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You are reporting the following post to the moderators for review and possible removal from the forum Poster: TrackCoach Subject: RE: Girl qualifies for Footlocker Nationals... declines invitation Body: I have dealt with a similar situation several times and it usually a matter of how your body develops. In soccer, girls who come from the elite clubs have a big advantage at the youth level, pretty much like tennis or gymnastics. They generally enter the real world of soccer at U17, physical stature and athleticism starts to play a major role. This is where you will see kids with good skills, but their main thing is speed/endurance and start to migrate to running. At the Junior or NCAA level, they all have good skills/speed/endurance, but they are also big and strong and overall athletes. Junior or NCAA level female soccer players are built more like a guards in basketball as opposed to runners. Once you get beyond the youth level, the girls average about 5’8” 150lbs; the small youth phenoms who stick around in up injured a lot. Some of the smaller girls that remain competitive are usually not the distance runner types, but are more like 400/800 type athletes. Btw, if this girls is 15 and playing up in U17 means she is very good…U17 is where the serious weeding out takes place. Hit the submit button below if you want us to review the post. If you feel this is urgent or want a reply, email us at letsrun@letsrun.com about the post and please include a link to the thread the post is on and what page number/post on that page it is
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