Laura Yuen: He helped build the youth sports machine. Now he’s trying to fix it
- Posted on September 30, 2026
- By Bing News
- 0 Views
- 1 min read
In brief
Generating AI summary…
Laura Yuen: He helped build the youth sports machine. Now he’s trying to fix it
MINNEAPOLIS -- Here’s how you create an elite athlete: Wake up at 5 a.m. Run wind sprints uphill. Endure your coach’s yelling. Tally 10,000 hours of deliberate practice. Train in the offseason. And if you can’t cut it, you’re out. That was part of the culture of American youth soccer when Ted Kroeten rose up as a coach decades ago. He believed more was more. There was structure, intensity and ...
