Most of you have no idea the REAL goal of travel soccer

[Anonymous]

Somebody is super insecure about their child's lack of athletic ability.

Stop worrying about other people.... sorry the travel kids get more playing time than your kid does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Somebody is super insecure about their child's lack of athletic ability.

Stop worrying about other people.... sorry the travel kids get more playing time than your kid does.

OP, as you can see, somebody likes to be scammed. Relax, they don’t want to know.

[Anonymous]

What is OP's deal? He sounds like some kind of 40 something crazy coach driving a minivan. And if he's jealous, I'm not sure why? I mean very few travel kids actually end up getting a full ride scholarship. Maybe he just loves blabbing about yuppies and soccer?

[Anonymous]

Nice troll job Coach,

I'll give you the skinny on how things really work. Each child and family has their own individual goals when they join something like travel soccer. Here are some thoughts:

-Develop social skills
-Make friends
-Play college
-get exercise
-Love soccer? Yes that's possible.

Here is the reality, 80% of coaches could spend a bit more time developing kids into responsible adults by showing they can educate and be a positive role model. 20% get it, but loose good players because a parent is focused on W/Ls. I spend >$2k a year on soccer, not for a scholarship or shot at the pros, it's because my child loves the team environment and the sport. Get stuck on rt 66 sometime, there's $1M worth of cars within 30 feet of you, money isn't an issue and to be honest, I rather people spend it on a travel sport than many other things we spend money on.

On behalf of the time kiling parents on this site....go f yourself.

[Anonymous]

A) Is it the same reason you mow your lawn nicely, buy a new car, or post pictures of european vacations? In other words - is it because it's human nature to show off your success? And no matter how good your DD/DS really is or what they really want out of life, it's better that they are on a travel team (drive a nice car)?

OR

B) Is it because your son or daughter is truly gifted, works very hard to improve, spends more time on their own working on skills and soccer IQ than they actually do at organized practices, and tells you every day their dream is to play in a World Cup? Are they competitive at everything they do well beyond soccer?

Neither.

C) We're fairly affluent so the cost is not an issue, we have only one kid, he's decent at soccer (not great), he wants to improve, we want him to get exercise multiple days a week, he likes his teammates (so there is a social aspect). He is improving, but is never going to be really, really good because he is not aggressive enough. That's ok.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Nice troll job Coach,

I'll give you the skinny on how things really work. Each child and family has their own individual goals when they join something like travel soccer. Here are some thoughts:

-Develop social skills
-Make friends
-Play college
-get exercise
-Love soccer? Yes that's possible.

Here is the reality, 80% of coaches could spend a bit more time developing kids into responsible adults by showing they can educate and be a positive role model. 20% get it, but loose good players because a parent is focused on W/Ls. I spend >$2k a year on soccer, not for a scholarship or shot at the pros, it's because my child loves the team environment and the sport. Get stuck on rt 66 sometime, there's $1M worth of cars within 30 feet of you, money isn't an issue and to be honest, I rather people spend it on a travel sport than many other things we spend money on.

On behalf of the time kiling parents on this site....go f yourself.

+100. I’ll add more to the list:

- Building self confidence
- Understanding the value of hard work & commitment
- Great exercise & eating healthy
- Team work
- Leadership

Unfortunately, Rec teams can’t provide this. These are the important life skills that most millenials lack.

[Anonymous]

Who brags about their child being on a travel team? More importantly who would find that impressive?

Weird post. Me thinks OP's kid didn't make a travel team

[Anonymous]

I work in a large company and we have more than a handful of former college athletes, one even played in the minors. Many of them aren't any smarter/better than the rest of us, but they have big personalities (in a good way) and team members like working with them. They are focused, social, and know that at the end of the day, work must get done. That's what our goals should be, raising good people that others enjoy being around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who brags about their child being on a travel team? More importantly who would find that impressive?

Weird post. Me thinks OP's kid didn't make a travel team

Me think OP is an awkward uncoordinated dork that couldn’t make the travel team himself back then. Now his kids are in the same suitation. So he’s reliving his childhood all over again. LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who brags about their child being on a travel team? More importantly who would find that impressive?

Weird post. Me thinks OP's kid didn't make a travel team

I have never heard a parent ever brag about their kid playing travel soccer. I think most people understand that travel is not elite in and of itself it is a organized activity that has varying degrees of competitiveness where kids can find a best fit for their skills and ambition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who brags about their child being on a travel team? More importantly who would find that impressive?

Weird post. Me thinks OP's kid didn't make a travel team

Me think OP is an awkward uncoordinated dork that couldn’t make the travel team himself back then. Now his kids are in the same suitation. So he’s reliving his childhood all over again. LOL

Agree. The length and depth of this post shows OP feels deeply about this. Poor thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who brags about their child being on a travel team? More importantly who would find that impressive?

Weird post. Me thinks OP's kid didn't make a travel team

I have never heard a parent ever brag about their kid playing travel soccer. I think most people understand that travel is not elite in and of itself it is a organized activity that has varying degrees of competitiveness where kids can find a best fit for their skills and ambition.

Absolutely.

And I know people love to shit all over youth/pro soccer in the US. I honestly don't care if the US dominates the world soccer scene. I care that my kid is healthy, active, and involved in something that will provide him tools for the future (discipline, work ethic, fitness, teamwork, leadership skills, etc.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who brags about their child being on a travel team? More importantly who would find that impressive?

Weird post. Me thinks OP's kid didn't make a travel team

I have never heard a parent ever brag about their kid playing travel soccer. I think most people understand that travel is not elite in and of itself it is a organized activity that has varying degrees of competitiveness where kids can find a best fit for their skills and ambition.

Absolutely.

And I know people love to shit all over youth/pro soccer in the US. I honestly don't care if the US dominates the world soccer scene. I care that my kid is healthy, active, and involved in something that will provide him tools for the future (discipline, work ethic, fitness, teamwork, leadership skills, etc.)

+1 my kid doesn't have to play soccer barefoot with a ball made out of a sock in order for it to be meaningful. They also don't have to be the best on the world stage to be meaningful. To hear OP and other like minded people tell it everyone in US soccer from pros down to travel teams should just hang it up because we will never be as good as anyone else in the world blahs blah blah

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Nice troll job Coach,

I'll give you the skinny on how things really work. Each child and family has their own individual goals when they join something like travel soccer. Here are some thoughts:

-Develop social skills
-Make friends
-Play college
-get exercise
-Love soccer? Yes that's possible.

Here is the reality, 80% of coaches could spend a bit more time developing kids into responsible adults by showing they can educate and be a positive role model. 20% get it, but loose good players because a parent is focused on W/Ls. I spend >$2k a year on soccer, not for a scholarship or shot at the pros, it's because my child loves the team environment and the sport. Get stuck on rt 66 sometime, there's $1M worth of cars within 30 feet of you, money isn't an issue and to be honest, I rather people spend it on a travel sport than many other things we spend money on.

On behalf of the time kiling parents on this site....go f yourself.

+100. I’ll add more to the list:

- Building self confidence
- Understanding the value of hard work & commitment
- Great exercise & eating healthy
- Team work
- Leadership

Unfortunately, Rec teams can’t provide this. These are the important life skills that most millenials lack.

+100

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/11/want-to-be-a-ceo-later-play-sports-now.html

[Anonymous]

Silly post, OP. Most of us have kids who were ready to move on from rec. That's it.

I don't expect or care whether my kids play in college (I'd rather they didn't, actually) and I definitely have zero expectation of them becoming professionals (I truly hope they don't!). But they love soccer, have developed great friendships, are enjoying themselves, so why in the world wouldn't we do it? I hate pay-to-play but we are lucky enough to be able to afford it.

Also, all the activities around here are expensive once you commit yourself to a few times a week and professional training.