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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]there are very few parents that will tell you the “truth” of a program for many reasons, many with rationale parts overlapping

-during the year for fear of admission of the situation incongruous of payment/results
-just dont know comparisons due to lack of knowledge or ignorance
-different expectations due to kids abilities
-dont want to speak negatively 
- differing attention or favoritism from coach
-positioning on field during matches
- priorities and importance of certain aspects of training 
-etc

seriously, its ok to hear the sides of many, first person and secondhand, and if you dont agree.. ok,

we know one poster is supposed first hand and the other is supposed second hand, i’ll take each, and i really want to hear both. The more info the better, i want to be an informed consumer. The more we all talk, the better the programs ability to get appropriate feedback and improve stakeholder expectations.

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Well, parents don’t deal at all with coaches or technical staff at Barca.  Absences and injuries are communicated through 1 central email address and relayed to technical staff.  We love it because the ass-kissers and politics have zero place.  Parents aren’t allowed near the players at training.  Parents can’t run up to the coaches and whine.  There is no dropping in or meeting with staff.  The TD makes the decisions.   Performance is evaluated by the TD and 12 UEFA Spanish coaches and they decide training groups, etc.  I can tell you not a single parent Ive met in the stands thinks they know more than these guys so they are relaxed with the knowledge that the technical staff know what they are doing and will place and move their sons/daughters appropriately throughout the year.  Everyone here knows development isn’t always in a linear fashion.  There are no stupid color teams hindering developmental groups or age/gender limitations. Kids rotate through different positions. Frankly, 2.5 months in and the kids and parents can’t tell anything about the meaning of the different groups and they are constantly changing and different coaches are reviewing them all of the time.  Very FAIR which my kid responds to well.  Each and every kid, no matter ability, gets the exact same coaching, and opportunities unlike lower teams in big clubs.

So, again, the fear of recrimination isn’t there like the asshole US coaches that want people to fawn all over them and ass-kiss and dad to show up in his soccer gear to show how much he knows.

My kid loves it.  He has spent a good amount of time training overseas and does not want to go back to an academy or travel team next year.  He loves the Escola and the training staff.  Hard work and skill and good attitude, not Mom and dad donating money and ass-kissing determine movement.

They aren’t just looking at ball skill—soccer IQ factors very highly.  The FCB Escola are all over the Word and all follow the exact same ethics.  Staff from the realLa Masia in Barcelona were here recently doing quality control and making sure procedures were being adhered to.  Btw, the residential FCB academy in Arizona entered DA.  The Escola from around the world have teams compete in an International tournament in the mini Estada.
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I would second this observation. Very spot on. The parental atmosphere is very relaxed which is why the OP seems so off base from my experience with the parents that I have met with. I will add that the TD works with nearly every group at least once during the week and will often take part in the handing the kids back to their parents portion of the practice. The TD KNOWS every kid. There are not many clubs where that is the case. I have seen one club where the TD actively observes each age group and team in practice throughout the practice or at least during the week.

I've been at large clubs where you were lucky if the age group coordinator ever bothered to observe a practice in a season much less at least once a week. [/quote]

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