo73 MU - 7/15 08:23:06

Because we have the NFL and NBA. - tgr MU

- 7/15 07:56:55

The US is a cricket country now (nm) - Sal CMSU - 7/15 07:37:04

South Johnson County certainly is nm - Mizzou Lou KC - 7/15 08:57:50

soccer is a different beast..... - SEC-BIG-GAMEHUNTER MU - 7/15 02:26:47

"free balling it from birth with neighborhood kids" - kaw(nm) - TigerA MU - 7/15 08:21:12

In a lot of these countries, it is soccer first - Eggs MU - 7/14 22:17:28

I get that but I played very competitive soccer in the - TigerFan92 STL - 7/14 22:26:29

Mexico is soccer crazy, has talent and a lot of people - XRob MU

- 7/15 00:44:40

When I was last in Uruguay - meatiger MU - 7/14 22:35:34

it has changed recently..MLS teams have acadamies - tigerinhogtown STL - 7/15 00:08:08

Neighbor kid plays for the Chicago Fire and my kids - TigerFan92 STL - 7/14 22:39:03

But how many of those 10% are the best of the best? - Eggs MU - 7/14 22:29:56

Maybe 0.05% would be world class soccer players, but that - FIJItiger MU

- 7/14 22:36:55

I quit soccer in 6th grade as frankly I was too tall and - TigerFan92 STL - 7/14 22:33:04

They play soccer, we practice soccer. So their skill level - FIJItiger MU

- 7/14 22:14:37

Our best athletes don't dream of hitting a pk after doing - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 22:21:08

We aren't being "out-athleted", we are out-skilled and out- - Mizzou Lou KC - 7/15 08:57:01

Our best soccer players do play soccer - FIJItiger MU

- 7/14 22:25:05

Soccer is basically for boys too scared of football - El-ahrairah BAMA - 7/15 07:47:23

You are saying, in a less concise way, exactly what I said - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 22:32:35

No, my point contained portions of the correct answer(nm) - FIJItiger MU

- 7/14 22:44:46

If the best athletes from other sports were doing that - Eggs MU - 7/14 22:31:21

There aren’t any NFL, NBA, MLB players that if they - FIJItiger MU

- 7/14 22:33:28

RE: agree maybe a fraction. Point Guards, and DBs and some - TigerFan92 STL - 7/14 22:35:38

They might have the athleticism and build, but elite soccer - FIJItiger MU

- 7/14 22:41:40

And also you are discounting the 1000s of players that didnt - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 22:40:16

true. This tells me a lot in this graph. need 10 percent - TigerFan92 STL - 7/14 22:43:07

Kaw has been scaring them away(nm) - meatiger MU - 7/14 22:46:14

does soccer attract diddlers?(nm) - TigerFan92 STL - 7/14 22:46:56

I think kids attract diddlers(nm) - meatiger MU - 7/14 22:48:25

BWJ is the exact build of a soccer player(nm) - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 22:37:57

Laughably wrong(nm) - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 22:35:25

I am picturing guys like Tyreek Hill - Eggs MU - 7/14 22:42:14

Exactly but we are actually being too biased because - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 22:50:23

They wouldn’t make the US national team(nm) - FIJItiger MU

- 7/14 22:43:07

How do you know? - Eggs MU - 7/14 22:45:06

Because my original answer is still the correct one - FIJItiger MU

- 7/14 22:49:03

If only America had travelling youth soccer teams - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 22:53:25

They do, none of those kids play soccer - FIJItiger MU

- 7/14 22:56:29

Also I don't think your theory holds up because the great - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 23:01:10

I defer to your soccer expertise, bet you are right(nm) - FIJItiger MU

- 7/14 23:04:38

Usually a solid choice to do so. But I like your world of - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 23:11:51

You need a lot of practice. You just need to also - FIJItiger MU

- 7/14 23:21:12

I'm pretty sure they play games against each other - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 22:57:47

See original post question - FIJItiger MU

- 7/14 23:02:46

I agree having the third or fourth best athletes play soccer - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 23:08:24

I suppose to extend your argument, you could - FIJItiger MU

- 7/14 23:10:53

I'll also say that if LeBron spent the same amount of time - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 23:20:49

Never mind I guess you don’t understand baseball either - FIJItiger MU

- 7/14 23:27:21

What if he didn't practice at it and just played could he - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 23:34:47

No(nm) - FIJItiger MU

- 7/14 23:57:31

for some dumb reason - meatiger MU - 7/14 23:49:21

I'm not saying LeBron specifically would be a world class - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 23:16:42

There is no reason to believe any player in another - FIJItiger MU

- 7/14 23:25:17

Coordination and reflexes and fast twitch.muscle - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 23:33:11

omg - meatiger MU - 7/14 22:50:21

Tyreek is playing the correct sport. His athleticism and - FIJItiger MU

- 7/14 22:51:53

So if football /NFL did not exist - meatiger MU - 7/14 22:54:42

If he focused on soccer - FIJItiger MU

- 7/14 22:58:06

Prison(nm) - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 22:55:15

Better way of phrasing it would have been if tyreek - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 22:56:27

That is totally different, see my original point(nm) - FIJItiger MU

- 7/14 22:59:11

His athleticism would have gotten funnele into an affiliated - lqf2b8 MU - 7/14 23:03:25

If he stuck with it and worked hard - FIJItiger MU

- 7/14 23:06:06

yeah - meatiger MU - 7/14 22:38:11