BRYC bridge teams?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have coached a Bridge team for years. My kid is happy on this team, he is a multi sport athlete and the time commitment (2x/week training, for starters) works out much better with his other sports. I have always had a relationship with the Elite coach in my age group and have often sent kids to them for a look when I think they would do well at that level. I have also had several kids come to my group from the higher team. I know there are other coaches who also have that relationship. Some don't, everyone runs their teams a little differently. That said, we definitely do our own thing and don't interact with that team at all. Training space is fine, though yes it is separate from the Elite groups.

Because we're volunteer coaches, it's a wide variety of personalities and experience, but there are some good teams and coaches out there. Have your kid participate in a practice session and get a feel for the team. When I get kids who sleep, eat and breathe soccer, they usually need a higher team, if nothing else because they just want more soccer than I can give them, but for most kids it's a great opportunity to play travel soccer and be a part of a team that stays together for the most part but doesn't have quite the price tag/time commitment as some of the higher teams. And the price is pretty insanely cheap for a travel team. I think it's very much worth checking out, and trying to find a coach that works for your kid. That fit with the right coach would matter more to me than what club they were playing for if they weren't an elite, top of the pile sort of player. My older son bounced through three different clubs before he finished out his soccer days playing for a good coach and with great kids on a Bridge team.

Thanks Coach K...

Not sure who Coach K is but... it's not me

If you're a bridge coach you know who Coach K is stop the nonsense

[Anonymous]

What nonsense? Not all bridge coaches know each other or go by dumb nicknames like that of the VLF (vicious little ferret) at Duke.

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Anonymous wrote:What nonsense? Not all bridge coaches know each other or go by dumb nicknames like that of the VLF (vicious little ferret) at Duke.

OK If your a bridge coach and your last name begins with Ki raise your hand. Or if your the wife of. Trust me your well known and talked about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What nonsense? Not all bridge coaches know each other or go by dumb nicknames like that of the VLF (vicious little ferret) at Duke.

Seriously (and, Go Heels).

There are a lot of Bridge coaches. 30+ last time I counted. We definitely don't all know each other. And I think there's more than one Coach K.

But I'm still not a Coach K. Or a wife of. Which I think is what took us down this detour in the first place

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ex-wife of?

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Anonymous wrote:ex-wife of?

No relation in any way other than the fellow Bridge coach thing.

[Anonymous]

ex-wife or ex-wifey?

[Anonymous]

Personally, I prefer Hearts or Spades over Bridge. But Poker is the best.

[Anonymous]

I know at least ten Bridge coaches and have no idea who this K is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know at least ten Bridge coaches and have no idea who this K is.

I think the PP may be talking about John Kenkel he's coached for a long time in the ODSL for BRYC. Good coach from what I remember. Im not sure if he is still coaching though.

[Anonymous]

Kim

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Looking for BRIDGE TRYOUTS? Click this link for the list of all teams looking for new players to join

http://www.brycsoccer.com/sample-homepage/tryouts/bridge

GO BRYC!!

[Anonymous]

Join them while you can because now new bridge teams will be forming at any age level.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Not at bryc but at another club and I can assure you that the top team coaches could care less about the 3rd or 4th team players. They have their own coaches that take care of them.

The problem is the B and C team are isolated like they aren't even part of the same club. Why should elite teams get the same uniform as the ecnl but the bridge teams get something totally different like we are in another club? We both play in NCSL, but you wouldnt guess it as we look different in uniform and we dont have the benefit of training with the a and b teams ever.

My daughter has played both elite and bridge and the uniforms are exactly the same except bridge doesn’t have the light blue one. I don’t expect to train with elite after moving to Bridge. That is what Elite pays waaaay more for!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not at bryc but at another club and I can assure you that the top team coaches could care less about the 3rd or 4th team players. They have their own coaches that take care of them.

The problem is the B and C team are isolated like they aren't even part of the same club. Why should elite teams get the same uniform as the ecnl but the bridge teams get something totally different like we are in another club? We both play in NCSL, but you wouldnt guess it as we look different in uniform and we dont have the benefit of training with the a and b teams ever.

My daughter has played both elite and bridge and the uniforms are exactly the same except bridge doesn’t have the light blue one. I don’t expect to train with elite after moving to Bridge. That is what Elite pays waaaay more for!

Agree and to the prior poster that is as much in your bridge coach than anything else. Those coaches didn’t want to join the pool and full academy or adopt their training schedule and tap into those resources. I can’t say that for all but I can say that for at least one team and usually multiple teams in several age groups like U15, U14, U12, U10, U9. Ask your bridge coach why they don’t train with the academy? And let us know your answer. Many of the bridge coaches have fragile egos and some don’t but simply have a different perspective on how serious to make it.