B and C Teams - Worth it? Where?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Both the B and the C girls teams at Stoddert are excellent and a lot of fun. First of all if you miss a practice you either make it up or you get kicked off the team (never seen that happen). The girls are all very dedicated and work hard at practices. Excellent skill work.
The A team at the younger ages is mostly made up of physically large kids. Sure - there’s some attitude from the A team girls and families, but the lower level teams play a good game, are well coached and it’s fun.

Stoddert girls does not have the reputation as being a technical program. You have the part about large physical girls right but the program does not teach technical skills. This really hurts the development of the girls. As for the coaching...have heard very different things from a few parents in a few age groups. You may want to attend a few practices at different clubs to compare programs.

They work on foot skills endlessly, they have whole clinics that meet once a week just to work on shoooting and finishing, they have other specialized clinics just to work on 1 v 1 once a week every week. They have goalie clinics. The girls then have skills homework to do. What else were you looking for?

If it’s how to win a game then no they don’t teach that. They teach skills and then let the girls put it together while they play.

OKay sure. I do not know what age but I will assume it is u12 and under. Stoddert girls are consistently not technical when seen at other programs tryouts and play on the field. The reputation of Stoddert is not technical. I am not saying your girls are bad and am saying they are not technical.

Do you have any exposure to other programs or coaching? Do you understand what technical skill means? Maybe ask around. For the amount of time Stoddert spends at practice, the girls should be much better technically. If you practice that much and consistently use the wrong technique it’s not the fault of the girls. Ever wonder why there are some really good girls from DC who play at BSC, McLean or Arlington but not for Stoddert?

Ask your girl to show you a step over, a scissors, a drag, diagonal cruyff, elastico, maradona, V-Pull, stanley matthews, etc. U10 and up should know/ be familiar with these moves if you are in a technical program. How much does she juggle? Girls at other programs are juggling into the 100’s with the top girls at 300 plus at u11. That’s juggling for almost 5 minutes. The majority on the top team can do at least 50 consistently by the end of u11. One program has a contest for their rising u9 girls. They do this drill.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b5ClnKlYZw0&t=15s

Most will be able to do it under 3 minutes by the end of the u10 season.

Shooting and finishing sound great but under u12 you should be working on touch, individual ball skills, tight space control and proper technique. Other programs work on 1v1 skills ever practice- that’s for everyone because everyone plays all positions till u11 ish. I am not going to get in a back and forth you. Take your girl to some other programs practices. Get exposure to different coaches. If you are coming from a technical program your girl will fit in. Wish your girl/s all the luck and I hope they have fun.

Again - you have no idea what you are talking about. But still you go on and on...

Yes Stoddert girls! How are they doing at the Jeff Cup? What about BSC tournament? What bracket were they in? Lots of talk about Stoddert girls going DA or ENCL. Which do you think they will pick? They are clearly at the top of the CCL...way ahead of Loudon, Arlington, etc. in each age group. Yes you know what you are talking about...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I know at BRYC if your not an A team your treated like a second class citizen both players and parents. That's why we are moving to another club this spring.

If you are talking about a black or silver team then you shouldn't be complaining because you pay a fraction of what the ECNL teams are paying.

Um no they are talking about Elite or formerly blue as they like to tell us. On the boys side your lucky if the A team coach learns any names of the B team. There is absolutely no movement from B to A through out the year. So academy style is not what BRYC is. Once you placed on B or blue your treated like crap. and that's from u9 on up unless your parent is a kiss ass manager for the team.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I know at BRYC if your not an A team your treated like a second class citizen both players and parents. That's why we are moving to another club this spring.

If you are talking about a black or silver team then you shouldn't be complaining because you pay a fraction of what the ECNL teams are paying.

Um no they are talking about Elite or formerly blue as they like to tell us. On the boys side your lucky if the A team coach learns any names of the B team. There is absolutely no movement from B to A through out the year. So academy style is not what BRYC is. Once you placed on B or blue your treated like crap. and that's from u9 on up unless your parent is a kiss ass manager for the team.

If there were players that are good enough I’m sure the A team coach would know who they are and would move them. The club is about winning no matter if you kiss ass or not

[Anonymous]

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BRYC or not BRYC, these 2 response is ridiculous. Even on the A team players 6-25 aren't being treating like gold. They are just maintaining if they aren't getting better outside of club training. If you think the A team coaches are responsible for players 1-5 abilities, you haven't been paying attention to what those players are doing elsewhere. Those A coaches are responsible for spotting talent and putting it together. The minimal amount of technical direction individual players get is not typically game changing for a player, but for a team.

Don't disagree as long as coaches at all levels are spotting talent and putting it together, not spotting talent and putting it together on the A team and accepting money from any player and putting them on a B or C team regardless of talent.

Also, just FYI, some clubs charge the same for A, B, or C teams.

What's the rationale for not charging the same for A, B or C? Do the teams not have training with coaches 2-3 a week? Do the charges include the extras (tournament fees)? I could see different teams playing in different tournaments.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

BRYC or not BRYC, these 2 response is ridiculous. Even on the A team players 6-25 aren't being treating like gold. They are just maintaining if they aren't getting better outside of club training. If you think the A team coaches are responsible for players 1-5 abilities, you haven't been paying attention to what those players are doing elsewhere. Those A coaches are responsible for spotting talent and putting it together. The minimal amount of technical direction individual players get is not typically game changing for a player, but for a team.

Don't disagree as long as coaches at all levels are spotting talent and putting it together, not spotting talent and putting it together on the A team and accepting money from any player and putting them on a B or C team regardless of talent.

Also, just FYI, some clubs charge the same for A, B, or C teams.

What's the rationale for not charging the same for A, B or C? Do the teams not have training with coaches 2-3 a week? Do the charges include the extras (tournament fees)? I could see different teams playing in different tournaments.

From recollection, the differences in cost for A vs B vs C comes down to the league fees and the amount/level of winter training in some clubs. One large local club has the same fees for A/B, then a slightly lower amount for C/D, then even lower for lower level teams. It's actually a nice way to tier costs and gives parents with kids who are not on the level of a club's top team a way to get into an environment that is appropriate and avoid the charge of the lower level teams "subsidizing" the higher level teams.

[Anonymous]

Which clubs do the best at technical skill development at the u12-u14 range girls. Don't confuse winning with skill-development.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which clubs do the best at technical skill development at the u12-u14 range girls. Don't confuse winning with skill-development.

If and only if they moved the current u9-u11 coach up to that age group. I would say BN over at Braddock Road.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Which clubs do the best at technical skill development at the u12-u14 range girls. Don't confuse winning with skill-development.

If and only if they moved the current u9-u11 coach up to that age group. I would say BN over at Braddock Road.

+1.
BN is great coach --- works hard to develop EVERYONE on his team.

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BN doesn't answer the question even closely. He doesn't train or coach those age groups. He is irrelevant to the question.

Next.

[Anonymous]

It's always worth it to play at the level that is appropriate for your child. My preference is for my kid to play at the level that gets them time on the field, because that's what most kids want. They just want to play. Most kids don't have big dreams of doing anything, college or otherwise. They just think it's fun.

[Anonymous]

Arlington have a great program

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which clubs do the best at technical skill development at the u12-u14 range girls. Don't confuse winning with skill-development.

If and only if they moved the current u9-u11 coach up to that age group. I would say BN over at Braddock Road.

+1.
BN is great coach --- works hard to develop EVERYONE on his team.

this had not been our experience with him.

[Anonymous]

Syc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Arlington have a great program

Agreed. and depending on your geography, Alexandria and Barca also have great programs - in different ways. All 3 are great choices.

[Anonymous]

We changed clubs because of BN. He coaches 8 teams. It is not possibly to fully develop that many girls and care about them equally. And our DD was on the A team.