Travel Soccer - Asking for more time

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, this morning we got an "invitation" email and it said to please respond by 6/5 (i.e., today). We've been playing in the league/team for 2-3 years too. Annoying. Think we may bail, especially since DC will be playing on the school team next year too.

Uh, HS soccer is awful. Just warning you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, this morning we got an "invitation" email and it said to please respond by 6/5 (i.e., today). We've been playing in the league/team for 2-3 years too. Annoying. Think we may bail, especially since DC will be playing on the school team next year too.

Uh, HS soccer is awful. Just warning you.

What makes HS soccer awful? Man I am coming to think this whole sport just sucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, this morning we got an "invitation" email and it said to please respond by 6/5 (i.e., today). We've been playing in the league/team for 2-3 years too. Annoying. Think we may bail, especially since DC will be playing on the school team next year too.

Uh, HS soccer is awful. Just warning you.

What makes HS soccer awful? Man I am coming to think this whole sport just sucks.

11 kids on the field. Maybe 6 or 7 of them are solid club players. The rest are just big and fast, with limited ball skills. So they just beat the hell out of the other players. They play kick and run, because with that many poorly skilled players on the field, you cannot play possession. They train daily, play two games a week. So lots of injuries. Most games are just a mess.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The best players I know have had parents that pulled them out of travel in the formative years and trained. When they pop back in end of middle school they are light years ahead of the douches' kids.

Trained how - with a private coach?

Trusted friend/coach.

With the girls after u11, it will be very difficult because of the speed of play and at u12 most place reduce their number of teams.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The best players I know have had parents that pulled them out of travel in the formative years and trained. When they pop back in end of middle school they are light years ahead of the douches' kids.

Trained how - with a private coach?

Trusted friend/coach.

With the girls after u11, it will be very difficult because of the speed of play and at u12 most place reduce their number of teams.

Then you are denying your kids of all the things that make soccer fun - team bonding, friendships, lunch after the game, road trips, wins. You are making it sound like a job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The best players I know have had parents that pulled them out of travel in the formative years and trained. When they pop back in end of middle school they are light years ahead of the douches' kids.

Trained how - with a private coach?

Trusted friend/coach.

With the girls after u11, it will be very difficult because of the speed of play and at u12 most place reduce their number of teams.

Then you are denying your kids of all the things that make soccer fun - team bonding, friendships, lunch after the game, road trips, wins. You are making it sound like a job.

Exactly.
Let's make it clear to everyone once again...your child will not be a professional player. Your child will not get a college scholarship. Play because the game is fun for your kid.

[Anonymous]

My kids love soccer and play for fun--constantly--backyard for hours. One of their parents and uncles played professional soccer.

Telling a little kid they will never stand a chance is counterintuitive. Let them dream!!

My 8-year old thinks he can play for Germany in the World Cup--who am I to tell him he's American.

I get your point, but if a kid had drive, genetics and fierce competitiveness anything is possible.

But, I agree, no travel club will turn them into a pro.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids love soccer and play for fun--constantly--backyard for hours. One of their parents and uncles played professional soccer.

Telling a little kid they will never stand a chance is counterintuitive. Let them dream!!

My 8-year old thinks he can play for Germany in the World Cup--who am I to tell him he's American.

I get your point, but if a kid had drive, genetics and fierce competitiveness anything is possible.

But, I agree, no travel club will turn them into a pro.

PP poster here.
I totally agree with you...my post was to the parents, not the kids. Treat them like kids, let them have fun, if they happen to be super talented, and super-motivated, great...let them go as far as they can.
But parents that run their child's lives like they're grooming them for future stardom? It's not going to end well.
Read the Christian Pulisic article in the other thread...that's how to deal with kids!