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    Best Academy?

    Yes Ekrem He's out out BBY and has mixed ages playing at the same time I would stay away from Barca for a year or two and see how it develops. Hearing too many mixed reviews although they seem to have worked out some of the kinks from a difficult year one
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    Best Academy?

    The only one I can comment on is Faly French Academy. Is was started by a few ex-pros from the Africa with French roots. They practice out of N Van and West Van. I would rate the school overall as about average. They to focus on technical skills. They do have teams that play in Spring leagues at...
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    Best Academy?

    Canadian Spur - correct...and for the record I'm not apposed to the clubs educating our youth. In fact, I wish it would be the case. If the local clubs want to teach my 8 year old the proper mechanics of how to close down an attacking player, how to receive the ball away from pressure, how to...
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    Best Academy?

    I'm going to provide my thoughts on this topic and also go off topic a bit...and I’ll do it in bullet format for the sake of time Once again i'll preface these comments by saying I (1) grew up in a European country and soccer system (2) I have played at the youth national level (3) I have many...
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    Is Futsal really needed?

    I'll preface my first ever post by saying I grew up learning and playing the game in a European country / development system. I would agree that if it can be incorporated into training it should be. In Europe (as in with countries such as Brazil) there arent many "big grass fields"; rather small...
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