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re: Are there any notable countries
Posted on 11/1/15 at 5:53 pm to Mr Personality
Posted on 11/1/15 at 5:53 pm to Mr Personality
What language do Russians speak again?
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Posted on 11/1/15 at 5:55 pm to TN Bhoy
I've really rustled your jimmies somewhere along the way.
Posted on 11/1/15 at 5:56 pm to Mr Personality
Where is Xavier, Afreaux?
Posted on 11/1/15 at 6:01 pm to mynamebowl
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an exceptionally talented kid in Brazil isn't learning the game and developing his skills in an academy or playing in tournaments every weekend
Brazilian kids go through a hyper-competitive academy system from like 10
Posted on 11/1/15 at 11:22 pm to mynamebowl
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Well put. For Example, an exceptionally talented kid in Brazil isn't learning the game and developing his skills in an academy or playing in tournaments every weekend. He's kicking the ball around with his buddies and learning the game organically. That's where individuality, natural creativity, experimentation comes from. Just trying shite. The most uniquely talented players around the world basically teach themselves how to play. It's not being taught to them. Not saying that the club academies around Europe and South America don't have anything to do with the development of all these great players. Their role is to refine that talent once it's already there. We don't have those players yet or the set up to refine natural world class talent. It's getting better though.
Thats not exactly true, they might be trying stuff on the street in their spare time but they are still playing in tournaments and getting coaching. The difference is they are not in the pay to play model.
In Europe and other countries literally every neighborhood has a its one club that has an academy which then filters its better players to the big club academies from the ages of 8 to 14.
Posted on 11/2/15 at 1:06 am to StraightCashHomey21
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they are still playing in tournaments and getting coaching. The difference is they are not in the pay to play model.
That's basically what I was trying to get at. The pay to play model, the constant tournaments and traveling, poor coaching, all of it. The way our country looks at the game is just different. It's a cultural thing. Having a good local soccer team just isn't really a priority for most American cities and communities. For the time being and for the foreseeable future, it's all about football over here man. All levels of it. But the gap seems much smaller than it used it to be with the other sports.
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