Reasons why you are changing travel teams

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parents yelling "shoot" "send it" and "clear it" at my DC. (He told one parent to be quiet.) I am sure it will be little different at new club.

I can't stand "sideline" coaching parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents yelling "shoot" "send it" and "clear it" at my DC. (He told one parent to be quiet.) I am sure it will be little different at new club.

I can't stand "sideline" coaching parents.

Which country are you guys moving to?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Then you have had a very different experience than me. The manager is almost always the one whispering in the Coach's ear and his head up the TD's ass. A lot of the people that stick to themselves on the sidelines are the ones that have been burned by the toxicity in the past and can't bear to hear parents criticizing kids who aren't their own or yelling directions to the players on the field.

Yep---sometimes even need to watch from the car if you get a good viewing spot because of the crap.

That is why I would rather sit next to opponent parents. I only cheer for our team. I just don't get it why some parents like to criticize other kids so much.

Wow. My DS is in 5th grade and has been on a travel team for two years, and I have yet to hear parents on his team criticize any of the kids on his team. Does that start at an older age or something?

yes. the jump from Pre-ECNL to ECNL brings out the beasts.

[Anonymous]

We are leaving mainly because of the toxic club environment. We have had a handful of coaches at our club and have experienced coaches who borderline verbally abused the children. ( some left early on and i wish we did but at that point my kid just wanted to play with their friends) Little to no development over the years. Lack of coaching in general. This year out coach is completely checked out and doesn't attend practices and is late for games. We had no promised winter program with out current club. We had to pay alot for outside the club training to compensate. Over the years we brought up our concerns to the club director and they have done nothing to change it. The club director also wouldn't acknowledge the issues even when shown video proof. Swept everything under the rug, made excuses and would not hold the coaches accountable. This was our last straw.

Overall our kid has outgrown the club/team. They want to get better and they are not given the opportunity there. We are now going to be driving further but worth it. We have been going to practices with the new club/team this entire season and my kid loves the coach and team

[Anonymous]

Top team anywhere will always have the most toxic parents. Think about it.

We've played 2 large clubs. Now we're U13. We've played 2nd team and 1st team. Both our clubs are really great - not toxic culturally. However, definitely when we played top team, the parents are more way more vocal and aggressive. Many played college soccer. 2nd/3rd team parents are pretty much just there to root on the kids - they typically aren't always going to win tons of games thus the players aren't on top teams - so expectations are managed.

It's never about having a club/team with parents with zero toxicity but one that really when all is considered, is reasonable. Top teams of any club are because they are focused on winning, you can't really escape this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Top team anywhere will always have the most toxic parents. Think about it.

We've played 2 large clubs. Now we're U13. We've played 2nd team and 1st team. Both our clubs are really great - not toxic culturally. However, definitely when we played top team, the parents are more way more vocal and aggressive. Many played college soccer. 2nd/3rd team parents are pretty much just there to root on the kids - they typically aren't always going to win tons of games thus the players aren't on top teams - so expectations are managed.

It's never about having a club/team with parents with zero toxicity but one that really when all is considered, is reasonable. Top teams of any club are because they are focused on winning, you can't really escape this.

Winning hides lots of flaws
Losing hides lots of positives

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents yelling "shoot" "send it" and "clear it" at my DC. (He told one parent to be quiet.) I am sure it will be little different at new club.

I can't stand "sideline" coaching parents.

Which country are you guys moving to?

Are you one of those guys on the sideline shouting orders and telling every player what to do? Stop trying to relive your glory days and the kids and coaches manage the game.

[Anonymous]

This thread is from 2018....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents yelling "shoot" "send it" and "clear it" at my DC. (He told one parent to be quiet.) I am sure it will be little different at new club.

I can't stand "sideline" coaching parents.

Which country are you guys moving to?

Are you one of those guys on the sideline shouting orders and telling every player what to do? Stop trying to relive your glory days and the kids and coaches manage the game.

only people who tie their kid's team winning to their self-worth and ego do that

[Anonymous]

This sounds like SYC 2011B MLS Next team.

Anonymous wrote:We are leaving mainly because of the toxic club environment. We have had a handful of coaches at our club and have experienced coaches who borderline verbally abused the children. ( some left early on and i wish we did but at that point my kid just wanted to play with their friends) Little to no development over the years. Lack of coaching in general. This year out coach is completely checked out and doesn't attend practices and is late for games. We had no promised winter program with out current club. We had to pay alot for outside the club training to compensate. Over the years we brought up our concerns to the club director and they have done nothing to change it. The club director also wouldn't acknowledge the issues even when shown video proof. Swept everything under the rug, made excuses and would not hold the coaches accountable. This was our last straw.

Overall our kid has outgrown the club/team. They want to get better and they are not given the opportunity there. We are now going to be driving further but worth it. We have been going to practices with the new club/team this entire season and my kid loves the coach and team

[Anonymous]

I can't do the long commute any longer. We're returning to a club closest to home. The coaching for this year is much better than it was the year we left.

[Anonymous]

1.) Kid was ready for a change, she asked to try out at a different club in hopes of being on at the same team with a classmate.

2.) Coaching on the 2nd team was lackluster, I didn't see my kid improve much at all and noticed her motivation take a nosedive.

3.) Don't want to burn any bridges, but we'll change for a year to see if things work out for the better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is from 2018....

Some came out of coma, lol

[Anonymous]

Moved to play up a year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is from 2018....

Someone came out of coma, lol