Snacks for Soccer. Please help.

[Anonymous]

I HATE SOCCER SNACKS.

It's pretty much my only parenting pet peeve.
It's just SO stupid.

[Anonymous]

I silently curse the parents who send out those stupid snack sign-ups. I mentally write them off as idiots.
It's pretty much the old time other parents annoy me (I don't routinely go around being annoyed).

But the stupid soccer snacks. Egads. SO dumb. Kids can play for 60 minutes without needing a snack.

signed,
mom of 3 elementary aged kids

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My teen keeps an appropriate halftime snack in the backpack, along with gatorade and water, and has a chocolate milk after. The body of an athlete is a machine and must be fueled as such, at any age.

Good for your "athlete" but do 10 and 11 y/o's need a bag of Doritos and Oreo's and a 20 oz gatorade after fluttering around a soccer field for less than an hour? I agree with the previous poster that snack should not be a reward for participating in youth sports. If your kid is dehydrated, give them water. If they are hungry, go eat lunch. The whole snack/treat thing needs to stop.

No those are obviously inappropriate choices for an after-game recovery. The point of the snack is to get it in the body right after activity because that is the opportune time for recovery. Gatorade or Powerade or chocolate milk do more to enhance recovery and what was lost during the sweating of a game than water does. Agreed that everyone needs to educate themselves about what is appropriate and bring your own.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I silently curse the parents who send out those stupid snack sign-ups. I mentally write them off as idiots.
It's pretty much the old time other parents annoy me (I don't routinely go around being annoyed).

But the stupid soccer snacks. Egads. SO dumb. Kids can play for 60 minutes without needing a snack.

signed,
mom of 3 elementary aged kids

don't like it? coach your own team and call the snack bringers idiots.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I silently curse the parents who send out those stupid snack sign-ups. I mentally write them off as idiots.
It's pretty much the old time other parents annoy me (I don't routinely go around being annoyed).

But the stupid soccer snacks. Egads. SO dumb. Kids can play for 60 minutes without needing a snack.

signed,
mom of 3 elementary aged kids

X100

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I silently curse the parents who send out those stupid snack sign-ups. I mentally write them off as idiots.
It's pretty much the old time other parents annoy me (I don't routinely go around being annoyed).

But the stupid soccer snacks. Egads. SO dumb. Kids can play for 60 minutes without needing a snack.

signed,
mom of 3 elementary aged kids

don't like it? coach your own team and call the snack bringers idiots.

Every time this happens, someone says this. And I will continue to respond with my story: I did just that last fall. (Not motivated by getting rid of the snacks, that was just a hopeful side benefit)
U7 soccer. Rec league. As un-competitive a team as you can have. I emailed all the parents, reminding them to bring water/drink for their kids to all practices and games and saying that they are free to bring a snack for their child if they feel the need.
Sure enough, shortly before the first game, I got a panicky email from pinterest-mom asking when I was going to send out the snack schedule. I reminded her of her previous email and assured her that I was confident that all the parents on the team would know what their kids best liked/wanted, and so wasn't going to be sending out a snack schedule. About 30 seconds later, she said "that's OK, I'll coordinate the schedule" and 30 seconds after that, out went the sign-up genius. ARGH! I didn't call her an idiot because... well... I'm not a mean person.

The problem is that just one mom will take it upon herself to decide for the whole team that the team will be doing this stupid snack thing. And none of the rest of us want to look like the jack-asses who want to deprive kids of food and water. And pinterest-mom CAN NOT take a hint.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No those are obviously inappropriate choices for an after-game recovery.

We found something to agree on. The rest of your post is inapplicable to U-little sports and does not address the snack/treat as a reward BS.

If you want to educate your "athletes" on proper post-exercise recovery, be my guest. Just don't foist it on everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every time this happens, someone says this. And I will continue to respond with my story: I did just that last fall. (Not motivated by getting rid of the snacks, that was just a hopeful side benefit)
U7 soccer. Rec league. As un-competitive a team as you can have. I emailed all the parents, reminding them to bring water/drink for their kids to all practices and games and saying that they are free to bring a snack for their child if they feel the need.
Sure enough, shortly before the first game, I got a panicky email from pinterest-mom asking when I was going to send out the snack schedule. I reminded her of her previous email and assured her that I was confident that all the parents on the team would know what their kids best liked/wanted, and so wasn't going to be sending out a snack schedule. About 30 seconds later, she said "that's OK, I'll coordinate the schedule" and 30 seconds after that, out went the sign-up genius. ARGH! I didn't call her an idiot because... well... I'm not a mean person.

The problem is that just one mom will take it upon herself to decide for the whole team that the team will be doing this stupid snack thing. And none of the rest of us want to look like the jack-asses who want to deprive kids of food and water. And pinterest-mom CAN NOT take a hint.

Assuming pinterest-mom is kicked off the island, can my son join your soccer team in the fall?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I silently curse the parents who send out those stupid snack sign-ups. I mentally write them off as idiots.
It's pretty much the old time other parents annoy me (I don't routinely go around being annoyed).

But the stupid soccer snacks. Egads. SO dumb. Kids can play for 60 minutes without needing a snack.

signed,
mom of 3 elementary aged kids

don't like it? coach your own team and call the snack bringers idiots.

Every time this happens, someone says this. And I will continue to respond with my story: I did just that last fall. (Not motivated by getting rid of the snacks, that was just a hopeful side benefit)
U7 soccer. Rec league. As un-competitive a team as you can have. I emailed all the parents, reminding them to bring water/drink for their kids to all practices and games and saying that they are free to bring a snack for their child if they feel the need.
Sure enough, shortly before the first game, I got a panicky email from pinterest-mom asking when I was going to send out the snack schedule. I reminded her of her previous email and assured her that I was confident that all the parents on the team would know what their kids best liked/wanted, and so wasn't going to be sending out a snack schedule. About 30 seconds later, she said "that's OK, I'll coordinate the schedule" and 30 seconds after that, out went the sign-up genius. ARGH! I didn't call her an idiot because... well... I'm not a mean person.

The problem is that just one mom will take it upon herself to decide for the whole team that the team will be doing this stupid snack thing. And none of the rest of us want to look like the jack-asses who want to deprive kids of food and water. And pinterest-mom CAN NOT take a hint.

well i'm sure you saw that coming. i would've flat out told her this is a no-snack team, and then follow up with another email stressing that to all families to make it clear.

good luck next season.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No those are obviously inappropriate choices for an after-game recovery.

We found something to agree on. The rest of your post is inapplicable to U-little sports and does not address the snack/treat as a reward BS.

If you want to educate your "athletes" on proper post-exercise recovery, be my guest. Just don't foist it on everyone.

It is absolutely applicable to U-Littles, and food should never be a reward except for dogs. Proper nutrition and exercise isn't a concern for parents of young kids?

How hilarious this post is in SPORTS & FITNESS and no one wants to really understand SPORTS and/or FITNESS.

[Anonymous]

putting the 'need' for snack aside, why is eating bad after an activity - even if it served no purpose/benefit? are you worrying about overeating or ruining a meal or a bad habit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:putting the 'need' for snack aside, why is eating bad after an activity - even if it served no purpose/benefit? are you worrying about overeating or ruining a meal or a bad habit?

This is a strawman argument. No one is stopping you from feeding your kid a snack after soccer. I just don't want to feed your kid a pinterest buffet after soccer. The snacks are not serving a need. They are a nice to have that has been turned into a requirement that has been turned into spectacular overkill.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:putting the 'need' for snack aside, why is eating bad after an activity - even if it served no purpose/benefit? are you worrying about overeating or ruining a meal or a bad habit?

This is a strawman argument. No one is stopping you from feeding your kid a snack after soccer. I just don't want to feed your kid a pinterest buffet after soccer. The snacks are not serving a need. They are a nice to have that has been turned into a requirement that has been turned into spectacular overkill.

well maybe on facebook world, but never anywhere close to that on any of my children's real life teams.

but perhaps you run in the private school circles so we might not really live in the same world.

[Anonymous]

Dang what is the big deal. At the end of the day it is about the kids. If they enjoy the snacks and some mom coordinates a schedule big deal. If they dont and you bring your own or not...big deal. No need to put others down for wanting to schedule snacks. Must be hump day, has everyone so chippy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dang what is the big deal. At the end of the day it is about the kids. If they enjoy the snacks and some mom coordinates a schedule big deal. If they dont and you bring your own or not...big deal. No need to put others down for wanting to schedule snacks. Must be hump day, has everyone so chippy.

Because the only one that enjoys doing it is the mom that coordinates it because SHE feels it is important and that now a snack is god damned team event. It isn't a team event and it isn't necessary and it doesn't need to be coordinated and shared across the board. Just because one mom wants to do it does mean that everyone wants to do it. And then once the schedule is out comes the addendum of the variety of food allergies and of special dietary needs of half the team.

Half the team can't figure how to wear their shin guards underneath their socks but we have fucking snacks!