Valor

[Anonymous]

I've got boys and girls in Valor. The girls' side is much better coached and organized than the boys side - at least at the "not gold" levels my kids are at. One boys coach was new last year. He's terrible, and we got stuck with him two years in a row. Nice guy, terrible soccer coach.

All the best kids are getting outside coaching from HP Elite or other sources. There is zero individual coaching from Valor unless you count goalie training. Your kid's experience would totally depend on their coach. But I do know that Valor didn't train or mentor this boys coach at all and it showed.

If rec league had more than one practice a week and wasn't full of kids that don't even want to be there we would have stayed. The rec experience is awful. At least with Valor my kids get to make friends that mostly stay the same year to year (another bad point for those on here who think their kids will move up) and go to some fun tournaments. We are in the lucky situation where the money isn't a problem.

[Anonymous]

SYA and CYA rec leagues practice twice a week at U10 and older. Of course, grass fields so the practices are canceled all the time, but on paper its 2wice a week.

[Anonymous]

What age group/level is the terrible coach so we can avoid him?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've got boys and girls in Valor. The girls' side is much better coached and organized than the boys side - at least at the "not gold" levels my kids are at. One boys coach was new last year. He's terrible, and we got stuck with him two years in a row. Nice guy, terrible soccer coach.

All the best kids are getting outside coaching from HP Elite or other sources. There is zero individual coaching from Valor unless you count goalie training. Your kid's experience would totally depend on their coach. But I do know that Valor didn't train or mentor this boys coach at all and it showed.

If rec league had more than one practice a week and wasn't full of kids that don't even want to be there we would have stayed. The rec experience is awful. At least with Valor my kids get to make friends that mostly stay the same year to year (another bad point for those on here who think their kids will move up) and go to some fun tournaments. We are in the lucky situation where the money isn't a problem.

Probably because there are SO many boys teams compared to girls that they are really scrounging the bottom of the barrel to find coaches for the lowest teams. no one wants to go stand on the sideline and watch unathletic kids play terrible soccer and lose every game. they should pay the coaches of the bad teams more for the suffering.

[Anonymous]

Who are the coaches to avoid on the boys side

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What's wrong with his coaching?

He doesn't coach the team. He just stands there while the team scrimmages. NO feedback is given to the kids unless there is another higher up coach present. If one of the higher ups show up he is all the sudden renagaged and seems to be alive.

In the very very beginning he had drills and now he does absolutely nothing. When he announced he was leaving it all made sense. He has no interest in making the team better he is just trying to get a paycheck and the kids are the ones that are suffering because of this. He should do them a favor and just leave now.

Practices should involve drills and real game scenarios. Practices should involve working on plays that they are having a hard time with in real games. Having the team scrimmage at low speed for the entire duration of the practice does nothing in terms of development. While I cant watch every practice because I have other kids to drive around the ones i have seen are a waste of time. If his goal is to get the kids uninterested in playing soccer he is doing a fantastic job.

Overall very disappointed with his lack of coaching. Between him cancelling practices while other valor teams are out there practicing and the other half him just standing there, the team isn't developing and it is another year of watching the other teams we played against and were on par with get light years ahead of us. At this point we are jealous of the white team who seem to have a coach that likes to hold practices and actually works on drills.

Personally my kid is slowly losing interest in playing because of this. We are hoping a new coach will respark the love but when they leave practice bored i can understand why they feel that way. We have had the new coach in HP elite and have heard very good things about him but is it worth it to risk another season here? We heard good things abut DS too and look where we are. Another year behind and nothing good to show for it. We are already signed up for tryouts with some of the other local teams and look forward to seeing how other teams play. I would assume many of the other parents are looking else where too.

It is just sad at this point.

Sounds pretty accurate on development with the typical valor mantra.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've got boys and girls in Valor. The girls' side is much better coached and organized than the boys side - at least at the "not gold" levels my kids are at. One boys coach was new last year. He's terrible, and we got stuck with him two years in a row. Nice guy, terrible soccer coach.

All the best kids are getting outside coaching from HP Elite or other sources. There is zero individual coaching from Valor unless you count goalie training. Your kid's experience would totally depend on their coach. But I do know that Valor didn't train or mentor this boys coach at all and it showed.

If rec league had more than one practice a week and wasn't full of kids that don't even want to be there we would have stayed. The rec experience is awful. At least with Valor my kids get to make friends that mostly stay the same year to year (another bad point for those on here who think their kids will move up) and go to some fun tournaments. We are in the lucky situation where the money isn't a problem.

Probably because there are SO many boys teams compared to girls that they are really scrounging the bottom of the barrel to find coaches for the lowest teams. no one wants to go stand on the sideline and watch unathletic kids play terrible soccer and lose every game. they should pay the coaches of the bad teams more for the suffering.

So right in every way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tryout schedule is out.
Coaching slate is not.

https://www.virginiavalorfc.org/boystryouts
https://www.virginiavalorfc.org/girlstryouts

They will wait to see how many teams they can create before funding a coach. They need the parents to roger up for another full season of funding. I would wait to understand whose actually sitting on those rosters going to the next age group that make up the team. They always add players too after tryouts and into the season.

[Anonymous]

Good grief. Nobody waits to see how many teams they have before finding coaches. Every club adds players though the year, too. This area always has people moving in and out. I would love to know who your coach is, because I could not be happier with the coach we have. I'm sorry you're having a bad experience. I truly hope next year is better, wherever your family ends up.

[Anonymous]

I'd hope nobody is foolish enough to pay the deposit without as assigned coach.

I don't think attending tryouts is very smart without knowing the coaching slate.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes they do add an extra team at the bottom (blue, silver) if they have more kids show up at tryouts than they can put on the existing teams. Then they have to go find a coach. But, most people won't accept an offer for a team without knowing who the coach will be so the coaching slate should be pretty much set before tryouts.

[Anonymous]

Last year coaches were announced a few days before tryouts. Earlier than that would be preferable, but no one who got an offer for a first/second/third team had to decide without knowing who the coach would be. Yes they will add a fourth or fifth team in the younger age groups with coach TBD if enough kids show up to tryouts. I don’t agree with that practice but parents clearly sign up for it so there just be a demand. If you forked over the cash without knowing who the coach would be, that’s on you.

[Anonymous]

What has bugged me all year is our dc's coach double dipping--coaches two teams at a combined practice. Each tean gets half the coaching they should be getting bc there are 30 kids on the field. Coach gets paid for two teams but only coaches one combined practice. We were not told before we paid that our team would not have regular practices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What has bugged me all year is our dc's coach double dipping--coaches two teams at a combined practice. Each tean gets half the coaching they should be getting bc there are 30 kids on the field. Coach gets paid for two teams but only coaches one combined practice. We were not told before we paid that our team would not have regular practices.

Boys or girls? And what age group? This is the first I have heard of this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What has bugged me all year is our dc's coach double dipping--coaches two teams at a combined practice. Each tean gets half the coaching they should be getting bc there are 30 kids on the field. Coach gets paid for two teams but only coaches one combined practice. We were not told before we paid that our team would not have regular practices.

Boys or girls? And what age group? This is the first I have heard of this.

Boys side but I would rather not say anymore if ours is the only teams that does this as I don't want to be outed.