Canceled practice

[Anonymous]

Club only (justifiably) for weather.

One coach in particular, once most every week. Sigh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How often does your club randomly cancel practice?

Do they give an explanation? I am not talking about weather cancels- I am talking about just deciding to cancel for no good reason.

Our club pretty consistently cancels practice- almost every week —without any explanation or justification. A note comes out that just days no practice.

Is this just a money grab? We pay for 3 practices a week and they routinely only have 2. They cancel the practices at the best kept fields as well —presumably saving money on field rentals

Every canceled practice is basically $4-5k in their pocket. Can I ask for a prorated refund of my monthly fee (by my estimate they would owe me about 80 - 100 each month in refund)…

Let me guess FVU?
They cancelled one (of the 3) practices for boys and girls this week.

Because McLean needed fields for ID sessions. It's not the norm.

[Anonymous]

FVU just canceled the entire week of practice again. Are other clubs canceling practice this week?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FVU just canceled the entire week of practice again. Are other clubs canceling practice this week?

No they didn't? Girls at practice now.

[Anonymous]

Never

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is every cancelled practice an additional 5K in their pocket? My kid's club is 3.5K a year. Say they have 100 practices a year (it's less because summer doesn't happen and fall is light because of HS). If you only count practices that's like 1,750 per practice for 50 kids, but there are more like 30 kids there each evening with 2 coaches. My own kid honestly only goes like 1/3 of the time (school, extra curriculars, and hs when in season are priority...he still plays all games). But...money doesn't go to practice only. Tournament fees and software and subsidizing kids is a huge part of it. A coach might make $100 for practice that night.

If this bothers you you should try out for a more reliable club in May.

I do think your math is totally wrong though.

Wow, you all have your tournament fees included with the overall club fee.
My DS plays for SYC and we have to pay extra tournaments. On TOP of that, even if a player can't participate in a tournament, they expect a player to pay.
Also, they routinely cancel our alleged "3rd practice". SYC is complete trash and a money grab!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is every cancelled practice an additional 5K in their pocket? My kid's club is 3.5K a year. Say they have 100 practices a year (it's less because summer doesn't happen and fall is light because of HS). If you only count practices that's like 1,750 per practice for 50 kids, but there are more like 30 kids there each evening with 2 coaches. My own kid honestly only goes like 1/3 of the time (school, extra curriculars, and hs when in season are priority...he still plays all games). But...money doesn't go to practice only. Tournament fees and software and subsidizing kids is a huge part of it. A coach might make $100 for practice that night.

If this bothers you you should try out for a more reliable club in May.

I do think your math is totally wrong though.

Wow, you all have your tournament fees included with the overall club fee.
My DS plays for SYC and we have to pay extra tournaments. On TOP of that, even if a player can't participate in a tournament, they expect a player to pay.
Also, they routinely cancel our alleged "3rd practice". SYC is complete trash and a money grab!

This is normal at almost all clubs and probably part of the agreement you signed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is every cancelled practice an additional 5K in their pocket? My kid's club is 3.5K a year. Say they have 100 practices a year (it's less because summer doesn't happen and fall is light because of HS). If you only count practices that's like 1,750 per practice for 50 kids, but there are more like 30 kids there each evening with 2 coaches. My own kid honestly only goes like 1/3 of the time (school, extra curriculars, and hs when in season are priority...he still plays all games). But...money doesn't go to practice only. Tournament fees and software and subsidizing kids is a huge part of it. A coach might make $100 for practice that night.

If this bothers you you should try out for a more reliable club in May.

I do think your math is totally wrong though.

Wow, you all have your tournament fees included with the overall club fee.
My DS plays for SYC and we have to pay extra tournaments. On TOP of that, even if a player can't participate in a tournament, they expect a player to pay.
Also, they routinely cancel our alleged "3rd practice". SYC is complete trash and a money grab!

This is normal at almost all clubs and probably part of the agreement you signed.

At our club, fees only go to the players that are participating. Sounds like typical SYC robbery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How often does your club randomly cancel practice?

Do they give an explanation? I am not talking about weather cancels- I am talking about just deciding to cancel for no good reason.

Our club pretty consistently cancels practice- almost every week —without any explanation or justification. A note comes out that just days no practice.

Is this just a money grab? We pay for 3 practices a week and they routinely only have 2. They cancel the practices at the best kept fields as well —presumably saving money on field rentals

Every canceled practice is basically $4-5k in their pocket. Can I ask for a prorated refund of my monthly fee (by my estimate they would owe me about 80 - 100 each month in refund)…

Let me guess FVU?
They cancelled one (of the 3) practices for boys and girls this week.

My guess is valor.....from experience

[Anonymous]

Just go to some other clubs ID session. Free training

[Anonymous]

The club never cancels unless the temps are bitter or the field is covered in snow. It’s always justified. However, the coach for his GK academy cancels almost every single weekend. There’s no end to the excuses. We will not be rejoining.