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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are there any clubs without toxic parents? These descriptions make me shudder. I have only been around a few of these parents. They pretend they are welcoming and encouraging to everyone and meanwhile they scheme and gossip and talk to the coach about how this child is not very good and should be transferred and this child doesn't create the "right" environment. 
How can I avoid these people! In Potomac. Please don't tell me to move. I have thought of this but can't for a few years at least.[/quote]

I'm not in Potomac and I thought I had found a pretty decent, non-drama Club.  Then this week I found out our team manager (a parent) discusses with the Coach which players on our team should be moved up.  I have heard parents I used to like publicly dissect every kid on the team and their likelihood for being moved up (or down).  And, the criteria they use for their assessment is what one uses who knows absolutely nothing about the game and player development---physical size, kid runs around frantically (which means good), kid can do moves (even though kid dribbles into the ground all of the time and has absolutely zero field awareness), kids that don't pass.

I then had the opportunity to have a 3 minute evaluation with the head coach--haphazardly at the end of practice.  This is our 'yearly' evaluation.  It's like he forgot which kid he was talking about.  Sure my kid has areas to work on like any kid his age--but the two things he suggested were the things that every other trainer and Coach has raved about and see as strengths.  The Club also touts a certain philosophy, but then chooses players completely against that 'philosophy'.

So, yea, this is why we are changing to something else entirely.  [/quote]

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