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The boys had a great high school season. The older one in his second year in high school was one of the top players in his high school. The varsity team didn’t have a great season as they played the number 1 high school in the US twice as they were in our region and their schedule was made up of top 20 schools in Georgia. We lost 13 seniors last year. However, my oldest played DM, CM, attacking mid and had to take over the goal keeping the keeper got hurt and the backup was an unseasoned freshman. He still managed 3 goals and 3 assists, and the most tackle in midfield. He had 3 men of the match awards. The younger one had an injury during tryouts and all season (growing pains) he made JV and as usual was a defensive stalwart. The JV team had 3 losses. At the end of the season the younger one got Defensive MVP for JV and the older one got the coaches award for being an influential team player. The quality of high school game in my region is very high and we have MLS Academy players and even Atlanta United players playing. They end up giving the kids the option to play as the kids will quit the academies in January to play high school. It is very competitive. Friday I will watch the number 1 team in the US (Harrison High) which is in or zone Pebblebrook which is in the same county. All final 4 teams were from the same county and two from our region. The boys start to work out very seriously and I can say development for me is what happens when they kids are not competing. I work on soft skills and basic skills. I look at their weakness and design plans for them. After this season, I have about 10 high school kids who asked me to help them on Fridays in the off-season for the summer. I told the high school coach and he is happy for me to because he can’t work with the kids until November and then the season is just late Jan to April and is not enough time for development. Thanks HL for his support.
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