Too much soccer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They should be home eating snacks and playing video games in a dark room instead.
Seriously - it is too much when the kid says it is too much.

Why is that the only alternative? Either be overscheduled or sit around playing video games?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Have the discussion every spring when you have to sign up for the next year. Don’t be shy about taking off most of winter ball to do something else

I don't understand this...Have what discussion with who? What are you signing up for in the Spring...winter ball? What is winter ball? You sign up for winter ball in the spring?

you sign up for a year of soccer in the spring. If it's too much then you should talk to your kid about it then. Sign up for winter is now and you can usually skip it depending on the club

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When is soccer too much? Today I saw young kids in Mclean area practicing and parents running drills when instead the kids should be enjoying being a kid. These weren't 11 or 12 year old kids but looked to be 9 or even 8. Is everyone training 5 or 6 days a week isn't that harmful to the kid? At what point should social services be involved? Over training can cause long term affects am I right?

Too much soccer ain’t enough soccer. You could not understand it. Please stop with your lame and tacky threads. If your kid isn’t got that drive it’s all good. Just don’t condone mediocrity or subpar intensity. It’s the reason why this country sucks at this sport. Well, also the fact that you can’t stop it every 2 mins to shove ads and commercials down people’s throats.

$ , marketing, ads……

Can’t do that with 45 mins straight unlike American football where you have dudes that eat like crap so they can become a human shield. How’s that promoting health? Oh wait, here’s your Pepsi ad and please don’t leave at halftime we have a special show for you.

Puh-lease.

[Anonymous]

I’ve never heard any mention of too much soccer in South America. Kids there constantly play pickup soccer for hours each and every day. Only in the US is where I constantly hear of too much soccer and overuse injuries, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Futbol is life.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never heard any mention of too much soccer in South America. Kids there constantly play pickup soccer for hours each and every day. Only in the US is where I constantly hear of too much soccer and overuse injuries, etc.

Yep, and soccer ends at 14 years old in the rest of the world apparently due to burnout.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never heard any mention of too much soccer in South America. Kids there constantly play pickup soccer for hours each and every day. Only in the US is where I constantly hear of too much soccer and overuse injuries, etc.

Yep, and soccer ends at 14 years old in the rest of the world apparently due to burnout.

Softies aka weaklings. Look around.

School boards more concerned with gender ideology and eliminating accountability and responsibility from students and dooming teachers into more BS.

Burnout? A fkn snowflake you mean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When your kids show more interest in something else than they do in soccer. But if they love it , It can never be too much.

When its driven by the kids, and they say they love it, then its not too much. Capice?

[Anonymous]

OP, most kids who play travel soccer want to do it. Most of them (who I know) also play other sports either in summer or year round as well. Lots of other kids do rec soccer and other stuff.

Then there are ballerinas or gymnasts or musicians who also practice that much or more than kids doing soccer.

There are lots of kids for who organized sports/activities holds no appeal at all and for others who like sports but are happy to do it without a structure. I know a 6th grader who I see out running all the time and who just won a major track meet.

Each kid is different and suggesting that travel soccer is inherently "too much" is applying your kids own preferences far too widely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Softies aka weaklings. Look around.

School boards more concerned with gender ideology and eliminating accountability and responsibility from students and dooming teachers into more BS.

Burnout? A fkn snowflake you mean.

Give it a rest and grow up. Not everything in life is political to everyone else. You carry that nonsense with you everywhere you go and are a drag. Like the "overscheduled or sit around playing video games" comment, there are multiple options and opinions. Not just one be all end all of life. Narrow-mindedness and lack of humility are the real issues.

[Anonymous]

If you are tired of soccer as a kid u don’t love the game

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, most kids who play travel soccer want to do it. Most of them (who I know) also play other sports either in summer or year round as well. Lots of other kids do rec soccer and other stuff.

Then there are ballerinas or gymnasts or musicians who also practice that much or more than kids doing soccer.

There are lots of kids for who organized sports/activities holds no appeal at all and for others who like sports but are happy to do it without a structure. I know a 6th grader who I see out running all the time and who just won a major track meet.

Each kid is different and suggesting that travel soccer is inherently "too much" is applying your kids own preferences far too widely.

You can have a balance with ecnl soccer but you need to really drive that message constantly. Mine got way too sucked into the constant soccer and the D1 or die culture. I did not understand that when I brought her to a top club. She just was good and wanted to play more competitively and I had no idea it was all about college scholarships.

That said...we had a great ride and I was able to successfully insist on high academics during high school and college but that was not the culture. You need to push back to get the balance if that is important to you and you want to communicate that value to your player.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, most kids who play travel soccer want to do it. Most of them (who I know) also play other sports either in summer or year round as well. Lots of other kids do rec soccer and other stuff.

Then there are ballerinas or gymnasts or musicians who also practice that much or more than kids doing soccer.

There are lots of kids for who organized sports/activities holds no appeal at all and for others who like sports but are happy to do it without a structure. I know a 6th grader who I see out running all the time and who just won a major track meet.

Each kid is different and suggesting that travel soccer is inherently "too much" is applying your kids own preferences far too widely.

You can have a balance with ecnl soccer but you need to really drive that message constantly. Mine got way too sucked into the constant soccer and the D1 or die culture. I did not understand that when I brought her to a top club. She just was good and wanted to play more competitively and I had no idea it was all about college scholarships.

That said...we had a great ride and I was able to successfully insist on high academics during high school and college but that was not the culture. You need to push back to get the balance if that is important to you and you want to communicate that value to your player.

+1