I am a NOVA Soccer Coach. AMA

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[Post New]09/30/2019 21:23
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I made the "Harsh Reality for your Beloved Soccer Player". I am doing an AMA. I will keep my anonymity but am willing to help out on questions about your player, not about myself. If you don't believe me, that's fine ignore this thread. I am posting here because I would like to think I bring a different kind of mentality to this NOVA soccer area with my main trait being I am not an asshole and believe that parent role is just as important as the player to their development. I honestly feel bad for some of your kids and parents since there's a lot of crap coaches in this area and a lot of arrogant asshole coaching.

Anyways....AMA
[Post New]09/30/2019 21:24
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NOVASoccerCoach
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I will post under this account BTW
[Post New]09/30/2019 21:29
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What clubs have the worst reputations as employers of coaches, due to pay, management, etc? Which have the best?
[Post New]09/30/2019 21:35
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NOVASoccerCoach wrote:I will post under this account BTW


Awesome!!! So glad you did as I requested so that we all have an experienced coach to answer some of our most pressing questions.
[Post New]09/30/2019 21:36
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Anonymous wrote:What clubs have the worst reputations as employers of coaches, due to pay, management, etc? Which have the best?


Not answering this. Here to address development questions, not tarnishing clubs. Not to mention there's no way I could answer this unless I worked at every single club for years.
[Post New]09/30/2019 21:45
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NOVASoccerCoach wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What clubs have the worst reputations as employers of coaches, due to pay, management, etc? Which have the best?


Not answering this. Here to address development questions, not tarnishing clubs. Not to mention there's no way I could answer this unless I worked at every single club for years.


AMA....right. Just another coach bs artist. At least you proved you were a coach.
[Post New]09/30/2019 21:46
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Anonymous wrote:
NOVASoccerCoach wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What clubs have the worst reputations as employers of coaches, due to pay, management, etc? Which have the best?


Not answering this. Here to address development questions, not tarnishing clubs. Not to mention there's no way I could answer this unless I worked at every single club for years.


AMA....right. Just another coach bs artist. At least you proved you were a coach.


I said in my initial post that I was only answering questions about development. What do you have to gain by me attempting to answer your question? If you want my honest answer, I have no idea because I haven't worked at every single club.
[Post New]09/30/2019 22:11
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When do you know it’s time to change teams? If you have a good coach/parents/kids, but not a lot of room for growth, what’s the right move?

We’re at a small club with one team. So we’re happy with everyone and everything, but there’s really not a ton that can change to make the team stronger long term.
[Post New]09/30/2019 22:14
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do you wear ankle monitor?
[Post New]09/30/2019 22:24
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What’s the latest a kid can start and still be good enough to be in the middle of the pack. DS is interested, but we didn’t have the fund$ this year.

Thanks!
[Post New]09/30/2019 22:34
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Anonymous wrote:When do you know it’s time to change teams? If you have a good coach/parents/kids, but not a lot of room for growth, what’s the right move?

We’re at a small club with one team. So we’re happy with everyone and everything, but there’s really not a ton that can change to make the team stronger long term.


It depends on what your player wants. Is continuity, the friends your player has made and bond with the coach important to your player? If your player enjoys playing soccer because of the environment they are in, then I would say stay with the team. If your player is growing frustrated with winning/losing, isn't particularly close to the team from a friends perspective and/or is skill level miles ahead then maybe it's time to move. Hopefully that makes sense.
[Post New]09/30/2019 22:36
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Anonymous wrote:What’s the latest a kid can start and still be good enough to be in the middle of the pack. DS is interested, but we didn’t have the fund$ this year.

Thanks!


That sucks, Hopefully your kid is in Rec this year! A lot of clubs do have endowments if you need it. Anyways, it really depends as every kid is different but I would say no later than U12 but regardless, your player needs to be practicing every day and has to love the game. If they don't love it enough to play it outside of practice then it may be a difficult.
[Post New]09/30/2019 22:52
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NOVASoccerCoach wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What’s the latest a kid can start and still be good enough to be in the middle of the pack. DS is interested, but we didn’t have the fund$ this year.

Thanks!


That sucks, Hopefully your kid is in Rec this year! A lot of clubs do have endowments if you need it. Anyways, it really depends as every kid is different but I would say no later than U12 but regardless, your player needs to be practicing every day and has to love the game. If they don't love it enough to play it outside of practice then it may be a difficult.

What kind of practice do you think is most important on players own time?
[Post New]09/30/2019 23:07
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DS is a U12 player that works on his own and is technically advanced than most in his age group and probably older age groups as well. He cannot seem to break into a top team due to size, speed, and aggressiveness and ends up training/playing with lesser skilled players. What would be your advice as we have repeated this cycle for 2 years now looking for other training environments so he can at least train with players that have a good first touch and do the basics well like passing/receiving and dribbling? At this point I feel he gets more from these training environments than his club team and am pretty sure he agrees.
[Post New]09/30/2019 23:11
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What’s the shortest a successful high school player can be? DS isn’t going to be a giant.
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