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This is one reason why we decided to move our daughter into travel. The rec coaches we've seen are simply bad. My husband is a coach for two other sports and he's very professional.
Our kid's current soccer team doesn't even do drills at practice and half the time kids don't show up for games. It's too laid back and no one learns anything. My husband ended up spending days learning soccer and then doing drills with our kid at the park after school.
Our kid's current soccer team doesn't even do drills at practice and half the time kids don't show up for games. It's too laid back and no one learns anything. My husband ended up spending days learning soccer and then doing drills with our kid at the park after school.
realdmv wrote:SoccerMom1 wrote:My daughter is new to trying out for the McLean 2009 teams. Has anyone heard how competitive McLean is this year and if there will be spots for non-returning players? I did not go to the first night of tryouts, and hard to get information from my DD on how many girls, etc. She is coming from another area club and is on top team but not ECNL.
You can look at their ECNL record. They are on par with the other area NOVA teams except for Loudoun. Trying to break into that crowd may be tough; however, they do usually carry 18+ girls. In high school it may be more like 25. So if you're not in the top 12-13, playing time may be a lacking.
When you say they carry 18+ girls, is that per team? I was told each team was 10-12 roster spots and 3-4 teams per age group.
Thank you both for these details. Our daughter just started learning the game this spring and she lacks confidence. We've been doing drills with her at home so she can practice more than just once a week at her team practice.
Her rec team is not very organized and she feels sad when not enough players show up for games, etc. We're hoping to get her on a travel team since several friends have said they are more organized and fun. There's only two teams for the travel team she's trying out for so who knows. That's not a lot of spaces.
Her rec team is not very organized and she feels sad when not enough players show up for games, etc. We're hoping to get her on a travel team since several friends have said they are more organized and fun. There's only two teams for the travel team she's trying out for so who knows. That's not a lot of spaces.
Our daughter is eight and just started rec soccer this spring. She's played other sports but first time trying soccer. She wants to try for the travel team.
What can she expect at tryouts? Considering she just started soccer 1.5 months ago, her ball handling skills are not great. But, she's very fast (runs youth track). What do coaches look for in U9 travel team players? Any insight is appreciated so we can help her get ready for next week. Thanks!
What can she expect at tryouts? Considering she just started soccer 1.5 months ago, her ball handling skills are not great. But, she's very fast (runs youth track). What do coaches look for in U9 travel team players? Any insight is appreciated so we can help her get ready for next week. Thanks!