Keeping it classy. Calling children disasters? Maybe you should in the mirror. |
In order to lose 7-0 at this level your lacking in creativity. Pure and simple. Parents should probably try and understand the game. Now a loss like that can be a great thing. In the right environment the kids will learn and respond positively. But with parents showing their colors on the sidelines one can guess what the kids hear regarding teammates at home. All of this is a shame for the kids. It’s a real chance for growth. Fingers crossed for the kids the coach handles it’s all the right way. Otherwise that game against TopHat could be a real problem. |
Just curious: What's your soccer background? Losing 7-0 is because of a lack of creativity? I'm not sure how you reach that conclusion. PDA's 05s have been rolling over everything in its path for YEARS. The only reason Loudoun's 05s won regionals is because PDA didn't participate. |
Let me answer your question with a question. When you watched that game did you see kids solving problems? Because there were many to solve that went unanswered. Now I could be a coach. I could be a parent. I could be teammate’s parent. I could be a rival’s parent. None of that should matter to the development of the players on that team and creativity should be part of their development. There no reason a highly talented team should lose 7-0. I’m not saying they would have won but PDA pulled back. Your not doing something if that’s the case. And if a team can’t problem solve then they lack creativity. But by all means concern yourself with a commenters background. |
Then that is a problem with a few other clubs in the area. Part of problem solving and development is exposure to tougher teams. It may expose some weaknesses and that may be an opportunity for growth. What is more concerning is a team with a string of losses all year long. And what's worse than that is a club with multiple teams that keep getting thumped game after game. |
If you're going to begin your post with an arrogant and condescending comment about "parents needing to try to understand the game", I think it's fair to ask you about your credentials...no? Anyhow, if you know the game, then you should understand that it is possible to be simply outclassed. Creativity doesn't mean a damn thing if your opponent has better athletes, with better technical skills who are tactically very well-organized and disciplined. PDA's 05 team might as well be a NJ all-star team. There are other good clubs in NJ but PDA has a huge presence throughout the state and some of their teams are absolutely loaded. |
That would depend on the kids. The parents understanding of what is development for their child. What environment is best for their child. Losing 7-0 is a learning experience. But thinking that it matters what other clubs in the area are or aren’t doing in regards to wins has nothing to do with those kids growth. What’s is being worked on now should be for u16/u17. Putting such an emphasis on winning leads to the situation this weekend. This is going to be an extremely interesting spring. We all will see who has grown/developed. Maybe we can all meet back here and BS some more about some 07 player or which U14 team won more games while losing to good teams from other parts of the county. The sooner parents realize what their kid needs in regards to the game instead of how many wins the sooner our area will develop better players. |
That’s not condescending in the slightest. It’s a fact. Ask the coaches, trainers etc. Parents equate paying for their kids, coming to games, watching some Premier League as knowing the game. But I’ll bite on the idea of bigger athletes etc. If you think that’s what is going g to carry the day then the game is done and we should pack up. Because the rest of the world has caught up. Check out the U17 World Cup last year online. Next up let’s look at the tactics and organization of the other players. Well then FCV lack both and their just a big fish in a small pond who wasn’t as big as they thought. Hence the two Papas sounding off. I’m not saying that’s the case but everything a team has it does the other team doesn’t. And if it’s just “one of those days” I’d say they had two of those days and lacked the understanding of what was being done to them. So back to square one. It’s either about the kids or it’s about the parents. This forum (and the sidelines) has shown which it really is. Nighty night.
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Great post. |
Winning every game isn't proof of development, but the absence of any wins at all should always be concerning. Either the team is not being coached well, or the kids aren't playing in the right division, or some other big problem. |
| Love to see the High and Mighty poster drawing broad conclusions from one team and one fight between two dads. Par for the course in this cesspool. |
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Hey let's form a team of kids whose were all born in January, and whose parents are all former pros or college players and have been training their kids at home since they could walk at age 2, and overload them with soccer activities for 10+ years.
Then let's put them on the same team together and see how other teams do against them. |
Nailed it. One incident doesn't mean everyone will run out to the next Spirit ID session now. Give me a break. |
No one said anything about "bigger athletes". And you're clearly clueless if you are referencing "the rest of the world catching up"; the rest of the world is far ahead of us, they're just now bothering to train girls as well as boys. |
A fight between 2 dads on the same team, much less opposing teams, is so trashy. |