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[quote=Anonymous][quote=PFPsisman10]I have been in this area my whole life and I will tell you all the biggest problems with youth soccer and why it is still stagnet.

Well there are a couple things. one of the biggest is parents need to get out of the way of their kids and try to stop living through your kids.if your kids don't want to play soccer don't force them, let them figure it out. They will be happier. Second, stop forcing them to do extra training if they don't want to. I have seen coaches do the same bullshit training over and over, week after week, year after year.

Your son or daughter should be progressing with the training..They should be doing stuff that a 8 or 9-year-old is doing when they are 16 or 17. Lastly stop thinking that your kid is going to play college soccer and especially D1, you all need to think about how many kids are around here and the rest of the country...if your kid want it they will put the work in if they don't do not force them, i promise you they will burn out and quite sports, I have seen it enough.

And the other thing I have seen is they do all this extra training and one they get to like 16-18 years old the injuries start to creep up, why because the compounding day and day, month after month of training, of the same shit year after year adds up. You have to give them rest to refresh and allow their body to recovery. you all think your kids are going to go pro/ play college soccer but ill tell you like it is around 1-2% that will make it.

I have talked to many college coaches and I have been there myself. I will tell you many of your kids going into college will never make it with the attitudes they have and the work rate they have. It won't cut it.

sorry for ranting but we really need to take a step back see what's going on before you start blaming clubs or coaches. Many of the issues are the parents and kids themselves. [/quote]

So I see the points that you made as being problems for the kids for sure but I don't see why your points result in why soccer is stagnant here.  For example, kids train year round and at 16, old injuries pop up. Are you saying that US Soccer is stagnant because the best players are getting injured?  Another example, you say that parents are pushing their kids and end up quitting.  Are you saying that US Soccer is stagnant because our best players are ones being pushed by parents and end up quitting?  Just as devil's advocate...let's say parents never get involved....sure there might be some happier kids playing video games but a lot less getting pushed and training hard.  Happier kids=good (period)! I get that.  Kids not playing as much soccer...not so good.  There has to be a happy medium in there.  This is just for me and my kid...I don't really care if he plays in college or not.  I actually hope he is good enough to because that's his goal but I hope he chooses not to because college is difficult enough and I'd like him to enjoy college socially, etc as well.  But at 11, 12, 13, 14 years old...they aren't mature enough to make these decisions/commitments.  However, all my kid wanted to do at that age is be a great soccer player.  But he didn't know how to do that. That's why parents get involved.  I don't want my kid to miss his goal because he wasn't aware of what he should be doing.  Another point is...youth performance training....why do you think kids come to you?  Do you think a 11 year old wakes up and says...you know, I don't want to play video games today.  I think I should find a S&C coach so I can work on my Long Term Athletic Development.  Of course not.  It's parents that "push" the kids along so they don't miss opportunities.  I think I made a mess of my post, but I hope you get what I'm trying to say. And I've been on a lot of sidelines the past 10 years and never has a parents said...Little Johnny needs to play in college or any of that.  All the parents I've been around, just want their kids to have the opportunities so they can be the best that they can be. Anyway...Happy Thanksgiving. : )[/quote]

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