Bethesda Soccer On Way Down

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Anonymous wrote:The U12 and U13 will likely have some shared practices once a week, just like U14 and U15. That’s how both KL and SC have done it with age adjacent teams. The players train in groups based on ability/level of development.

Ok, two teams practicing once a week together is fine. But that still leaves seven other practices in the week that still need to be accounted for? Never seen one coach with 3 teams. And two teams on one field at the BSC facility is far from ideal, 24+ girls on a tiny space. Maybe I am missing something, just feels poorly conceived from the get-go.

Why would you assume it's the indoor practice that's shared time?

Not all year but our team was at the facility from early Nov until April. Not one outdoor practice for essentially five months.

You should be happy they have that facility. They had a lot of practices that weren't canceled, like other clubs, because of the facility. If you're ulittles, that's what they do in the winter for every club during these months. And they didn't have two teams on one field.

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Anonymous wrote:The U12 and U13 will likely have some shared practices once a week, just like U14 and U15. That’s how both KL and SC have done it with age adjacent teams. The players train in groups based on ability/level of development.

So they combine practice and have 2 teams with one coach, to save themselves time?

Nice try on the negativity again, can’t help it, huh?

No, the combined practices are not all the time and are not for the purpose of saving time. KL and SC often offer additional sessions on non-game weekends in addition to regularly scheduled practices to keep the players form or work on specific things the team needs. You should not doubt their commitment to their work or the amount of time they give their players.

Are the combined practices at least once a week?
For the price, a team should have at least 3 dedicated practices per week with their own, designated head coach. Their head coach should be at all their games. If a coach can't coach all his own games, then he is overscheduled.

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Anonymous wrote:The U12 and U13 will likely have some shared practices once a week, just like U14 and U15. That’s how both KL and SC have done it with age adjacent teams. The players train in groups based on ability/level of development.

Ok, two teams practicing once a week together is fine. But that still leaves seven other practices in the week that still need to be accounted for? Never seen one coach with 3 teams. And two teams on one field at the BSC facility is far from ideal, 24+ girls on a tiny space. Maybe I am missing something, just feels poorly conceived from the get-go.

If you don’t know why KL is coaching three top teams or questioning how he intends to run his practices and tournaments, you should probably go somewhere else. It’s this ignorant judgement and negativity that ruins it for everybody.

Just calling people ignorant doesn’t answer the PP’s legitimate question about training scheduling? I don’t know KL, not bashing or defending. But, your answer is the typical BSC answer - we don’t have to explain or justify our decisions, you can always go somewhere else.

What is the legitimate question? They have not seen the schedule for next year but already deemed it "poorly conceived from the get-go".

Proof of ignorance and negativity:
1. Ok, two teams practicing once a week together is fine. But that still leaves seven other practices in the week that still need to be accounted for?
2. Never seen one coach with 3 teams.
3. And two teams on one field at the BSC facility is far from ideal, 24+ girls on a tiny space.

See if you can ask an actual question. I'm not going to give you more info unless you drop the whining.

Ok. Two questions:

You’re at the Jeff Cup and on Saturday there are six games amongst the three teams. Who coaches those games?

What does the practice schedule for a week look with three teams and nine practices?

Other coaches will likely help coach at that event if needed. Before you freak out, tournaments like Jeff cup are at the bottom of the totem pole for BSC ECNL teams and not every game is as critical to have KL there.

You don’t have to have all three teams practice on the same days. They will likely stagger some of the days, that’s how they are currently.

I am not freaking out. Jeff Cup is just an example, any tournament will mean KL cannot coach all of his teams - even if a tournament is the “most important”.

I assume ECNL will coordinate league games amongst the teams but conflicts are likely. These are just facts, not complaints. If you can provide one example at BSC where one coach has three top teams I will apologize, again not a complaint, just a fact as far as I know. It’s unusual.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The U12 and U13 will likely have some shared practices once a week, just like U14 and U15. That’s how both KL and SC have done it with age adjacent teams. The players train in groups based on ability/level of development.

So they combine practice and have 2 teams with one coach, to save themselves time?

Nice try on the negativity again, can’t help it, huh?

No, the combined practices are not all the time and are not for the purpose of saving time. KL and SC often offer additional sessions on non-game weekends in addition to regularly scheduled practices to keep the players form or work on specific things the team needs. You should not doubt their commitment to their work or the amount of time they give their players.

They have the same 24 hours in one day as any of the rest of us. A weeknight only has so much time for practicing. 5 pm-9pm.

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Tournaments will work out conflicts between two teams but not three.

[Anonymous]

genuine question here... do you guys just think about these things in your free time? like, you don't have anything else going on in your life to spend your time on?

If you're THAT concerned about the logistics, be an adult and contact KL. PROBLEM SOLVED!

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Anonymous wrote:The U12 and U13 will likely have some shared practices once a week, just like U14 and U15. That’s how both KL and SC have done it with age adjacent teams. The players train in groups based on ability/level of development.

Ok, two teams practicing once a week together is fine. But that still leaves seven other practices in the week that still need to be accounted for? Never seen one coach with 3 teams. And two teams on one field at the BSC facility is far from ideal, 24+ girls on a tiny space. Maybe I am missing something, just feels poorly conceived from the get-go.

If you don’t know why KL is coaching three top teams or questioning how he intends to run his practices and tournaments, you should probably go somewhere else. It’s this ignorant judgement and negativity that ruins it for everybody.

Just calling people ignorant doesn’t answer the PP’s legitimate question about training scheduling? I don’t know KL, not bashing or defending. But, your answer is the typical BSC answer - we don’t have to explain or justify our decisions, you can always go somewhere else.

What is the legitimate question? They have not seen the schedule for next year but already deemed it "poorly conceived from the get-go".

Proof of ignorance and negativity:
1. Ok, two teams practicing once a week together is fine. But that still leaves seven other practices in the week that still need to be accounted for?
2. Never seen one coach with 3 teams.
3. And two teams on one field at the BSC facility is far from ideal, 24+ girls on a tiny space.

See if you can ask an actual question. I'm not going to give you more info unless you drop the whining.

Ok. Two questions:

You’re at the Jeff Cup and on Saturday there are six games amongst the three teams. Who coaches those games?

What does the practice schedule for a week look with three teams and nine practices?

Other coaches will likely help coach at that event if needed. Before you freak out, tournaments like Jeff cup are at the bottom of the totem pole for BSC ECNL teams and not every game is as critical to have KL there.

You don’t have to have all three teams practice on the same days. They will likely stagger some of the days, that’s how they are currently.

I am not freaking out. Jeff Cup is just an example, any tournament will mean KL cannot coach all of his teams - even if a tournament is the “most important”.

I assume ECNL will coordinate league games amongst the teams but conflicts are likely. These are just facts, not complaints. If you can provide one example at BSC where one coach has three top teams I will apologize, again not a complaint, just a fact as far as I know. It’s unusual.

I'm not trying to upset you but the U9 team, while technically a top team, does not have nearly the same demands as the ECNL-aged teams (less players, smaller games, fewer events, etc). This is not to say that KL would care less about them, he cares a whole lot about early development but he wouldn't take that on if he didn't have a plan for how to best make it work. He never misses scheduled practices or events and is always prepared for sessions. The bottom line is, there aren't many coaches that provide the quality of training he does and while things may not be perfect in every scheduling or logistical aspect, the benefit of having this coach develop your player far exceeds the inconvenience. If your priorities are stacked differently, you should really look into going somewhere else. The constant complaining won't help your child succeed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:genuine question here... do you guys just think about these things in your free time? like, you don't have anything else going on in your life to spend your time on?

If you're THAT concerned about the logistics, be an adult and contact KL. PROBLEM SOLVED!

It’s a chat board about BSC 😂. You’re under no obligation to respond. People come here looking for insights and opinions. Your constant insults are telling.

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Anonymous wrote:The U12 and U13 will likely have some shared practices once a week, just like U14 and U15. That’s how both KL and SC have done it with age adjacent teams. The players train in groups based on ability/level of development.

Ok, two teams practicing once a week together is fine. But that still leaves seven other practices in the week that still need to be accounted for? Never seen one coach with 3 teams. And two teams on one field at the BSC facility is far from ideal, 24+ girls on a tiny space. Maybe I am missing something, just feels poorly conceived from the get-go.

If you don’t know why KL is coaching three top teams or questioning how he intends to run his practices and tournaments, you should probably go somewhere else. It’s this ignorant judgement and negativity that ruins it for everybody.

Just calling people ignorant doesn’t answer the PP’s legitimate question about training scheduling? I don’t know KL, not bashing or defending. But, your answer is the typical BSC answer - we don’t have to explain or justify our decisions, you can always go somewhere else.

What is the legitimate question? They have not seen the schedule for next year but already deemed it "poorly conceived from the get-go".

Proof of ignorance and negativity:
1. Ok, two teams practicing once a week together is fine. But that still leaves seven other practices in the week that still need to be accounted for?
2. Never seen one coach with 3 teams.
3. And two teams on one field at the BSC facility is far from ideal, 24+ girls on a tiny space.

See if you can ask an actual question. I'm not going to give you more info unless you drop the whining.

Ok. Two questions:

You’re at the Jeff Cup and on Saturday there are six games amongst the three teams. Who coaches those games?

What does the practice schedule for a week look with three teams and nine practices?

Other coaches will likely help coach at that event if needed. Before you freak out, tournaments like Jeff cup are at the bottom of the totem pole for BSC ECNL teams and not every game is as critical to have KL there.

You don’t have to have all three teams practice on the same days. They will likely stagger some of the days, that’s how they are currently.

I am not freaking out. Jeff Cup is just an example, any tournament will mean KL cannot coach all of his teams - even if a tournament is the “most important”.

I assume ECNL will coordinate league games amongst the teams but conflicts are likely. These are just facts, not complaints. If you can provide one example at BSC where one coach has three top teams I will apologize, again not a complaint, just a fact as far as I know. It’s unusual.

I'm not trying to upset you but the U9 team, while technically a top team, does not have nearly the same demands as the ECNL-aged teams (less players, smaller games, fewer events, etc). This is not to say that KL would care less about them, he cares a whole lot about early development but he wouldn't take that on if he didn't have a plan for how to best make it work. He never misses scheduled practices or events and is always prepared for sessions. The bottom line is, there aren't many coaches that provide the quality of training he does and while things may not be perfect in every scheduling or logistical aspect, the benefit of having this coach develop your player far exceeds the inconvenience. If your priorities are stacked differently, you should really look into going somewhere else. The constant complaining won't help your child succeed.

He doesn’t have the U9? He has U11, U12, U13, very different demands.

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Anonymous wrote:The U12 and U13 will likely have some shared practices once a week, just like U14 and U15. That’s how both KL and SC have done it with age adjacent teams. The players train in groups based on ability/level of development.

Ok, two teams practicing once a week together is fine. But that still leaves seven other practices in the week that still need to be accounted for? Never seen one coach with 3 teams. And two teams on one field at the BSC facility is far from ideal, 24+ girls on a tiny space. Maybe I am missing something, just feels poorly conceived from the get-go.

If you don’t know why KL is coaching three top teams or questioning how he intends to run his practices and tournaments, you should probably go somewhere else. It’s this ignorant judgement and negativity that ruins it for everybody.

Just calling people ignorant doesn’t answer the PP’s legitimate question about training scheduling? I don’t know KL, not bashing or defending. But, your answer is the typical BSC answer - we don’t have to explain or justify our decisions, you can always go somewhere else.

What is the legitimate question? They have not seen the schedule for next year but already deemed it "poorly conceived from the get-go".

Proof of ignorance and negativity:
1. Ok, two teams practicing once a week together is fine. But that still leaves seven other practices in the week that still need to be accounted for?
2. Never seen one coach with 3 teams.
3. And two teams on one field at the BSC facility is far from ideal, 24+ girls on a tiny space.

See if you can ask an actual question. I'm not going to give you more info unless you drop the whining.

Ok. Two questions:

You’re at the Jeff Cup and on Saturday there are six games amongst the three teams. Who coaches those games?

What does the practice schedule for a week look with three teams and nine practices?

Other coaches will likely help coach at that event if needed. Before you freak out, tournaments like Jeff cup are at the bottom of the totem pole for BSC ECNL teams and not every game is as critical to have KL there.

You don’t have to have all three teams practice on the same days. They will likely stagger some of the days, that’s how they are currently.

I am not freaking out. Jeff Cup is just an example, any tournament will mean KL cannot coach all of his teams - even if a tournament is the “most important”.

I assume ECNL will coordinate league games amongst the teams but conflicts are likely. These are just facts, not complaints. If you can provide one example at BSC where one coach has three top teams I will apologize, again not a complaint, just a fact as far as I know. It’s unusual.

I'm not trying to upset you but the U9 team, while technically a top team, does not have nearly the same demands as the ECNL-aged teams (less players, smaller games, fewer events, etc). This is not to say that KL would care less about them, he cares a whole lot about early development but he wouldn't take that on if he didn't have a plan for how to best make it work. He never misses scheduled practices or events and is always prepared for sessions. The bottom line is, there aren't many coaches that provide the quality of training he does and while things may not be perfect in every scheduling or logistical aspect, the benefit of having this coach develop your player far exceeds the inconvenience. If your priorities are stacked differently, you should really look into going somewhere else. The constant complaining won't help your child succeed.

He doesn’t have the U9? He has U11, U12, U13, very different demands.

Right U11, not U9, comments above still stand. This isn't KL's first rodeo (might be yours), he is aware what the teams need.

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Anonymous wrote:The U12 and U13 will likely have some shared practices once a week, just like U14 and U15. That’s how both KL and SC have done it with age adjacent teams. The players train in groups based on ability/level of development.

Ok, two teams practicing once a week together is fine. But that still leaves seven other practices in the week that still need to be accounted for? Never seen one coach with 3 teams. And two teams on one field at the BSC facility is far from ideal, 24+ girls on a tiny space. Maybe I am missing something, just feels poorly conceived from the get-go.

If you don’t know why KL is coaching three top teams or questioning how he intends to run his practices and tournaments, you should probably go somewhere else. It’s this ignorant judgement and negativity that ruins it for everybody.

Just calling people ignorant doesn’t answer the PP’s legitimate question about training scheduling? I don’t know KL, not bashing or defending. But, your answer is the typical BSC answer - we don’t have to explain or justify our decisions, you can always go somewhere else.

What is the legitimate question? They have not seen the schedule for next year but already deemed it "poorly conceived from the get-go".

Proof of ignorance and negativity:
1. Ok, two teams practicing once a week together is fine. But that still leaves seven other practices in the week that still need to be accounted for?
2. Never seen one coach with 3 teams.
3. And two teams on one field at the BSC facility is far from ideal, 24+ girls on a tiny space.

See if you can ask an actual question. I'm not going to give you more info unless you drop the whining.

Ok. Two questions:

You’re at the Jeff Cup and on Saturday there are six games amongst the three teams. Who coaches those games?

What does the practice schedule for a week look with three teams and nine practices?

Other coaches will likely help coach at that event if needed. Before you freak out, tournaments like Jeff cup are at the bottom of the totem pole for BSC ECNL teams and not every game is as critical to have KL there.

You don’t have to have all three teams practice on the same days. They will likely stagger some of the days, that’s how they are currently.

I am not freaking out. Jeff Cup is just an example, any tournament will mean KL cannot coach all of his teams - even if a tournament is the “most important”.

I assume ECNL will coordinate league games amongst the teams but conflicts are likely. These are just facts, not complaints. If you can provide one example at BSC where one coach has three top teams I will apologize, again not a complaint, just a fact as far as I know. It’s unusual.

I'm not trying to upset you but the U9 team, while technically a top team, does not have nearly the same demands as the ECNL-aged teams (less players, smaller games, fewer events, etc). This is not to say that KL would care less about them, he cares a whole lot about early development but he wouldn't take that on if he didn't have a plan for how to best make it work. He never misses scheduled practices or events and is always prepared for sessions. The bottom line is, there aren't many coaches that provide the quality of training he does and while things may not be perfect in every scheduling or logistical aspect, the benefit of having this coach develop your player far exceeds the inconvenience. If your priorities are stacked differently, you should really look into going somewhere else. The constant complaining won't help your child succeed.

Is this post from KL or KL's mom?

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Anonymous wrote:The U12 and U13 will likely have some shared practices once a week, just like U14 and U15. That’s how both KL and SC have done it with age adjacent teams. The players train in groups based on ability/level of development.

Ok, two teams practicing once a week together is fine. But that still leaves seven other practices in the week that still need to be accounted for? Never seen one coach with 3 teams. And two teams on one field at the BSC facility is far from ideal, 24+ girls on a tiny space. Maybe I am missing something, just feels poorly conceived from the get-go.

If you don’t know why KL is coaching three top teams or questioning how he intends to run his practices and tournaments, you should probably go somewhere else. It’s this ignorant judgement and negativity that ruins it for everybody.

Just calling people ignorant doesn’t answer the PP’s legitimate question about training scheduling? I don’t know KL, not bashing or defending. But, your answer is the typical BSC answer - we don’t have to explain or justify our decisions, you can always go somewhere else.

What is the legitimate question? They have not seen the schedule for next year but already deemed it "poorly conceived from the get-go".

Proof of ignorance and negativity:
1. Ok, two teams practicing once a week together is fine. But that still leaves seven other practices in the week that still need to be accounted for?
2. Never seen one coach with 3 teams.
3. And two teams on one field at the BSC facility is far from ideal, 24+ girls on a tiny space.

See if you can ask an actual question. I'm not going to give you more info unless you drop the whining.

Ok. Two questions:

You’re at the Jeff Cup and on Saturday there are six games amongst the three teams. Who coaches those games?

What does the practice schedule for a week look with three teams and nine practices?

Other coaches will likely help coach at that event if needed. Before you freak out, tournaments like Jeff cup are at the bottom of the totem pole for BSC ECNL teams and not every game is as critical to have KL there.

You don’t have to have all three teams practice on the same days. They will likely stagger some of the days, that’s how they are currently.

I am not freaking out. Jeff Cup is just an example, any tournament will mean KL cannot coach all of his teams - even if a tournament is the “most important”.

I assume ECNL will coordinate league games amongst the teams but conflicts are likely. These are just facts, not complaints. If you can provide one example at BSC where one coach has three top teams I will apologize, again not a complaint, just a fact as far as I know. It’s unusual.

I'm not trying to upset you but the U9 team, while technically a top team, does not have nearly the same demands as the ECNL-aged teams (less players, smaller games, fewer events, etc). This is not to say that KL would care less about them, he cares a whole lot about early development but he wouldn't take that on if he didn't have a plan for how to best make it work. He never misses scheduled practices or events and is always prepared for sessions. The bottom line is, there aren't many coaches that provide the quality of training he does and while things may not be perfect in every scheduling or logistical aspect, the benefit of having this coach develop your player far exceeds the inconvenience. If your priorities are stacked differently, you should really look into going somewhere else. The constant complaining won't help your child succeed.

Is this post from KL or KL's mom?

Your mom

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Anonymous wrote:The U12 and U13 will likely have some shared practices once a week, just like U14 and U15. That’s how both KL and SC have done it with age adjacent teams. The players train in groups based on ability/level of development.

Ok, two teams practicing once a week together is fine. But that still leaves seven other practices in the week that still need to be accounted for? Never seen one coach with 3 teams. And two teams on one field at the BSC facility is far from ideal, 24+ girls on a tiny space. Maybe I am missing something, just feels poorly conceived from the get-go.

If you don’t know why KL is coaching three top teams or questioning how he intends to run his practices and tournaments, you should probably go somewhere else. It’s this ignorant judgement and negativity that ruins it for everybody.

Just calling people ignorant doesn’t answer the PP’s legitimate question about training scheduling? I don’t know KL, not bashing or defending. But, your answer is the typical BSC answer - we don’t have to explain or justify our decisions, you can always go somewhere else.

What is the legitimate question? They have not seen the schedule for next year but already deemed it "poorly conceived from the get-go".

Proof of ignorance and negativity:
1. Ok, two teams practicing once a week together is fine. But that still leaves seven other practices in the week that still need to be accounted for?
2. Never seen one coach with 3 teams.
3. And two teams on one field at the BSC facility is far from ideal, 24+ girls on a tiny space.

See if you can ask an actual question. I'm not going to give you more info unless you drop the whining.

Ok. Two questions:

You’re at the Jeff Cup and on Saturday there are six games amongst the three teams. Who coaches those games?

What does the practice schedule for a week look with three teams and nine practices?

Other coaches will likely help coach at that event if needed. Before you freak out, tournaments like Jeff cup are at the bottom of the totem pole for BSC ECNL teams and not every game is as critical to have KL there.

You don’t have to have all three teams practice on the same days. They will likely stagger some of the days, that’s how they are currently.

I am not freaking out. Jeff Cup is just an example, any tournament will mean KL cannot coach all of his teams - even if a tournament is the “most important”.

I assume ECNL will coordinate league games amongst the teams but conflicts are likely. These are just facts, not complaints. If you can provide one example at BSC where one coach has three top teams I will apologize, again not a complaint, just a fact as far as I know. It’s unusual.

I'm not trying to upset you but the U9 team, while technically a top team, does not have nearly the same demands as the ECNL-aged teams (less players, smaller games, fewer events, etc). This is not to say that KL would care less about them, he cares a whole lot about early development but he wouldn't take that on if he didn't have a plan for how to best make it work. He never misses scheduled practices or events and is always prepared for sessions. The bottom line is, there aren't many coaches that provide the quality of training he does and while things may not be perfect in every scheduling or logistical aspect, the benefit of having this coach develop your player far exceeds the inconvenience. If your priorities are stacked differently, you should really look into going somewhere else. The constant complaining won't help your child succeed.

He doesn’t have the U9? He has U11, U12, U13, very different demands.

Right U11, not U9, comments above still stand. This isn't KL's first rodeo (might be yours), he is aware what the teams need.

Ok, has KL coached three top teams? He’s done this already? And U11 is a big time commitment for anyone, coaches, parents, and players.

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Anonymous wrote:The U12 and U13 will likely have some shared practices once a week, just like U14 and U15. That’s how both KL and SC have done it with age adjacent teams. The players train in groups based on ability/level of development.

Ok, two teams practicing once a week together is fine. But that still leaves seven other practices in the week that still need to be accounted for? Never seen one coach with 3 teams. And two teams on one field at the BSC facility is far from ideal, 24+ girls on a tiny space. Maybe I am missing something, just feels poorly conceived from the get-go.

If you don’t know why KL is coaching three top teams or questioning how he intends to run his practices and tournaments, you should probably go somewhere else. It’s this ignorant judgement and negativity that ruins it for everybody.

Just calling people ignorant doesn’t answer the PP’s legitimate question about training scheduling? I don’t know KL, not bashing or defending. But, your answer is the typical BSC answer - we don’t have to explain or justify our decisions, you can always go somewhere else.

What is the legitimate question? They have not seen the schedule for next year but already deemed it "poorly conceived from the get-go".

Proof of ignorance and negativity:
1. Ok, two teams practicing once a week together is fine. But that still leaves seven other practices in the week that still need to be accounted for?
2. Never seen one coach with 3 teams.
3. And two teams on one field at the BSC facility is far from ideal, 24+ girls on a tiny space.

See if you can ask an actual question. I'm not going to give you more info unless you drop the whining.

Ok. Two questions:

You’re at the Jeff Cup and on Saturday there are six games amongst the three teams. Who coaches those games?

What does the practice schedule for a week look with three teams and nine practices?

Other coaches will likely help coach at that event if needed. Before you freak out, tournaments like Jeff cup are at the bottom of the totem pole for BSC ECNL teams and not every game is as critical to have KL there.

You don’t have to have all three teams practice on the same days. They will likely stagger some of the days, that’s how they are currently.

I am not freaking out. Jeff Cup is just an example, any tournament will mean KL cannot coach all of his teams - even if a tournament is the “most important”.

I assume ECNL will coordinate league games amongst the teams but conflicts are likely. These are just facts, not complaints. If you can provide one example at BSC where one coach has three top teams I will apologize, again not a complaint, just a fact as far as I know. It’s unusual.

I'm not trying to upset you but the U9 team, while technically a top team, does not have nearly the same demands as the ECNL-aged teams (less players, smaller games, fewer events, etc). This is not to say that KL would care less about them, he cares a whole lot about early development but he wouldn't take that on if he didn't have a plan for how to best make it work. He never misses scheduled practices or events and is always prepared for sessions. The bottom line is, there aren't many coaches that provide the quality of training he does and while things may not be perfect in every scheduling or logistical aspect, the benefit of having this coach develop your player far exceeds the inconvenience. If your priorities are stacked differently, you should really look into going somewhere else. The constant complaining won't help your child succeed.

He doesn’t have the U9? He has U11, U12, U13, very different demands.

Right U11, not U9, comments above still stand. This isn't KL's first rodeo (might be yours), he is aware what the teams need.

Ok, has KL coached three top teams? He’s done this already? And U11 is a big time commitment for anyone, coaches, parents, and players.

Yes, last year he coached 2009, 2010 and 2011 top teams. Two made ECNL playoffs.

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Anonymous wrote:The U12 and U13 will likely have some shared practices once a week, just like U14 and U15. That’s how both KL and SC have done it with age adjacent teams. The players train in groups based on ability/level of development.

Ok, two teams practicing once a week together is fine. But that still leaves seven other practices in the week that still need to be accounted for? Never seen one coach with 3 teams. And two teams on one field at the BSC facility is far from ideal, 24+ girls on a tiny space. Maybe I am missing something, just feels poorly conceived from the get-go.

If you don’t know why KL is coaching three top teams or questioning how he intends to run his practices and tournaments, you should probably go somewhere else. It’s this ignorant judgement and negativity that ruins it for everybody.

Just calling people ignorant doesn’t answer the PP’s legitimate question about training scheduling? I don’t know KL, not bashing or defending. But, your answer is the typical BSC answer - we don’t have to explain or justify our decisions, you can always go somewhere else.

What is the legitimate question? They have not seen the schedule for next year but already deemed it "poorly conceived from the get-go".

Proof of ignorance and negativity:
1. Ok, two teams practicing once a week together is fine. But that still leaves seven other practices in the week that still need to be accounted for?
2. Never seen one coach with 3 teams.
3. And two teams on one field at the BSC facility is far from ideal, 24+ girls on a tiny space.

See if you can ask an actual question. I'm not going to give you more info unless you drop the whining.

Ok. Two questions:

You’re at the Jeff Cup and on Saturday there are six games amongst the three teams. Who coaches those games?

What does the practice schedule for a week look with three teams and nine practices?

Other coaches will likely help coach at that event if needed. Before you freak out, tournaments like Jeff cup are at the bottom of the totem pole for BSC ECNL teams and not every game is as critical to have KL there.

You don’t have to have all three teams practice on the same days. They will likely stagger some of the days, that’s how they are currently.

I am not freaking out. Jeff Cup is just an example, any tournament will mean KL cannot coach all of his teams - even if a tournament is the “most important”.

I assume ECNL will coordinate league games amongst the teams but conflicts are likely. These are just facts, not complaints. If you can provide one example at BSC where one coach has three top teams I will apologize, again not a complaint, just a fact as far as I know. It’s unusual.

I'm not trying to upset you but the U9 team, while technically a top team, does not have nearly the same demands as the ECNL-aged teams (less players, smaller games, fewer events, etc). This is not to say that KL would care less about them, he cares a whole lot about early development but he wouldn't take that on if he didn't have a plan for how to best make it work. He never misses scheduled practices or events and is always prepared for sessions. The bottom line is, there aren't many coaches that provide the quality of training he does and while things may not be perfect in every scheduling or logistical aspect, the benefit of having this coach develop your player far exceeds the inconvenience. If your priorities are stacked differently, you should really look into going somewhere else. The constant complaining won't help your child succeed.

He doesn’t have the U9? He has U11, U12, U13, very different demands.

Right U11, not U9, comments above still stand. This isn't KL's first rodeo (might be yours), he is aware what the teams need.

Ok, has KL coached three top teams? He’s done this already? And U11 is a big time commitment for anyone, coaches, parents, and players.

Yes, last year he coached 2009, 2010 and 2011 top teams. Two made ECNL playoffs.

No, not exactly. According to this, he coached the U12 ECNL I and II and the ECNL U15 team.

https://www.bethesdasoccer.org/girls-teams/girls-coaches/