HP Elite Question

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Very little is said about the owner of HP. Who is he and what’s his background?

A dude that never kicked a ball but has money and connections. What’s new? Youth soccer in America is business. Understand that.

Well this is 100% untrue. Do your own research. You wont get facts here.

[Anonymous]

You will end up in a class with 17 other kids - going one by one around cones and shooting into a goal. Lots of standing time. We have done this in the summer and the winter. It's always the same. Oh - you are a defender? Start shooting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Very little is said about the owner of HP. Who is he and what’s his background?

A dude that never kicked a ball but has money and connections. What’s new? Youth soccer in America is business. Understand that.

No -it's dude that never kicked a ball or played soccer but inherited the company from Daddy. What do you think the H stands for in HP?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Very little is said about the owner of HP. Who is he and what’s his background?

A dude that never kicked a ball but has money and connections. What’s new? Youth soccer in America is business. Understand that.

No -it's dude that never kicked a ball or played soccer but inherited the company from Daddy. What do you think the H stands for in HP?

I played against him growing up in NOVA via travel and high school soccer. You are just flat out lying. If your Dad started a successful business, why wouldn’t you take it? You are speaking as if inheriting something and growing it is bad. I get it, you are troll.

[Anonymous]

He's the director of VDA. If you see his social media its cringe worth.

[Anonymous]

Are there some truths to the ownership? Absolutely. I think anybody should find some conflict of interest but the reality is and especially around here, there are constantly conflicts of interest when it comes to the youth soccer landscape here.

It is a really good program for really young players, basically anything before U9, say what you will about ODP but D-ODP is a great option for extra touches from U9-U11 and much cheaper than HP.

[Anonymous]

My kid has tried different soccer clinic programs, and I find HP to be the best one so far. The kids-to-coach ratio is good, there are plenty of touches, the coaches know your child, and the owner is on point, if he sees something wrong, he steps in immediately to guide the coach. I’ve been training here for over three years and still think this place is worth every penny.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are there some truths to the ownership? Absolutely. I think anybody should find some conflict of interest but the reality is and especially around here, there are constantly conflicts of interest when it comes to the youth soccer landscape here.

It is a really good program for really young players, basically anything before U9, say what you will about ODP but D-ODP is a great option for extra touches from U9-U11 and much cheaper than HP.

D-ODP is a joke, You get what you’re paid, Cheap!

[Anonymous]

It's what your kid makes of it, but maybe for your DC the pool was weak, for my kid when we did it for a couple years at U10-11 there was a strong pool of kids making it worth it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who have done training through HP Elite, i don’t see any training that would be good for defenders. It’s hard for a non soccer player to tell from the descriptions, but is there one im missing that would help with overall technique? Something like shooting and finishing doesn’t seem applicable. Thanks.

Even in shooting and finishing there is always a 1v1 or 2v2 mini game component where someone is defending. Don't go based on what is listed on the website.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those of you who have done training through HP Elite, i don’t see any training that would be good for defenders. It’s hard for a non soccer player to tell from the descriptions, but is there one im missing that would help with overall technique? Something like shooting and finishing doesn’t seem applicable. Thanks.

1v1 Attacking/Defending & Ball Striking lesson is good for what you are looking for

[Anonymous]

basically this is just another program that is no different than all the other 'club neutral' program around the DMV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:basically this is just another program that is no different than all the other 'club neutral' program around the DMV.

How exactly is it club neutral?

[Anonymous]

Club soccer is never designed to teach basic skills, all these programs are setup to fill in that gap.

Club neutral means all clubs are welcome, no clubs are advocated for by the staff or favored, and likely that no kit for youth clubs are allowed.

[Anonymous]

People are paying thousands of dollars for club soccer and they aren't teaching skills?