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[quote=Anonymous]Younger age

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Coach is a screamer, will freeze kids out(not talk to girls in the doghouse, single girls out for with mean comments, etc). Girls play scared. Some parents love her...the girls just try to avoid her wrath. Communication non existent with staff. You are warned not to talk to staff about your kid for fear of retaliation. Practices are joyless. Practices locations are far away(Brettonwood) and coach has lots of teams(sometimes it’s drive by coaching).

After tournaments loss talks- 50/50 one or two girls will be crying because the coach went after the girl by name. Skill level drops quickly on the second team causing frustration with parents and players. First team hierarchy is enforced by coach, girls and parents.

Formation is different vs most clubs and terminology is dumbed down(new girls will be confused). Teams usually carry a lot of players(reduces playing time). Inability to adapt to different type of players. Inability to think outside the box. No play(no creativity, non linear thinking, risk taking, etc) in practice or games. Little passing or team tactics till u13. Heavy emphasis on individual attacking(girls are encouraged to go 1v1, 1v2, 1v3, etc). This emphasis and coaching style causes many of the girls to put their heads down and attack, retarding development of situational awareness. Team loses to less skilled teams in competitive tournaments because of lack of team play.

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The big club machine works- tournaments invites, always have enough players, nice uniforms, BSC Tournament is a big event, etc. Emphasis is on individual skills development through u13. They do not care about winning regular season games. All players are rotated through all positions and get fairly equal time(changes in tournaments). As you move towards u13, the girls start to get slotted into positions. Girls are encouraged to play other sports. Can miss practice for other sports. Most practices are for the whole age group. Good for the less developed players. Staff is heavily female. Staff will respond to female parents vs male parents. It’s funny watching the fathers get shut down and ignored by the staff. One systems and one way of doing things. System will work for most players but players with high skill and high soccer IQ will get bored. Individual skills are developed more vs other clubs. [/quote]

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