What did your club do for the winter off season?

[Anonymous]

We had outdoor practice 3x a week, about 6 games with a winter outdoor league, and attempted a few tournaments but didn't get the numbers. So, no offseason really!

[Anonymous]

NP. My kid plays in low level EDP. He had two outdoor practices and one skills clinic each week and an outdoor winter league with ~6-7 games. Winter league is over now but they're practicing regularly through the spring.

[Anonymous]

We are a part of SYC, and each team does their own thing. Our team does nothing. Practices are scheduled and then cancelled. Our coach has his own private training, and he encourages the player on our team to sign up for it. For those who can't read between the lines, it means if you sign up your child will get to start.

[Anonymous]

U11 Travel here. We had 2x weekly practices outdoors. Some were CNX due to cold weather. We had about 60% participation. Coaching was minimal. Some kids did futsal, some did indoor, some played basketball, some did all of the above plus skills clinics outside the club. (My kid lol.) But I can say the kids who haven't touched a ball for 2-3 months are easily identifiable due to a lack of quality foot skills. Not sure if mid-year team adjustments will be made or not based on off-season training. Also, noticed kids at the St James had 2-3 practices per week, indoors, quality training.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our club has done the bare minimum during off season. Our coach has been mia majority of it and i am sure many of the players have not touched a ball during break. Our break has been months at this point)
We are going into this season with two tournaments in march.
Is this just a club thing? what have your kids been doing this winter?
We have had one weekday practice outside. Sometimes mixed, sometimes not but practice is so boring my kid is losing interest.
We have joined two indoor leagues just to keep them in shape and happy.
Our coach bragged about having a busy winter with the kids but that has not happened at all.

What age group?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are a part of SYC, and each team does their own thing. Our team does nothing. Practices are scheduled and then cancelled. Our coach has his own private training, and he encourages the player on our team to sign up for it. For those who can't read between the lines, it means if you sign up your child will get to start.

wow, i would not expect that with syc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Indoor leagues for both of my kids.

Practice twice a week for one, 3x for the other.

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+1

2 indoor leagues- 1 through club and outside Club

Futsal- practice only

2 club practices a week

[Anonymous]

We decided to switch clubs because the original club was planning just 2 practices a week - one outdoor and one indoor - with the indoor not even being on a soccer field. They also planned to play a short outdoor season that wasn’t competitive. No tournaments. We moved to a team with 3 practices a week, competitive league games and multiple tournaments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington does next nothing in winter

Wrong. Travel teams practice at least once a week and play in the futsal league. Top team still practices x4/ week.

Yeah travel is busy but Arlington rec I don’t think does anything . I know of one team that kept themselves busy with indoor football but that was totally self-organized (and paid for) by the coach and parents.