VA MD DC Girls soccer - thoughts, opinions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone with girls DA have any comments on the off season training and continued development?

Do the DAs do baseline evals and track progress on things like fitness, consistency, accuracy or other development? Or are these type of stats too deep too early. I would think those SMART type of objectives would be ok, if they were treated appropriately for individual dev. plans.

Spirit did baselines for some athletic metrics. Not sure regarding "soccer" stuff though.

I believe that FCV also did some similar athletic metrics as well.

BRYC did fitness testing a couple of times already this season on the ECNL side.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone with girls DA have any comments on the off season training and continued development?

Do the DAs do baseline evals and track progress on things like fitness, consistency, accuracy or other development? Or are these type of stats too deep too early. I would think those SMART type of objectives would be ok, if they were treated appropriately for individual dev. plans.

Spirit did baselines for some athletic metrics. Not sure regarding "soccer" stuff though.

I believe that FCV also did some similar athletic metrics as well.

BRYC did fitness testing a couple of times already this season on the ECNL side.

Did BRYC actually do anything with them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone with girls DA have any comments on the off season training and continued development?

Do the DAs do baseline evals and track progress on things like fitness, consistency, accuracy or other development? Or are these type of stats too deep too early. I would think those SMART type of objectives would be ok, if they were treated appropriately for individual dev. plans.

Spirit did baselines for some athletic metrics. Not sure regarding "soccer" stuff though.

I believe that FCV also did some similar athletic metrics as well.

BRYC did fitness testing a couple of times already this season on the ECNL side.

Did BRYC actually do anything with them?

Yes. The benchmark. Beep Tests, etc. Also, if you dont achieve thresholds, you dont start.

[Anonymous]

Are there girls not making thresholds? and how often could they retest to affect starting? every week or 2

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are there girls not making thresholds? and how often could they retest to affect starting? every week or 2

They test several times during the year. They do re-tests. Most pass. Some have to work to get past a key tests like the 2 mile time or 1 mile time. Beep tests are done by most colleges as standard.

[Anonymous]

so to get back to our regularly scheduled bickering... with VDA vacating their GDA slot, does that open the door for ASA to get theirs?

Previous posts have indicated that ASA is tapped out on field space and can't fit in 5 teams X 1 extra night per week of practice. Maybe they can team up with someone like BSA to access just a bit more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:so to get back to our regularly scheduled bickering... with VDA vacating their GDA slot, does that open the door for ASA to get theirs?

Previous posts have indicated that ASA is tapped out on field space and can't fit in 5 teams X 1 extra night per week of practice. Maybe they can team up with someone like BSA to access just a bit more.

ASA needs access to lighted turf field(s) and those aren't magically created overnight because VDA gave up its Girls Academy. I doubt any other club north of Richmond applied, so would US Soccer drop its standards?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:so to get back to our regularly scheduled bickering... with VDA vacating their GDA slot, does that open the door for ASA to get theirs?

Previous posts have indicated that ASA is tapped out on field space and can't fit in 5 teams X 1 extra night per week of practice. Maybe they can team up with someone like BSA to access just a bit more.

Why is VDA leaving DA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:so to get back to our regularly scheduled bickering... with VDA vacating their GDA slot, does that open the door for ASA to get theirs?

Previous posts have indicated that ASA is tapped out on field space and can't fit in 5 teams X 1 extra night per week of practice. Maybe they can team up with someone like BSA to access just a bit more.

I don’t really know Arlington well or their field space issues but I do know that by simply adding DA does not mean adding a whole other team. It just converts the current A team and puts a patch on their arm. Some outside kids will certainly come to tryout but not as many as you’d think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:so to get back to our regularly scheduled bickering... with VDA vacating their GDA slot, does that open the door for ASA to get theirs?

Previous posts have indicated that ASA is tapped out on field space and can't fit in 5 teams X 1 extra night per week of practice. Maybe they can team up with someone like BSA to access just a bit more.

I don’t really know Arlington well or their field space issues but I do know that by simply adding DA does not mean adding a whole other team. It just converts the current A team and puts a patch on their arm. Some outside kids will certainly come to tryout but not as many as you’d think.

Yes. Exactly. Look at the recent boys teams--2006, 2005...the DA is just the red team now. This shifted all the players up where the blue team became the white team, etc. This makes the majority of parents ecstatic thinking their kid has been promoted, when it is really just a shifting of sands.

The problem is after U14, they all shift back down. But, to Arlington parents the allure of the 'red' team has always made them batsh*t crazy. They think it is the epitome of soccer greatness. There is a very insular view in the Club where many fail to see how limited options that exist for staying put.

So---yea...it girls can follow the pattern of the boys and think DA means something there. However, all it has done is created even more teams which means less field space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:so to get back to our regularly scheduled bickering... with VDA vacating their GDA slot, does that open the door for ASA to get theirs?

Previous posts have indicated that ASA is tapped out on field space and can't fit in 5 teams X 1 extra night per week of practice. Maybe they can team up with someone like BSA to access just a bit more.

I don’t really know Arlington well or their field space issues but I do know that by simply adding DA does not mean adding a whole other team. It just converts the current A team and puts a patch on their arm. Some outside kids will certainly come to tryout but not as many as you’d think.

On the boys side--they did add another team (kept the same color teams). Everyone shifted up and they didn't drop a lower team. They got more players and more fees this way, but players got less attention and less field space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:so to get back to our regularly scheduled bickering... with VDA vacating their GDA slot, does that open the door for ASA to get theirs?

Previous posts have indicated that ASA is tapped out on field space and can't fit in 5 teams X 1 extra night per week of practice. Maybe they can team up with someone like BSA to access just a bit more.

I don’t really know Arlington well or their field space issues but I do know that by simply adding DA does not mean adding a whole other team. It just converts the current A team and puts a patch on their arm. Some outside kids will certainly come to tryout but not as many as you’d think.

Yes. Exactly. Look at the recent boys teams--2006, 2005...the DA is just the red team now. This shifted all the players up where the blue team became the white team, etc. This makes the majority of parents ecstatic thinking their kid has been promoted, when it is really just a shifting of sands.

The problem is after U14, they all shift back down. But, to Arlington parents the allure of the 'red' team has always made them batsh*t crazy. They think it is the epitome of soccer greatness. There is a very insular view in the Club where many fail to see how limited options that exist for staying put.

So---yea...it girls can follow the pattern of the boys and think DA means something there. However, all it has done is created even more teams which means less field space.

Have you been reading the girls DA v ECNL thread. Bat shit crazy That's such an accurate comment!

[Anonymous]

Any ECNL families, including Loudoun or VDA families care to comment on the proposed path for identifying players for their 2018-2019 teams?

VDA already held ID sessions according to their social media/website. Are they opening more general sessions for players to come out who didn't want or achieve selection at DA last year?

Is Loudoun doing anything different to recruit outside players?

Is BRYC going to hold open tryouts?

What about MYS? They hold open tryouts, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any ECNL families, including Loudoun or VDA families care to comment on the proposed path for identifying players for their 2018-2019 teams?

VDA already held ID sessions according to their social media/website. Are they opening more general sessions for players to come out who didn't want or achieve selection at DA last year?

Is Loudoun doing anything different to recruit outside players?

Is BRYC going to hold open tryouts?

What about MYS? They hold open tryouts, right?

BYRC has players trying out now at various ages. You have to contact their DOC for the girls or boys side and they give you dates (Mondays) to come out and train with team. They evaluate that way in full live scrimmages and drills.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any ECNL families, including Loudoun or VDA families care to comment on the proposed path for identifying players for their 2018-2019 teams?

VDA already held ID sessions according to their social media/website. Are they opening more general sessions for players to come out who didn't want or achieve selection at DA last year?

Is Loudoun doing anything different to recruit outside players?

Is BRYC going to hold open tryouts?

What about MYS? They hold open tryouts, right?

BRYC training sessions are open to new players now, only restriction is current ECNL players not allowed until May 1 per those rules. The day a player comes to train depends on the age group (it's not always Mondays). Info is on website.