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Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Team reps and other posters who say this is “unacceptable” and “not tolerated” - have you ever not allowed a kid to swim? I notice there are no anecdotes of kids not being allowed to swim. I’m sure there have been cases in which coaches have had to talk to parents of difficult kids, but actually telling a kid they can’t swim and telling the family to take a hike- has anyone done it?
The handbook might say one thing, but it’s quite another to actually pull a kid out of a rec activity.
Absolutely. Former NVSL Rep here and we suspended a difficult A meet swimmer (after multiple warnings for bad sportsmanship and being difficult/disruptive in practice). When it continued, we kicked him off the team.
In my 10 years at a mid-division team, including 4 as Rep, I'd be shocked if we were an outlier. Outside of perhaps Div1, nobody cares that much about winning and losing to tolerate a swimmer who is that problematic and disruptive so as to affect the experience of the other swimmers.
And I'd be shocked if there were more than a half dozen NVSL pools paying their coaches bonuses based on the team's results.
To a later poster: "Summer End Bonus" is basically the parents all pitching in some extra cash like almost every youth sport (end of season coach's gift). I would never assume it was explicitly based on Ws and Ls.
How old was the swimmer you had to suspend?
McLean is pretty good. GK-specific training at least 2x a week during the season (spring and fall) at least for the top 2 teams (ECNL/ECNL-RL), broken up by 2 or 3 age groups (sometimes mixed gender). GK coach is good, though we play on RL team and I'm not sure often he attends our games.
FPYCparent wrote:Unconfirmed, but I'm hearing that:
GF-R 2008 top team basically disbanded with players moving to other clubs
McLean, Loudoun, and Villareal do not have 2008 teams in ECNL-RL for the fall season
FCV United and Herndon have 2008 teams in ECNL-RL for the fall season (Are these teams filling in a slot for MYS, LS, or ViVA?)
Does any of this sound correct?
As I understand it, Villareal, FCV and TSJ have been filling slots for each other as part of their partnership, and Villareal itself hasn't had an 08 group for a couple years now, so that piece could make sense (FCV using the VIVA spot).
Can't imagine McLean wouldn't field a team. They dropped their CCL affiliation, so I assume the Green team (first team below Union) that played CCL last year goes RL.
Cruzado wrote:novasoccer15324 wrote:the SYC parents were going crazy most of the game as far as I could tell
So in other words, a typical SYC game lol
LOL. DW was just saying that the SYC parents were far and away the most obnoxious/out of hand fans she saw at the Virginian.
I tend to agree. At 10, they ought to still be developing/working on footwork skills. Strategy and use of space should be a part of it, but when I watch my daughter's 2nd level team, I am constantly amazed by the lack of technical (dribbling, shooting, and passing) skills that these kids who have been playing for 8-9 years have. I saw it myself, when at 10-11 practices consisted mainly of rondos and scrimmaging, and now at 15 many still don't have strong and/or accurate legs.
NVA-Soccer wrote:DMVParent wrote:A player should only play up an age group, if they can be a starting player on the older age group team.
Training up and playing matches with own age group seems to be a great option.
As long as you don't care about team chemistry.
FPYCparent wrote:Looking at the ECNL and USYS announcements, I wonder if these bolded 2008G teams will be left in CCL next year:
CCL National 2021: http://elements.demosphere.com/75011/schedules/2021/103126093.html
FC Frederick 08 G (MD) - to USYS
Virginia Rush 2008 Girls (VA)
VA Valor 08G Gold
Alexandria 2008 Girls Red (VA) - to USYS
McLean 2008 Girls Green (VA) - ECNL-RL?
LMVSC Patriots 2008 Girls CCL (VA) - to USYS
NVSC 08G CCL Premiership (VA)
SYC 2008G Academy - Already in NCSL in addition to CCL
FC Richmond NO TEAM
Herndon NO TEAM
VBR Star NO TEAM (VA)
CCL Regional 2021: http://elements.demosphere.com/75011/schedules/2021/103129446.html
Flight A
Barca Academy 2008G Red - to USYS or EDP?
DC Soccer Club Red Metros 08 - to USYS or EDP?
VA Valor 08G White
Northern Piedmont SC United 08'G
WVFC 07/08G Red
Potomac White 08
FSCI Phoenix 2008G (VA)
FC Frederick 08 Royal G (MD) - to EDP?
McLean and Valor have already announced they are going to RL next year (along with FC Richmond and BRYC)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This is all really interesting; I have lived in both cities. I loved DC in my 20s. I found it so easy to meet people! Easy to navigate, people were transient so everyone was eager to connect (even if it felt a bit fueled by profession). Not sure if this memory is was fueled by my youth and rose-colored glasses, but it seemed like there were happy hours all the time, easy access to power (in the sense that you might randomly end up at a senator's barbecue somehow!), great for visiting family with all the monuments and attractions. Fun restaurants, too, and so much diversity.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:GKDad wrote:Anonymous wrote:This is all really interesting; I have lived in both cities. I loved DC in my 20s. I found it so easy to meet people! Easy to navigate, people were transient so everyone was eager to connect (even if it felt a bit fueled by profession). Not sure if this memory is was fueled by my youth and rose-colored glasses, but it seemed like there were happy hours all the time, easy access to power (in the sense that you might randomly end up at a senator's barbecue somehow!), great for visiting family with all the monuments and attractions. Fun restaurants, too, and so much diversity.
However, as we had kids, it felt less livable. I felt the DC suburbs had nothing on Boston's suburbs in terms of schools, charm, livability, town squares, housing stock. The towns farther out in VA felt so drab and cookie-cutter, as did Maryland's (though a bit less so, but places like Chevy Chase were not affordable). I also began to miss day trips: In Boston, you are a stone's throw from adorable towns, skiing, ocean, great smaller cities like Providence or Portland, et cetera. I also appreciated the largely progressive politics and the sense of hometown pride (yes, it can be insular). In DC, people kept moving every couple years, nobody was from there, there wasn't a ton of hometown nostalgia. Also liked the neighborhood-i-ness of Boston and the weirdness/edge/grit/magnitude that puts it on par with a large city like NY.
However, I deeply miss the DC food scene and the sheer ease of meeting new people. It is SO MUCH HARDER in the Northeast.
That is my take.
This is my experience (born and bred Bostonian, moved to DC out of college in the early 90s and never left, much to my chagrin). Insular is a better description than provincial, but provincial isn't wrong.
I also grew up in the Boston area and moved to DC when I was in my 30s, and agree with both of these posts.
I'm hoping to move back to New England in retirement because it still feels like home, and because between now and dead, I really don't want to live in DC.
I alos grew up in the Boston area and totally agree with this Insular is a better description than provincial, but provincial isn't wrong.
i have no desire to stay in DC but also no plans to ever move back to the Boston area.
We should start a support group. We used to all congregate at Murphy's in Old Town on Sundays and get hammered and watch the Pats. Now we just get Sunday Ticket.Anonymous wrote:This is all really interesting; I have lived in both cities. I loved DC in my 20s. I found it so easy to meet people! Easy to navigate, people were transient so everyone was eager to connect (even if it felt a bit fueled by profession). Not sure if this memory is was fueled by my youth and rose-colored glasses, but it seemed like there were happy hours all the time, easy access to power (in the sense that you might randomly end up at a senator's barbecue somehow!), great for visiting family with all the monuments and attractions. Fun restaurants, too, and so much diversity.
However, as we had kids, it felt less livable. I felt the DC suburbs had nothing on Boston's suburbs in terms of schools, charm, livability, town squares, housing stock. The towns farther out in VA felt so drab and cookie-cutter, as did Maryland's (though a bit less so, but places like Chevy Chase were not affordable). I also began to miss day trips: In Boston, you are a stone's throw from adorable towns, skiing, ocean, great smaller cities like Providence or Portland, et cetera. I also appreciated the largely progressive politics and the sense of hometown pride (yes, it can be insular). In DC, people kept moving every couple years, nobody was from there, there wasn't a ton of hometown nostalgia. Also liked the neighborhood-i-ness of Boston and the weirdness/edge/grit/magnitude that puts it on par with a large city like NY.
However, I deeply miss the DC food scene and the sheer ease of meeting new people. It is SO MUCH HARDER in the Northeast.
That is my take.
This is my experience (born and bred Bostonian, moved to DC out of college in the early 90s and never left, much to my chagrin). Insular is a better description than provincial, but provincial isn't wrong.Well, CCL today lost Valor and McLean to ECNL-RL. Another death knell for them.Seems like this is pretty standard practice when players want to change clubs mid-season (or after tryouts) when rosters have already been filled. I would expect he will get a good look at tryouts this spring and will be placed with a more appropriate team for 22-23.DD (now 14) likes to keep busy, so she plays/trains 5-6 days a week in season -- 2 club GK trainings, 2 club team trainings, and games on the weekend.
We dial it back in the winter -- usually one training a week with some futsal on the weekends, while she plays travel basketball (3 or 4 practices/games a week). BB takes priority in the winter -- so she will skip any soccer/futsal if they conflict, but she usually likes to play in both if they are same day and don't conflict. Summer is swimming every day, but we are going to try to add in SuperY this summer.
I am very sensitive to overtraining (both physically and mentally), so this is 100% her choice. She hasn't experienced an overuse injury yet, but I am constantly keeping a close eye out for it and we will address if it comes up.