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Snorlax wrote:Anyone been to DC United summer camp? Planning to send my 7 year old to VA site. Is it worth $450 it's charging?
My son did a week last summer. Absolutely terrible and a waste of money. Nothing more than a baby sitting service. It was very disappointing.
Based on what I have seen, the ID sessions have been well attended and several of the higher ECNL clubs on the boys side. Some quality players looking for better environment.
New Girls academy director seems to be the big news.
http://www.arlingtonsoccer.com/juan-carlos-parra-named-girls-academy-director
http://www.arlingtonsoccer.com/juan-carlos-parra-named-girls-academy-director
Arlington's social media account indicating a major announcemnt coming. Anyone have any idea what this is about?
Is Muldoon as bad as they say? 
FGDaddio wrote:Yes, one of the offers is BRYC. I know they didn't do well in regular ECNL this year, but next year they will do BRAVE for ECNL. We were offered ECNL-R. It seems that ECNL-R is more competetive than NCSL, yes? Most of the area clubs who have multiple teams seem to have their C teams in NCSL 1. My son is seeking a more challenging play environment, but again we don't have any familiarity with the coaches at either club with offers. He was also offered to stay on the current team next year, but there will be a new coach for that team too, that we don't know. So no matter what it's a new coach for him.
I am not familiar with that BRYC coach.
Assuming the club isn't a bottom feeder in the ECNL-R, that is your choice. Sounds like it could be BRYC, with all the turmoil and change this year I'm not sure if that is a good option or not. Might be better than staying at Loudoun Black though. Hard to see a pathway to ECNL from there. Maybe the BRYC folks can provide some feedback.
C3PO wrote:My 14 year old son wanted to change clubs - he likes his coach where he currently is, but the location doesn't work well for him any more. He's only on a mid level team, and that is fine and where he belongs. However, his tryout at the club where he wanted to be (and where more friends from his current school play) resulted in a weaker offer than where he's currently at. He doesn't want to move backwards, so he's going to stick with his current club for next year. However, I was wondering if folks had suggestions on better ways to try out in the future. At the tryout for the club where he wanted to be, they had all the kids try out on a non-full sided field, and it was too crowded and not much playing time for anyone. Do people contact the clubs beforehand to ask to attend a practice, even if they are not on a top team or trying to get on one? Anything else a player who is just decent can try to do to promote himself going forward to get at least an equivalent spot to where he is at?
Yes. For the reasons you mentioned.
[quote=anonimouswon]To me, the most gains are made in practice. If your DC isn't giving 100% in practice (effort, paying attention, learning the game, etc), then don't waste your money especially if your DC has goals of wanting to play pro. Games are there to see the progress they've made in practice. If you aren't giving 100% in practice how do you expect to give a 110% in games? Too much emphasis is placed on game time at early ages. Your DC will never reach their potential if they aren't outworking every kid in practice. And when I say outworking I mean in effort/work rate, in paying attention to the coach, in learning the style of play the coach wants to the team to use, in being focused at practice and not goofing off, in doing drills to where only perfection matters. When you see this type of player in practice at younger ages, you know they're going to be something special. Build that work ethic early in your DC and you'll see some really good progress.[/quote]
Agree with this 100% We made this mistake and wasted a whole year of development. Similar age to OP. You need to be with better players. You need to be with focused players. Stay with the better team. Don't think twice about it.
Agree with this 100% We made this mistake and wasted a whole year of development. Similar age to OP. You need to be with better players. You need to be with focused players. Stay with the better team. Don't think twice about it.
All the real tryouts are basically over. At least for the top teams.
SoccerQs wrote:I'm the parent of a male U12 goalie, trying to reconcile recommendations from my kid's coaches, my kid's desires, and guidance like this
https://www.nata.org/sites/default/files/yss_recommendation_infographic.pdf
From the National Athletic Trainer's Association.
My kid would like to do soccer 24/7, and then some other sports on top of it. He gets up on his own to work out before school. He really wants to join a team that practices 4 days a week, plus Super Y and private training and summer camps. Plus he's at a school that does a sport each season, is very attached to his summer swim team, and does sport related things a lot in his free time (e.g. goes for a bike ride, takes an online martial arts class, plays pick up basketball with siblings). If I let him do everything he wants he's way over some of those recommendations, such as no more than 8 months (he'd like 12), no more than one team a season (with school teams and swim team he's always got soccer plus something else), no more than 5 days a week (with either school or club practice every weekday plus weekend games). He also has the perception that if he doesn't do these things he'll be "behind".
How do other families find balance. Is him telling me that all the other kids are doing all these things (Super Y, private training, futsal, summer camps) like when other kids say that all the other parents let their kids play video games all night? Or is there some truth? If I tell him he has to play on a lower team, or he needs to take the whole summer off, am I ruling out playing in college?
Don't stop greatness.
MadridFan wrote:Herndon, Great Falls/Reston and McLean are fielding Super Y teams under the Northern Virginia Majestics. And Arlington is fielding Super Y teams. Tryouts are taking place now, so if your player is interested, it is time to sign up.
GFR has their own Super Y.