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re: US Youth Participation in Soccer Declines
Posted on 7/16/18 at 12:05 pm to Cajunese
Posted on 7/16/18 at 12:05 pm to Cajunese
I also think that club soccer takes a back seat to high school soccer, which is usually played at much lower skill level. My son will likely quit club soccer to run track and kick the football in high school, and just play on the HS soccer team. I think once that happens it's tough to go back to real competitive soccer.
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Posted on 7/16/18 at 2:12 pm to TutHillTiger
Houston area top clubs:
2200 Fees / registration
500 Every 2 years uniforms and accessories
250 tournament fees
Travel expenses not included.....
All this, for some jackass with a British accent to scream at my kid, and run the same drills over and over. Then get our asses handed to us by some Mexicans from the valley or El Paso.
I love this game, I love watching my son compete at a fairly high level, but F### this crap is getting old.
2200 Fees / registration
500 Every 2 years uniforms and accessories
250 tournament fees
Travel expenses not included.....
All this, for some jackass with a British accent to scream at my kid, and run the same drills over and over. Then get our asses handed to us by some Mexicans from the valley or El Paso.
I love this game, I love watching my son compete at a fairly high level, but F### this crap is getting old.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 2:15 pm to Gaston
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Need a giant U8 group every year to start them down the path.
This is true, but balls and coaching are all that is needed for kids to start to learn. A couple of coaches rotating Mondays and Wednesdays in one location and Tuesdays and Thursdays in another location could provide a lot of instruction to kids to give them a solid foundation in soccer. Run that in the afternoons after school and introduce a lot of kids to the sport.
Posted on 7/16/18 at 2:48 pm to wickowick
I think if anything is 'wrong' with youth soccer it's the focus on competition too early. Creating an A team and traveling to tournaments with the intent to win 4 games, no matter how, so Jr can get a medal isn't good. Everyone in the club should learn the fundamentals and get the best coaching possible. Later, U13 or so, you can focus on competition. Play, but play with the focus on playing out of the back and decision making while possessing. I'm sure it's how the good clubs do it...so it may not be 'wrong' everywhere.
My son's club is guilty, the player pool has dried up...and...no one knows the fundamentals on positioning and movement in space like they should. But, they won 10 of 13 tournaments last season. Whoopty do.
My son's club is guilty, the player pool has dried up...and...no one knows the fundamentals on positioning and movement in space like they should. But, they won 10 of 13 tournaments last season. Whoopty do.
This post was edited on 7/16/18 at 2:55 pm
Posted on 7/16/18 at 7:26 pm to Gaston
I know Baton Rouge Soccer has pushed back travel play until U11. Academy runs from up to u10 and then u10 is run very similar to an academy program with travel dates to play at surrounding clubs
Posted on 7/16/18 at 8:11 pm to Gaston
in LA Hs soccer takes a backseat to club
Posted on 7/17/18 at 9:15 pm to wickowick
I feel your pain. Same shot in Bama. My sons was recruited to be goalie by teams all over to be on these extra travel teams. The only great team he was on was totally by accident when a bunch of Mexican kids joined in with an RPL that wasn’t starting college until the next semester. It was totally accidental and yet they so good we scrimmaged college teams for practice. It was like the bad news bears of soccer. We had one close game all year, and qualified for regionals. No one local would play us no one, (Especially when he destroyed the nationally ranked club team one below us with ease. You know all the kids that went to academy’s on the east coast, ODP etc every year)
Kids had to car pool to go to games, missed practice for their jobs, and a few parents ( including. Me) would take turns bringing food and Gatorade. Plus the kids were appreciative, humble, and nice. No One hated us, we didn’t run up score, or pull any bullshite and there were never enough parents on away games to raise much hell.
The Mexican kids without any fancy training or great academy tenure and a few local ODP level players were unbeatable. So much for all that fancy training and instruction.
Kids had to car pool to go to games, missed practice for their jobs, and a few parents ( including. Me) would take turns bringing food and Gatorade. Plus the kids were appreciative, humble, and nice. No One hated us, we didn’t run up score, or pull any bullshite and there were never enough parents on away games to raise much hell.
The Mexican kids without any fancy training or great academy tenure and a few local ODP level players were unbeatable. So much for all that fancy training and instruction.
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