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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Legimate question. What is being done to everyone kids that is so harsh? I've seen coaches yell at players quite a bit in game. I feel like what everyone is experiencing is  so much worse.  Are they personally attacking a player? Degrading them? [/quote]

Thanks for asking this! My child is U9, and I'm curious about the answer here as well, so I know what to look for down the road. Regarding our current team and club, I can tell there is a mix of parents who like the coach and parents who don't - and playing time is certainly correlated with that divide

To get at the OP's question: I acknowledge that travel/club soccer is so different now than when I played in McLean back in the day (I'm 46, for reference, and played when they didn't pit kids against each other with different-level teams or practice as many days per week). But I quit soccer in 8th grade because I didn't love my team, and it was so time-consuming. After reading all the other comments, I almost feel bad that I am giving you a different perspective, but I definitely regret quitting when I did! I was really good and should have at least played through High School. I tried other activities and played HS basketball, but I wish I hadn't quit soccer! But to be clear again, I wasn't in a toxic training environment! I was mainly tired of the time commitment and my best friends didn't play soccer. It sounds like his reasons for quitting are far more legit than mine. [/quote]

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