Excuses clubs use to keep you

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Anonymous wrote:I have to ask what excuses have you heard in the clubs attempt to retain players?

Maybe your child will be promised n a higher level team?
Maybe free practices with older age groups?

My favorite was DS team had lost after lost for 2 years in U9 -U10 age and club would tell us not worry about the outcome. We were in fact developing our team and some teams that beat us did the kick and run but others outplayed us the right way. We have moved to another club and happier with our decision. Our son is understanding the game more and passes are more thought out. He's old teammates in the other hand are still losing game after game.

I would gladly show you the door. I have never liked these kinds of parents at this age and their kids often become toxic. Have a nice day.

The kind of parent that moves teams because the coaching is poor and seeks out a coach who actually develops players? Why wouldn't you like that type of parent?

That’s not what he said. But also the kind of parent who willfully misrepresents things, like you. Out. Now. Get a life and a new club.

As far as I can see - and admittedly the grammar was far from perfect - the OP was saying that his DS' team spent two years telling kids not to leave despite the losing because the kids were being developed (OP also strongly implied that this was in fact BS). OP has now taken his kid elsewhere where the coaching is better and the old team is still losing.

The next poster aggressively stated "I would gladly show you the door. I have never liked these kinds of parents at this age and their kids often become toxic. Have a nice day."

I then questioned this post - that I thought was rude, disingenuous, and misguided by asking "The kind of parent that moves teams because the coaching is poor and seeks out a coach who actually develops players? Why wouldn't you like that type of parent?"

What have I misrepresented? And why do you feel the need to suggest "Out. Now. Get a life and a new club.?" I find your apparent anger hard to understand.


Why should I get a new life and a new club?

[Anonymous]

You’re not wrong pp, that was a bad exchange. if thats an actual coach or director and thats their goto stance, they want no accountability for that situation.

But i agree with them, Its much tougher to coach a bunch of kids who may have a low ceiling and want to keep revenue coming in than it is to have talent come to you and work off a better base.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You’re not wrong pp, that was a bad exchange. if thats an actual coach or director and thats their goto stance, they want no accountability for that situation.

But i agree with them, Its much tougher to coach a bunch of kids who may have a low ceiling and want to keep revenue coming in than it is to have talent come to you and work off a better base.

The boys BRYC is the best example of coaching low ceiling just to keep the revenue coming in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You’re not wrong pp, that was a bad exchange. if thats an actual coach or director and thats their goto stance, they want no accountability for that situation.

But i agree with them, Its much tougher to coach a bunch of kids who may have a low ceiling and want to keep revenue coming in than it is to have talent come to you and work off a better base.

I agree wth that too. I don't expect every coach to be able to win the league. I do expect to see improvement though. And losing year after year after year is not conducive to enjoyment or development. If the talent is really so far below the rest of the league that the team cannot win then the team should enter a different league. And if the club won't enter the team in a different league cos <marketing reason> then that's on the club, and players/parents are again correct to leave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You’re not wrong pp, that was a bad exchange. if thats an actual coach or director and thats their goto stance, they want no accountability for that situation.

But i agree with them, Its much tougher to coach a bunch of kids who may have a low ceiling and want to keep revenue coming in than it is to have talent come to you and work off a better base.

The boys BRYC is the best example of coaching low ceiling just to keep the revenue coming in.

Yes. There are atually some talented kids at BRYC - but the coaching (at least what I've seen this year) is horrible. Even teams without technically skilled players should be able to organize defensively but I've never seen so much space between the lines since the early part of my DS' U12(? - whenever it is they move to 11v11) season. And if you can't even teach defensive positioning what hope have you got of teaching the kids how to create offensively?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You’re not wrong pp, that was a bad exchange. if thats an actual coach or director and thats their goto stance, they want no accountability for that situation.

But i agree with them, Its much tougher to coach a bunch of kids who may have a low ceiling and want to keep revenue coming in than it is to have talent come to you and work off a better base.

The boys BRYC is the best example of coaching low ceiling just to keep the revenue coming in.

Yes. There are atually some talented kids at BRYC - but the coaching (at least what I've seen this year) is horrible. Even teams without technically skilled players should be able to organize defensively but I've never seen so much space between the lines since the early part of my DS' U12(? - whenever it is they move to 11v11) season. And if you can't even teach defensive positioning what hope have you got of teaching the kids how to create offensively?

^ And this is without attempting to press high too.