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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most clubs have low attrition, boys and girls stay together for many years at the core. Probably a core of 8-9 for each team in each club. Some leave because they move, friends, reaching a plateau, multi sports, school commitments and loss of interest

A very small amount of people are represented in the negative posting. Any reader of this blog should remember that! I would love to post my positive feelings on our club and other clubs I respect - but who would react positively? Not many that’s for sure - because the most positive of us are not posting![/quote]
No offense, but I think if you are happy with your club, chances are you are ignoring a lot of what is going on or are ignorant to what is going on. Generally speaking, this area is littered with clubs that overpay directors and underpay coaches, giving you less value (i.e. soccer development) for your money. And since they are knowingly providing less development, they spend their energy finding better players and making business plays for better leagues, partnerships, etc. that will bring in more cash for the EDs and the TDs. [/quote]

This last post is pretty accurate. It is disappointing how arrogant and incompetent many of the youth clubs and director/coaches are. If the coach/director knows soccer, they are a horrible person or if they are a nice, normal person, they are clueless about soccer (or are young and underpaid and will be switching clubs soon to get a higher paycheck). It’s a lot like the corporate world, which youth sports shouldn’t be. Then comes this time of year when kids and parents are given high pressure sales tactics to commit with a deposit in a timely manner and coaches black ball the kid if it is found out that they are trying out for other squads. It’s insanity and does not help the kid enjoy the sport. I suppose it is a taste of real life for kids, but not really the intent of youth sports. These kids will deal with all this crap when they get older, so can’t we spare them this while they’re young? Aren’t we better than this?[/quote]

If they were comfortable with the job they were doing and the quality of the Club, they would welcome shopping around.   It’s a $3k or more year long commitment.  Players should definitely reassess at the end of every season.

We always did.  Are they getting what they need? Are they happy? Is there transparency?  Personal growth/development?  Is the fit still there?  Is there room to grow at this Club?

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Absolutely.  If a club is confident they're providing a good product what are they afraid of for families to shop around.

I do think families need to ask questions and not be so backseat when it comes to the program's their kids are involved in.  You always hear the stereotype's of how involved parents get at the games with ref's etc, sometimes I wished parents would get as involved and question the things that go on at their own clubs with their directors/coaches/etc.  Transparency is absolutely needed.[/quote]

I don’t know, I think there are plenty of parents that are way over-involved in terms of being in the coach’s ear, talking to the directors, etc. There is a constant swirl of activity because a number of parents are constantly the squeaky wheel, pushing for playing time, pushing for opportunities to play up, pushing to play in certain tournaments, threatening to leave, etc...I have no interest in going to a coach to advocate for my kid, but it seems like that is par for the course....and really lame.[/quote]

The type of behavior you're describing is what I mean when I say parents are over involved and they sometimes don't direct their energy properly.  They also a lot of times look at their kids through rose colored glasses.

I'm mainly speaking about if you notice issues about the clubs future ask questions about it and where they're heading etc.  Usually you can see strengths and weaknesses from younger age groups to older age groups and vice versa and questions should be asked about why things are the way they are and what they're doing to improve the club as a whole.  Not focused just on your child.[/quote]

You know how I judge Clubs lately? How many parents are at practice or circling the Coaches/TDs at practice or games.  Seriously.  Not even joking.

My kids are older.  I understand sticking around when your kids are very young for obvious reasons---I'm talking middle school and older.

The quality on the field seems to go up when there is less parental involvement and influence.  I sat in my car twice this week and was duly impressed with what I saw and I remarked to my spouse how amazing it was even after practice---not a single parent was near the field or Coach and the kids just walked to the parking lot and got in their cars.

I don't care if parents watch from a far---way out of the way.  But the hovering, obnoxious ones.  Ugh. It will generally tell you who is running the show and how much appeasement and catering to parents is happening.

A good Coach will tell hoverers like that---to piss off.  the field is a sanctuary for players only.[/quote]

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