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Post by coachray40 on Aug 15, 2018 14:28:11 GMT -6
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Post by laffysoccermom on Aug 15, 2018 19:56:22 GMT -6
I actually cautioned someone about signing her child up for soccer because of this. They were concerned on the impact of family time and how it would impact church service. I explained how at a young age if they really like it, they are almost forced into club. After 12 if you are lucky to get that far, Rec programs are almost nonexistent or you are playing the same one or two teams every week.
Don’t get me wrong, we loved our club time and I feel it had a great part in developing my daughter as a person but we only had one and my husband and I were ok being separated on the occasional weekend. For families with two or more who don’t want to be split on the weekend- I really don’t recommend it because of our setup.
The other funny thing is if you are looking at it to get scholarships, you are probably better off saving the money in an account or hiring tutors to get your child academic scholarships.
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Post by cosmos on Aug 17, 2018 10:34:42 GMT -6
I actually cautioned someone about signing her child up for soccer because of this. They were concerned on the impact of family time and how it would impact church service. I explained how at a young age if they really like it, they are almost forced into club. After 12 if you are lucky to get that far, Rec programs are almost nonexistent or you are playing the same one or two teams every week. Don’t get me wrong, we loved our club time and I feel it had a great part in developing my daughter as a person but we only had one and my husband and I were ok being separated on the occasional weekend. For families with two or more who don’t want to be split on the weekend- I really don’t recommend it because of our setup. The other funny thing is if you are looking at it to get scholarships, you are probably better off saving the money in an account or hiring tutors to get your child academic scholarships. So what sport did you recommend to them instead of soccer? The good, the bad and the ugly exist in almost all children's sports and activities.
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Post by laffysoccermom on Aug 17, 2018 11:59:40 GMT -6
I actually encouraged them to do different Sports that are offered at school. Our school starts some development programs at 3rd grade with actual teams beginning at 5th.
I didn’t mean soccer is bad at all. It’s just there are certain sacrifices to be made. Given what I knew about this family, I didn’t think it would be a good fit.
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Post by kevin on Aug 17, 2018 21:57:46 GMT -6
The author talks about basketball; it has its share of problems with shady AAU coaches and agents and shoe companies and corruption. Other countries aren't perfect, either. Why do European clubs spend money on youth development? Because it's a business. Sure, you hear about Messi or the other players who come through a youth system at a young age and become superstars. You don't hear about the vast majority who wash out after being treated like disposable cogs in a system. We can complain about pay-to-play all we want, but there isn't some magical easy fix. Fields, coaches, refs, equipment all cost money. (Talk about pick-up games if you want, but I'm willing to bet that just about every top player in the world was getting good coaching once he or she reached 12-13 years old.) Not everything that works in some other country is going to work in the US.
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