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ibcd wrote:DC wants to play both travel soccer and a high school sport (cross country and track and field) at the same time. Do kids do this normally? Is this even feasible from a time commitment perspective from the standpoint of overlapping practices or games plus time required for rigorous academics, social life, etc?
Is there a way to play travel soccer for one semester and a high school sport for another semester between spring and fall? Or do most travel clubs not permit this?
Cross country, indoor track and outdoor track all have meets on the weekends. How would you juggle travel soccer with that ?
On the boys side Arlington is by far the strongest club in Virginia. They could field two teams in ECNL and both teams would be competitive.
goaliemomnova wrote:My DS loves to play goal. He does specific goalie training for it. The problem is his technical foot skills are digressing because his coach only ever puts him in goal during practice and scrimmages but then he plays half the game in the field during real games. I am frustrated as last night for example he was bored and played goal the entire 60 min scrimmage when the ball was primarily on the other side of the field. He got nothing out of it. We had this same issues last year with his old U8 club and it's repeating itself after I had specifically told the coach I don't mind if he plays goal during games BUT I need him to develop or he'll be stuck with no footwork, etc. Any advice or how do other goalie parents feel?
We have talked to the coach before but either he's trying to develop the other kids and my son needs less work but I feel like communication is key. I told my son to not play goal this weekend in games and to say I want to play in the field next week during practice but it's hard as he also wants to do what the coach asks him. We have a 24 hour rule before we can talk to the coach following practice or game issues so looking for advice.
If you want to improve footskills the kid should be playing futsal year round. Just sign him up as a field player and don't tell anyone he plays keeper outdoors.
UnidentifiedFlyingOboe wrote:DS has been playing soccer since kindergarten. Right now he plays for a team that ranks in top 10 in Virginia (according to GotSoccer, for reference only, please do not argue with me). The team practice and play games year round, and win tournaments from time to time. He is a mediocre player on the team, but he seems to have a lot of playing time.
Coming Fall he is going to be in 9th grade. He wants to try other sports (crew, wrestling, XC), and I would like him to expand his interest a bit and try some after school clubs (music, art, etc.), but he feels he has to give up those opportunities to play with his soccer team. He is committed to his team, or maybe it just has become a habit.
Also he is not a top student, so I'd like him to prioritize academics over activities. After all, he needs good grades to get into a good college.
What would you do in my place? Continue or stop travel soccer? TIA
I would say stop travel and let him do HS sports next year and see how he likes it, he can always go back to travel soccer if he misses it.
GKDad wrote:Well, CCL today lost Valor and McLean to ECNL-RL. Another death knell for them.
FC Richmond as well