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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Welcome to club soccer mate. There are clubs that are family friendly and dont yell. With nice facilities Seek them out.

[b]But it is like a job for the DCs.[/b]Especially lately with all of the posturing and change. Hang in there!![/quote]

Agree with this and I find it troubling. I went high level D1 in a different sport 25 years ago. It didn’t not feel like a job until halfway through high school and then truly was my job in college because that’s what was paying my out of state tutition plus room and board. I knew I had to perform or it would go away.

My oldest is 11 playing at the “pre” level (top team for their age group) and I think the pressure on these kids is crazy. We left a club due to a coach who was so negative and making the kids feel like they sucked if they made a mistake. Some of the parents of other kids at this level are doing so much to try to position their kids to be on certain teams, guest playing, invited to special things. We are over here just hoping our kid can make the high school team in a few years. I don’t see any upside to all the pushing considering the odds of playing in college are slim to none even for the true standouts (which mine is not). I hope it settles down after next year when everyone can really see if their kid has “it” or not. This age feels like a lot of hopefully aka delusional parents not understanding that true cream rises to the top regardless of how much angling the parents do. [/quote]

It's already settling down the first year of 11 v 11. Absolutely bonkers what parents/coaches/teams/kids are doing before this, but maybe in a strange way it helps that those who made it on their own are way ahead of those with "help". [/quote]

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