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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting to see that BSC boys coaching is "tremendous" since it has been a miserable experience for our young girl.  We chose BSC looking for a highly competitive level of play for our motivated and skilled player.  But BSC took on way too many girls and the skill level is all over the place.  Before they tiered the kids for the spring, it was basically expensive rec level play.  One of the teams didn't even have a dedicated coach.  Can you imagine paying $3000 and not having a coach?  There is almost no feedback (except the constant requests for time and money).  Our child was "evaluated" via an online form by a coach that had never seen her play in a game.  Practices are largely just scrimmages on tiny, inconvenient, overcrowded fields with little active coaching.
I do not doubt that BSC is the top club for older children at the top levels, and it sounds like the boys program has a lot to offer, but the youngest girls program is unimpressive.[/quote]

It has always struck me as strange that the boys' and girls' programs at Bethesda don't seem to be coordinated at all.  I know that people thought the girls' program was not terribly well managed under the old girls' technical director, though he was reputed to be a very good coach and knowledgeable about soccer.  I think people hoped that the new TD for the girls would bring about positive changes.  Perhaps that just takes time, but it does seem bizarre that there would be a team without a dedicated coach.

Have you raised these issues with the coach, age group coordinator, or anyone up the chain like the technical director or executive director? I have recommended in other threads that unhappy parents take this approach before bailing.  Sometimes you can actually bring about change, and at least you'll feel like you tried.[/quote]

Re Bethesda Girls at U9:  A lot of players are trying out for new teams for next year.  If I were at the Bethesda Club management level, and I heard the parents' discussions, I would conclude that this past U9 year was essentially an unmitigated disaster.  The kids who love soccer won't notice this stuff, but the parents do, and many are at the point of the "my head is going to explode if I have to deal with this sh** any more" level of frustration.  Observations about this past U9 year at Bethesda:  (1) I personally question whether Bethesda values its girls program.  From all appearances, the girls get 2nd tier coaches, fields, scheduling, etc. at the lower ages of youth play.  You will see a Bethesda U-8 boys team (single team) happily practicing on the turf at WJ in the fall while the girls (all 50 of them) have to languish on the baseball outfield; (2) This year's head coach from U9 Michelle R, is moving up to the high school age group for next year, which is good, because she seems better suited for older players who don't need any sort of "good job" type of comments and don't have a lot of parents who ask annoying questions; (3) I think the new Admin staff on the girls side has good intentions, but that said, they don't seem to have the ability to plan and execute very well - they need an executive who is an organizational pro.   Re: the empty U9 coaching slot, that went on for MONTHS - this is a great example. They wanted an excellent coach (good intention, not just any coach, an excellent one), but then had trouble finding one and most importantly did not communicate to the parents about what the heck was going on.  And then, through no fault of their own, another coach got traded to Boston.  The DOC, Shannon C., played on the national team, has tremendous coaching experience.  However, she seemed to get herself involved in the large planning task of a scholarship fundraising gala and (4) Parents raise issues with the coaches, director of youth Emily J., ALL THE TIME.  Emily seems to blame the team managers for every miscommunication, although having someone to proofread her emails would help everyone out, and nobody on staff seems to understand that one should bother to respond to an email from a parent.  Not every parent is a raving soccer lunatic.  Some try to provide constructive advice.  --CRICKETS-- either way.      [/quote]

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