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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]First of all PAC is for bad players.  The few good players always leave.  ONLY go there if your alternative is Arlington bottom two teams and your DC is dead set on travel.

ADP is not going to set your kid back.  If you want to get better at soccer, you should actually bypass every team at Arlington other than red and maybe white and do ADP.  If your player has talent like the previous poster, then supplement ADP with good individual and small group training, during the year and in the off seasons.  Play Super Y, not for Arlington, but.a different club. Don't get caught up into the No Man's Land of a blue or black team.  That's a waste.  You will have more fun and get more development with less travel in ADP + Xtra programming, and if you your kid wants to play U13 soccer and above as a teenager, then you will be able to break in. Don't listen to any of these people who tell you otherwise.  Club soccer is not going to even make the best red team player better.  It is up to your and your DC.

ADP is one of the best programs inside the Beltway.[/quote]

sooo... i agree with you on some points - disagree on others ... the PAC players are not "bad" - they are just not as developed as the arlington/mclean kids at the younger ages. You say "bad" I would say less developed skill wise.

I 1,000% agree that PAC is a better fit if your other option is a Black/Silver/Gold Arlington team. The Arlington system is based (mostly) on the coach demonstrating it once and then the kids are expected to execute. that works for some kids, but not all (my easily distracted child being one of them). At PAC they take the time to teach and develop the kids, in large part b/c the pool they start with is not nearly as skilled as the Arlington Red-Blue pool. The HAVE to develop them. Now... if you kid is a superstar and can make the Arlington Red or white (maybe blue) team - then that's the better fit without a doubt.   But Arlington silver/gold? No thank you.  IMO - better to go someplace else and develop than to end up in that no mans land.  Some do break out from there - but really not many. Better to play someplace else and develop for a few years (to your point of private training and a kid working on their own) and then try out again and be bright and new and shiny (which arlington loves).

I also think ADP phasing out is something more to consider than you make it out to be. Sure - it's up to the kid to progress. But *most* kids need to up their game to go from ADP to travel at u12. Arlington goes down from 4-6 teams although it adds a DA. For a kid who is happy where they are, to be faced with the get better or go back to rec, that's hard. As with anything, rec teams are also hit or miss. I have a son playing u12 rec currently - those kids are there for social reasons with a little soccer mixed in. For a kid who really wants to play soccer, it's not a great fit.

I am by no means saying PAC is a super star club of kids - but it's a great fit for some kids and families. They take the time to develop the kids.  For my son, who is loves soccer, yet can be easily distracted, PAC is a great fit. They take the time to show him things when he does not get it the first time. Certainly some Arlington coaches will do that - but i have sat through far too many Arlington sessions where they demonstrate once and that is it. But i have seen PAC coaches many times taking kids one or two at a time to revisit a skill or a tactic.

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