Originally Posted by Anonymous
I think people's issue with what you are saying is the fact that you are making a blanket statement disparaging all defenders as not as athletic or that they don't have the stick skills to play midfield and other slights....

My daughter plays defense because she enjoys it. She was selected for SG Team 1, for UA Underclass, etc. She can go to camps and play midfield which she does as well.

Your tone and blanket statements make you sound like a [ChillLaxin] which is why you are getting such blow back.


It's not what you are saying is necessarily incorrect. College coaches do move middies to defense in college. But the great HS and Club defenders are just as highly recruited as the best at any other positions. This is because if coaches can find girls with the same athleticism and stick skills that are already well versed in defensive positioning, communication, clearing, sliding, etc that is quite a valuable piece on your team.

Stop insulting young girls and maybe people won't react in such ways to what you are saying.


“Agree that middies are expected to play D. Disagree that they can do it well. Some can, most are mediocre at best. They don't understand the slide, they don't understand how to read the offensive player, they foul when they've lost their player and they do lose their players a lot, they aren't that big on communication which is key when defending. Etc., etc., etc.”

The post that started it all . Your biggest problem is your lack of knowledge or the fact that your kid was a high school defender and it bothers you that she did not play middle . So I am insulting young girls but the original post was not .Great defenders in high school are not recruited as highly as the best attackers and middies in high school no matter how often you say it , it’s just not the case . No one has said there are not exceptions to the rule but for the most part in high school the best players on most teams are the middies .What is your explanation that it is commonplace to have high school midfielders converted to play defense in college but the reverse rarely happens .You have none because you are clueless. You say your kid was selected for UA then please explain why essentially every defender on the 10-11th grade UA LI team is actually a midfielder except one who is the exception, how is that possible , why is that the fact . Until you can come up with a reasonable explanation why the UA defenders are actually middies other than the fact that in high school on LI your best athletes and players are middies you show you are clueless, even Becky knows she does not have the stick skills to play middie .