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Sioux Falls Case Study

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The first step to improving soccer in Sioux Falls is to better the level of competitive play. This can be done specifically through Dakota Alliance Soccer Club by fixing technical issues. Practice times, indoor facilities, and coaching are three technical fixes that need to be addressed in order to improve Dakota Alliance Soccer Club (DASC). If all three of these issues can see improvement, then DASC will also see improvements and more success. Practice Times

Finding practice times that work for both athletes and parents is very important. For example, when I was a member of DASC there were times during the winter that my team and I wouldn’t begin practice until 9:30 pm or 10:00 pm. This was an issue to many because people would miss practice due to school being the next morning. Because there was not full participation from the team at practice, we were never able to take that next step to become better. Practice times need to be improved in order for teams to get better. Bettering practice times can be implemented by having meetings with the members of the team and parents and then determining what times work for everyone.

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Teams that practice together more are significantly better. DASC competes with clubs from all around the country who have access to practicing outside year round because of warm weather. In order for DASC to succeed against these soccer clubs, teams must have access to indoor facilities that offer game like fields. Larry Sunderland, director of coaching for the Chicago Fire Juniors and manager of Youth Development for the Chicago Fire Major League Soccer team states “indoor soccer offers players the opportunity to stay in competition form by playing-year round” (CITE). Two local indoor facilities that offer full size fields in Sioux Falls

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